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Silver Creek Capital Management, an alternative investment boutique focusing on private credit, hedge fund and real asset strategies, has launched a new joint venture with Plum Creek Timber Company enabling institutions to directly invest in timber assets.
Twin Creeks will provide institutional investors an opportunity to co-invest in timberlands currently managed by Plum Creek with the objective of growing the portfolio to approximately USD1 billion in valuation over time through opportunistic, selective timberland acquisitions from third parties. The venture is intended to be a long-term timberland investment with an initial 15-year term. The initial portfolio, valued at USD560 million, will
Private equity funds managed by Blackstone is to acquire the majority of Serco Group’s private sector Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) operations, the main element of which is the former Intelenet business, for a consideration of GBP250 million.
The enterprise value of this deal represents the largest acquisition by Blackstone in India.
The business has expected annual revenues of approximately GBP235 million for this year. The company has 51,000 full time employees across 67 centres in eight countries. The private sector BPO business provides a range of middle and back office services, and has a strong customer base of international
"Malta provides an outstanding opportunity for private equity and venture capital managers. It has a flexible LP structure, an extensive network of double tax treaties, a favourable local tax regime and experienced service providers who can provide a cost-effective solution," comments Felicity Cole (pictured), Head of the Funds Department at Maltese law firm, Mamo TCV Advocates.
Of particular importance says Cole, are recent changes made to the Maltese Companies Act, which governs limited partnerships, including changes which set out the extent to which limited partners can participate in the management of the partnership without losing their limited liability. This is
Despite Malta introducing a legal framework for securitisation in 2006, the financial crash meant that it was rarely used until around 2012. But there are signs that securitisation is gaining some momentum locally. This is being helped by a dedicated regulated market for wholesale securities, the European Wholesale Securities Market (`EWSM'); a joint venture between the Irish Stock Exchange and Malta Stock Exchange established in 2012 that allows the listing of wholesale-denominated debt securities to trade on an EU-regulated market.
"The revival of securitisation in the EU is now considered to be one of the priorities of the Capital Markets
Following Malta's implementation of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD), it is possible to set-up Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) in Malta in accordance with the AIFMD.
Nevertheless, the existing Professional Investor Fund (PIF) regime has been retained in parallel with the AIF Regime, thus enabling de minimis fund managers and third country managers to set up collective investment schemes under the Investment Services Act, regulated by the Investment Services Rules for Professional Investment Funds.
Even though the PIF regime has remained popular with fund managers, fund platform structures have also gained momentum. According to Dr Stefania Grech (pictured), Financial
BHR has closed on its acquisition, alongside its joint venture partner AVIC Auto, of Henniges Automotive, a specialist designer and manufacturer of sealing and anti-vibration solutions for high-end automobiles.
The transaction, valued at around USD600 million, is structured as a joint acquisition by BHR (49 per cent) and AVIC Auto (51 per cent). BHR's investment in the joint venture is funded by its institutional LPs. BHR is confident in the potential for the growth of Henniges under the continued management of its current team with the new backing of AVIC Auto and BHR, who bring on board industrial expertise, as well
MSCI, a provider of research-based indexes and analytics, is to acquire all of the assets of Insignis, Inc, a data collection and aggregation service for the financial industry.
Insignis provides daily automated collection, aggregation and management of financial data, including data on positions, transactions and complex instruments such as exchange-traded futures and options, OTC swaps and foreign exchange spot and forward contracts. Insignis’ data footprint today covers 35 custodians, 15 futures brokers and 20 OTC managers with over USD2 trillion in market value.
MSCI currently leverages Insignis’ technology in its InvestorForce product line and plans to expand its use
TVV Capital, an operationally-focused private equity firm, has acquired Pensacola-based Ian-Conrad Bergan (ICB), a provider of engineered sensors, electronics and software for monitoring and gauging marine storage tanks.
Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
The acquisition of ICB is the sixth investment for TVV Capital’s latest fund, TVV III.
“The acquisition of ICB highlights TVV’s focus on acquiring niche companies with proprietary products, a strong management team and solid growth opportunities,” says Andrew W Byrd (pictured), President of TVV Capital. “ICB’s products and solutions enjoy a strong market share for inland tank barge sensors and coast-hugging
You.i Labs Inc, a user-interface technology company, has partnered with Los Angeles-based Kayne Partners, the growth private equity group of Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, an alternative investment firm managing over USD27 billion in assets.
Headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, You.i TV provides a proprietary user-interface engine to enterprise-level media and telecommunications companies to create world class video applications that run across multiple media devices, including mobile phones, tablets, game consoles, smart TVs and set-top boxes. You.i TV’s technology and unique work flow process helps deliver a high quality and consistent user experience, increases cost savings, provides a faster time to market
SS&C Technologies Holdings has acquired Primatics Financial for approximately USD122 million on a cash and debt free basis from The Carlyle Group. The acquisition is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2015.
Primatics has 384 employees, 2014 annual revenues of USD51 million and adjusted EBITDA of USD12 million.
Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Primatics is a leader in accounting, forecasting, regulatory reporting, reserving and stress testing solutions to financial institutions holding or acquiring loans. The Primatics EVOLV platform is a cloud-based, integrated risk and finance solution designed to tackle the end-to-end process challenges impacting all loan lifecycle events
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