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New rules have been introduced which allow Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) to be listed on the Channel Islands Securities Exchange (CISE). A SPAC is a cash shell which is used to raise money for a very specific investment objective.
The SPAC is growing again in popularity as international markets recover from the global financial crisis and now the CISE has launched specific rules to introduce it as a new product.
Fiona Le Poidevin (pictured), CEO of the CISE, said: “We have been able to introduce our SPAC rules in a timely manner, which demonstrates the responsive nature of
Stephen Lansdown, co-founder of FTSE100 financial services group Hargreaves Lansdown, is becoming a partner and shareholder in creative investment group Edge Investments through the private equity arm of his family office.
Lansdown, who has in the past invested in a number of Edge’s funds, is taking a 10 per cent stake in the firm and will work alongside David Glick, Edge’s founder and Chief Executive as he expands the business. Terms of the investment were not disclosed.
Last week Edge announced the launch of its GBP40 million Edge Creative Enterprise Fund, its largest fund-raising to date, with backing from
Pharmaceutical manufacturer Synerlab has acquired Alcala Farma, a Spanish contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO). Alcala Farma specialises in the development of proprietary formulation, which represents nearly 40 per cent of its total EUR25 million sales.
Alcala Farma’s current portfolio of pharmaceutical drugs comes in multiple dosage forms includes sterile products, oral liquids, oral solids and topical products. Manufacturing is covered by two production sites in Spain, with one specialising in soft gelatin capsules and the other covering more than 250 formulations and 3 500 references.
For Synerlab, which has sales of nearly €M 110 and over 700 employees across
A fund managed by its Ares EIF Group has completed its acquisition of the Van Hook Gathering System in North Dakota from WPX Energy (NYSE: WPX) in a transaction valued at USD185 million. The transaction was originally announced on 31 August, 2015.
The acquisition consists of pipeline systems that currently gather approximately 11,000 barrels of oil, 6,500 million cubic feet of natural gas, and 5,000 barrels of water per day from WPX Energy’s Bakken shale oil assets. WPX Energy will continue to operate the Van Hook Gathering System, and MCP Operating, LLC, a subsidiary of MCP Asset Development Group, will
Tyre manufacturer Apollo Tyres, headquartered in the Indian city of Gurgaon, has acquired the Bielefeld-based reifencom Group. The purchase price was around EUR 45.6 million.
The acquisition of reifencom is part of Apollo Tyres’ strategy to expand its European business. The transaction is currently awaiting approval from the competition authorities.
A team from CMS Germany led by Dr Richard Mayer-Uellner and Klaus Jäger advised Apollo Tyres Ltd. on all legal aspects of the acquisition. The transaction was conducted to a very tight schedule. CMS regularly acts for Apollo Tyres on transactions, with CMS Netherlands advising on the acquisition of
Private equity firm Lynx Equity Limited has received CAD15 million in financing from The Labourers’ Pension Fund.
“This financing represents the culmination of many significant years of growth and surpassing many of our goals,” says Lynx President Brad Nathan. “This investment will allow us to continue achieving our strategic goals and we are confident that this marks the beginning of a long and successful relationship with the Labourers’.”
Over the past five years, Lynx’s revenue has grown 1300 per cent, to over CAD290 million, and it was named one of Canada’s Fastest Growing Companies by PROFIT Magazine in 2014
Invest Securities has launched PRE-IPO, the first European crowdfunding platform for private investments in the last financing rounds of unlisted growth companies a few months before they go public.
A website describing the concept will be live between 20 November and 20 December, and will introduce PRE-IPO's first exclusive investment projects in cleantech, biotech, IT and e-Business companies. The full version of the PRE-IPO platform will then officially open on 26 January, 2016.
From an investor's perspective, PRE-IPO is intended for individuals, business angels, family offices and investment funds that seek to invest at a lower price than the
Law firm Howard Kennedy and its regulated London Stock Exchange sponsor, Howard Kennedy Corporate Services, have advised a new entrant to the VCT market – Hazel Targa VCT.
Hazel Targa VCT PLC brings together Hazel Capital, an established investment adviser in the VCT market, and investment advisers Welbeck Capital Partners LLP to launch a new and genuinely innovative VCT focusing on convertible loan notes. The new VCT will look to raise GBP20 million under this offer.
The Howard Kennedy team was led by partner Keith Lassman, with support from senior associate Ian Scott and solicitor Sian Thomas.
Lassman
Many investors choose to disregard potential investment in an infrastructure fund due to terms and conditions. Utilising information from the 2015 Preqin Private Equity Fund Terms Advisor and the Preqin Investor Outlook: Alternative Assets, H2 2015, this extract from this month’s Preqin Infrastructure Spotlight examines the fund terms and conditions of unlisted infrastructure funds and their effect on the alignment of interests between investors and fund managers.
In Q3 2015, Preqin conducted a series of detailed interviews with active institutional investors in infrastructure in order to gain insight into their attitudes towards the asset class. The study revealed that
Preqin’s latest factsheet takes a detailed look at closed-end private real estate fundraising for emerging managers in the US.
Fundraising
Preqin’s Real Estate Online contains detailed information on 529 private real estate funds managed by US-based emerging managers*, which have secured a total of USD104 billion since 2007. Fundraising by US-based emerging private real estate managers has not emulated its pre-crisis peak in 2007 of 80 funds reaching a final close on USD17.3 billion in capital commitments (Fig 1). The downturn led to year-on-year declines in aggregate capital raised before recovering in 2011, when USD14 billion was raised by 70
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