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Omnes Capital has sold a European portfolio of more than 100 MW of renewable energy assets via its Capenergie funds to EOS Holding, a Swiss player in the new renewable energy sector.
This acquisition will enable EOS Holding to increase its capacity in renewables, particularly at the level of ground-mounted solar power plants.
The portfolio consists of four wind farms and four solar power plants located in France and Portugal. It was built up between 2010 and 2013 and is a good example of the Capenergie funds’ investment approach, which consists of developing new renewable energy generation capacity in
Questback, a specialist in enterprise feedback management which is 70 per cent owned by private equity firm Reiten & Co, increased enterprise revenues by 40 per cent in 2015.
Greater sales were driven by the growing importance of feedback to business competitiveness, the strength of Questback’s powerful, cloud-based platform, and its strategic partnership approach.
To further accelerate its growth, as of February 2016 Questback CEO Frank Møllerop will be based in an expanded New York City office, from where he will lead company operations. This reflects the importance of North America to Questback’s growth strategy, and the company’s increased
LGT Capital Partners has held the final close of Crown Europe Middle Market III (CEM III), its third investment program focused on European middle market buyouts, with total subscriptions of EUR500 million.
The program’s investor base consists of 34 institutions, including government pension funds, corporate pension funds and insurance companies in Australia, Belgium, Japan, Korea, the Middle East, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. CEM III has already committed EUR 237 million to nine private equity funds on a primary basis, seven secondary transactions and five co-investments.
Tycho Sneyers, Managing Partner at LGT Capital Partners, says: “Institutional investors have
A recent spate of stock buyback programs in the alternative investment management (AIM) sector could have modest impacts on liquidity and leverage, according to Fitch Ratings.
Three firms have recently implemented share repurchase programs in an effort to improve their public stock valuations. Repurchase activity has been rare in the sector, given relatively limited float, but others could follow suit should they see a benefit to peer valuations.
In October 2015, KKR & Co. LP (KKR) authorised a USD500 million share repurchase plan. Last week, Apollo Global Management, L.P. (Apollo) and Fortress Investment Group LLC (Fortress) announced they would
The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF), the body responsible for ensuring the operational integrity of the Global Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) System, has launched its data quality management program.
Based on a set of clearly defined criteria, the program allows the quality of the LEI data pool (the publicly available information on legal entities identifiable with an LEI) to be monitored, assessed and further optimised. The first monthly report, published today, reflects the very high level of data quality already achieved in the Global LEI System.
The LEI connects to key reference information that enables clear and unique
Ambienta, a European private equity fund specialised in environmental businesses, has acquired a majority stake in SF-Filter AG, Zurich, a successful specialist for filter solutions with sales of about CHF80 million.
SF-Filter is the leading partner for the distribution of mobile and industrial filters for a variety of applications. The product range encompasses filters for oil, air, fuel, hydraulic, gas, pneumatic, liquid, de-dusting, heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC)-related applications. With more than 30,000 European customers ranging from original equipment manufacturers to resellers as well as end-customers, the SF-Filter brand has been unanimously recognised as the leader in its field due
Xignite, a provider of market data cloud solutions for financial institutions and financial technology companies, has raised USD20.5 million in a Series C funding round led by Tokyo-based QUICK Corporation, part of the Nikkei Group and Japan’s largest financial information provider.
StarVest Partners, Altos Ventures, and Startup Capital Ventures, Xignite’s current investors, also participated. This new round brings Xignite’s total funding to USD37 million.
In connection with the capital raise, Xignite and QUICK will be partnering to deliver Xignite’s cloud-based data solutions in the Asian market as well as QUICK’s proprietary financial data and information through Xignite’s market leading APIs.
H Kurt von Moltke, a corporate lawyer with more than 30 years of experience structuring, negotiating and executing complex M&A transactions, including billion-dollar mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, is joining the Jenner & Block as a partner in the Chicago office and co-chair of the firm's Mergers and Acquisitions Practice.
He also joins the firm's Securities, Corporate Finance and Corporate practices.
Von Moltke focuses his practice in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, both hostile and negotiated, as well as private equity transactions, complex corporate debt restructurings, corporate finance and securities transactions and counselilng public company boards of directors. He
Private equity investor Adveq has held the final closing of two funds, – Adveq Specialized Investments and Adveq Europe Co-Investments – at EUR 323 million and EUR 102 million, respectively.
Both funds held their final closings in January 2016, attracting interest and support from investors around the world, including pension funds, insurance companies and family offices.
Today’s announcement comes following a strong 2015 for Adveq, marked by record fundraising.
Sven Lidén, Chief Executive Officer at Adveq, says: “The private equity industry continues to evolve and it is only by keeping pace with changing dynamics and responding to investors’
Piper, a specialist investor in consumer brands has led a GBP20 million investment into British affordable luxury jewellery brand, Monica Vinader.
Alongside its own investment of GBP14 million, Piper has brought in US consumer specialist Winona Capital, who have invested GBP6m to help accelerate growth in the US.
Monica Vinader founded her eponymous business in 2007 to provide customers with affordable luxury pieces that bridge the gap between costume and fine jewellery. The brand quickly became renowned for its iconic friendship bracelets, vibrant gemstones and cutting edge diamond pieces enabling customers to style, stack and personalise their jewellery. The Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Winslet and Alicia Vikander are among Monica Vinader’s many high profile
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