Managers
Quercus Assets Selection is launching its third fund in the renewable energy sector, an Italian wind fund aimed at institutional investors both in Italy and internationally.
Investors will be required to invest a minimum of EUR10 million to gain access to the fund, which will build a geographically diverse portfolio of Italian wind farms that have been operational for two to five years, each generating a minimum of 20/25MW of electricity.
The fund will initially look to invest in existing plants in Central and Southern Italy and it will have an investment horizon of 15 years, with an annual Internal
Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group and global private equity and investment advisory firm CVC Capital Partners, are to fund Neptune Oil & Gas Ltd, a new oil & gas investment vehicle that will be headquartered in London.
Neptune will focus on investing in large oil & gas portfolios that may come available as a result of current energy market dynamics.
Neptune will be led by Sam Laidlaw, an industry veteran, who has more than thirty years’ experience in the energy sector. Laidlaw will work alongside Carlyle and CVC to identify large-scale investment opportunities arising in the North
Fordhouse Equity has successfully completed the acquisition of Livetel Solutions, a telephone answering, virtual PA and lead generation provider.
The acquisition of Livetel Solutions forms part of multi-million pound investment strategy to grow the MessageBase brand, which was acquired by Fordhouse Equity in August 2014. MessageBase provides call answering, call handling and message taking services for both small and larger businesses, as well as public organisations looking to reduce costs and improve customer service levels.
The new acquisition, which was completed in May 2015, forms part of an expansion plan and wider strategy to shake up the call industry and
Aquila Capital’s newly launched Aquila Renewables Fund III SA (ARF III) has secured a significant amount at first close from a large institutional investor. A high double digit million amount of the capital has already been allocated to operating assets.
The fund, which invests in a diversified portfolio of photovoltaic and wind power plants in Europe, pursues a conservative investment strategy and aims to generate early and stable current yield as well as an attractive overall return. ARF III is suitable for institutional investors who are seeking stable and predictable returns and who wish to diversify their portfolio to include
In this extract from the Preqin Real Estate Spotlight | June 2015, Abbie Smith examines the recent fundraising successes of private real estate funds focused on non-traditional property types, such as medical/healthcare facilities, senior homes, student housing and self-storage.
Fundraising
Preqin’s Real Estate Online contains extensive information on 131 funds which are focused solely on niche property types. Vehicles that solely target niche property have raised USD11.1 billion since 2009 (Fig 1). Fundraising was slower prior to 2013 with USD3.4 billion raised in the period, whereas since the start of 2013, more than double (USD7.7 billion) this amount has
Law firm Ogier has acted as Jersey counsel to a consortium of 60 lenders in relation to Glencore's USD15.25 billion revolving credit facilities.
The deal involved the refinancing of Glencore's existing revolving credit facilities entered into in June 2014, comprising of a new USD8,450,000,000 revolving credit facilities agreement and an amendment to an existing facility, expanding it to USD6,800,000,000. The new facilities will be used for general corporate purposes and included a guarantee from Jersey incorporated parent company Glencore plc. The international law firm Clifford Chance (Russell Wells, Richard Tomlinson, Jay Gavigan and Philip Sealey) acted for the lenders as
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services (S&P) has published its first annual league table for private placement deals in Europe, created in collaboration with Private Placement Monitor (PPM).
The table shows that almost EUR7 billion was raised in private capital for European companies in the last year, through 87 deals. And although French private placements continue to dominate, the market is becoming more pan-European with 47% of the deals coming from other countries.
"ICMA welcomes the publication of this survey by Standard & Poor's Ratings Services and PPM, which estimates that the growing pan-European private placement market, including direct transactions,
Funds managed by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) will be partnering with the management of Motor Fuel Group (MFG) to acquire the Company from Patron Capital Partners in a transaction valued at approximately GBP500 million.
The transaction is expected to close in July, subject to customary regulatory approvals.
MFG, acquired by Patron in 2011, is the number two independent petrol and convenience retailer in the UK. Through a series of strategic acquisitions, Patron and MFG management have grown the Company from 48 sites in 2011 to a current total of 373 sites, in addition to operating a dealer network of
Last week US Treasury bond and German bund yields spiked, both hitting a new 2015 high. On Thursday, 10-year German rates reached 1.0% before losing ground later in the day. Intraday volatility reached record highs and according to hedge fund managers, the main driver behind the moves in the fixed income markets is the lack of liquidity. Brokers and dealers hold a small and shrinking percentage of the Treasury market.
BlackFin Capital-backed NeoXam, a provider of front, middle and back office software solutions dedicated to asset managers, asset owners and securities servicing platforms, has acquired SmartCo, an Enterprise Data Management software provider.
The acquisition of SmartCo, which has offices in Paris, Zurich and Boston allows NeoXam to broaden its product offering, to strengthen its R&D capabilities, and to expand its footprint in the UK, Germany and North America. This acquisition follows NeoXam’s investments in Nexfi and Density. SmartCo’s DataHub enables asset management companies, investment banks, and security services providers to collect, verify, revise and deliver financial data from multiple sources
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