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AnaCap Financial Partners (AnaCap), the specialist European financial services private equity firm, has completed the acquisition of two portfolios of Italian non-performing loans (NPLs) with a face value of more than EUR2 billion.
The portfolios have been acquired by AnaCap Credit Opportunities III, LP from two Italian securitisation special purpose vehicles whose asset-backed securities were majority owned by GE Capital Real Estate and The Royal Bank of Scotland. They comprise of two separate portfolios, each having a gross book value of about EUR1 billion and including secured and unsecured SME loans, with the secured positions held against residential and other
Franklin Square Capital Partners has provided a USD260 million unitranche term loan to support the acquisition and combination of Trover Solutions and Equian by New Mountain Capital, a New York-based alternative investments firm that manages approximately USD15 billion of private equity, public equity and credit assets.
The financing was provided by FS Investment Corporation (NYSE: FSIC), FS Investment Corporation II (FSIC II) and FS Investment Corporation III (FSIC III), BDCs managed by affiliates of Franklin Square and sub-advised by GSO / Blackstone Debt Funds Management LLC, an affiliate of GSO Capital Partners LP (GSO).
The combination of Equian and Trover
Vista Equity Partners (Vista) has completed its buyout of software firm Solera Holdings. Other key investors include an affiliate of Koch Equity Development LLC, the investment and acquisition subsidiary of Koch Industries, and an affiliate of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
The transaction, originally announced on 13 September, 2015, was completed on 3 March, 2016.
The acquisition – which strategically combines Solera’s world-class risk and asset management solutions with Vista’s technology-focused operational and financial expertise – sparks the next phase of Solera’s global expansion, and accelerates its mission to digitally transform how the world manages life’s two most important assets: the vehicle
Lucro, an enterprise founded by Martin Ventures, has secured funding from additional healthcare industry investors including Health Insight Capital, a subsidiary of HCA that invests in early stage companies, and Heritage Group, an investment team backed by the United States’ leading healthcare companies.
Lucro’s platform is designed to re-invent how health systems interact with, evaluate and purchase healthcare technologies, products and services. The Lucro Marketplace supports healthcare leaders in making strategic purchasing decisions, allowing them to discover and compare solutions and privately collaborate with their peers on decision-making. Vendors gain increased visibility and strategic market insights through engagement with healthcare
A launch event to mark the opening of Guernsey’s representative office in Hong Kong attracted nearly 200 attendees.
Hosted on Wednesday 2 March at the China Club in Central, the event outlined the services offered by Guernsey’s international finance centre and featured a panel discussion on the current economic climate and keynote speeches from the Lord Flight, a member of the House of Lords, and Deputy Lyndon Trott, Chairman of Guernsey Finance and former Chief Minister of Guernsey.
Kate Clouston, Guernsey Finance’s Director of International Business Development, welcomed the audience by sharing some anecdotes from the week's activities surrounding
NorthEdge Capital (NorthEdge), the UK lower middle market private equity firm focused on the North of England, has closed its second fund, NorthEdge Capital Fund II at its hard cap of GBP300 million, raised in four months.
This brings total funds under management to over half a billion pounds raised in the last four years.
Fund II, which was fully allocated at launch, received overwhelming support from both existing and new institutional investors. Funds were raised from 18 international blue-chip investors including four new investors representing world class asset managers, foundations, fund of funds, insurance companies, private and
Kensington Capital Partners has held the final closing of the Kensington Venture Fund after its exceeded its target of USD300 million in investor commitments.
The Fund, which raised a total of USD306 million, received its most recent commitments from a mix of wealth managers, private foundations, and individual investors.
"This is a great time to be investing in technology in Canada," says Rick Nathan, Managing Director of Kensington Capital Partners. "Our significant talent pool, vibrant startup environment, and improved access to capital – through the Kensington Venture Fund and other funding sources – make Canada a great place to
goTenna – the device that enables smartphone users to communicate without cell towers, wifi routers or even satellites – has secured a USD7.5 million Series A funding round ed by Walden Venture Capital, joined by MentorTech Ventures, BBG Ventures (a subsidiary of Verizon), and Bloomberg Beta.
The round also includes Wareness.io, a strategic fund focused on hardware; Kenneth Horowitz, a founder of Cellular One (acquired by AT&T) and pioneer in the cellular industry; and Howard Finkelstein, who ran data and telecommunications businesses for John Kluge’s Metromedia Company. With the new financing, goTenna intends to grow its team and product pipeline,
Tikehau IM’s Novo 2 fund has finalised its participation in a new seven-year bond issuance for the Prodware Group. The fund is underwriting EUR25 million of the EUR50 million total issue.
Founded in 1989 by Philippe Bouaziz, Prodware Group is an international vendor and integrator of industry-specific and role-tailored IT solutions and applications. It is listed on the Alternext market. The Group has progressively developed its own solutions and currently delivers more than 23 industry-specific and 12 business software solutions to a wide range of industries.
By June 30th 2015, Prodware Group had generated, EUR175.3 million in revenues and
The Preqin Investor Outlook: Alternative Assets, H1 2016 finds that investors are mixed in their attitudes to the alternative assets industry. The majority (65 per cent) of investors holds a positive general perception of private equity, and only 6 per cent have a negative perception.
However, more hedge fund investors hold a negative view of the asset class (38 per cent) than have a positive perception (32 per cent), and almost twice as many natural resources investors currently have a negative perception (33 per cent) compared to those who are positive about the asset class (17 per cent).
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