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Elian Fund Services (Guernsey) has supported iCON Infrastructure Partners on the first and final close of its third fund, iCON Infrastructure III, a Guernsey registered closed-ended investment scheme with approximately EUR800m in commitments.
This follows the strong investment performance of iCON's first fund and the successful investment of their second fund.
Consistent with the strategy employed for iCON I and iCON II, the new fund has been established to focus on mid-sized, core infrastructure investment opportunities, located predominantly in Europe with a secondary focus on North America.
Elian Fund Services (Guernsey) Limited has a long-standing relationship with iCON
Private debt fundraising and funds currently in market are examined in this extract from the Preqin Quarterly Update: Private Debt, Q1 2015.
Fundraising in Q1 2015
Q1 2015 saw 19 private debt funds reach a final close, securing an aggregate USD16 billion in commitments. This is a drop on the USD22 billion raised in Q4 2014 by 28 funds, but an increase on the amount of capital raised in the first quarter of 2014, when USD12 billion was accumulated (Fig 1).
Mezzanine fundraising accounted for the vast majority (70%) of capital raised in Q1 2015, with the bulk of
SFW Capital Partners (SFW), a private equity firm specialising in Analytical Tools and Related Services, has held the final close of SFW Capital Partners Fund II with total commitments of over USD345 million
The fund closed at its hard cap.
SFW focuses on making strategic investments in mid-size Analytical Tools and Related Services companies, including providers of instrumentation, information and software, and related business services, a sector that the SFW team has invested in for over 20 years. Analytical Tools and Related Services businesses provide information, data, and analytics that support research, product development, process control, quality assurance, compliance, diagnostics,
Nexxus Capita, through Nexxus VI Trust and Nexxus Capital Private Equity VI, has agreed to acquire, subject to certain closing conditions, a combined stake of 28.61 per cent in AGS NASOFT, a multiregional IT services company.
NASOFT has more than 1,500 employees and operates in eight countries, mainly Mexico, Brazil, and Spain, maintaining long term relationships with well positioned clients in the financial services sector and in the industrial and commercial sectors, as well as with government institutions. NASOFT has a proven operating model which is executed by a management team that has over 20 years of experience in the
Alternative investment and asset management firm Garrison Investment Group has selected iLEVEL to manage the firm’s portfolio data and streamline their reporting process.
Founded in 2007, Garrison Investment Group focuses on deploying capital in opportunities across corporate finance, financial assets, and real estate. Garrison will initially implement iLEVEL for their Business Development Company (BDC) and Corporate Lending funds.
“As our BDC and Corporate Lending businesses continue to grow, we recognise the need for a system to help us analyse portfolio data and report to our investors with greater efficiency and transparency,” says Michelle Rancic, Chief Accounting Officer, Garrison Investment
NeoXam has completed its carve-out from its former parent group Sungard Financial Systems, and acquires Nexfi with the support of BlackFin.
NeoXam is a provider of front, middle and back office software solutions dedicated to asset managers, asset owners and securities servicing platforms. It employs 300 highly skilled financial software developers and consultants in Europe, China, Africa, and the US. Neoxam’s clients include Tier 1 financial institutions such as Caceis Investor Services, BBVA Asset Management, UBS and Citic Securities. In January 2014, BlackFin acquired the GP3 and Decalog software programs from SunGard and constituted NeoXam together with buy-in manager Serge
Alternative investment manager Lexington Partners has renewed a three-year agreement, or "smartnership," with the Happy Hearts Fund to jointly rebuild three schools in Latin American countries.
This marks the second three-year pledge that Lexington Partners has made to Happy Hearts Fund. Lexington's initial pledge, in 2012, has resulted in the rebuilding of three schools for 1,086 children. In 2012, Lexington contributed toward the rebuilding of the Divino Nino Jesus School for 720 children in the region of Chincha, Peru. In 2013, Lexington contributed toward the rebuilding of the Jose Maria Pino Suarez School for 186 children in the region of
Victory Park Capital (VPC), an asset management firm focused on middle market debt and equity investments, has provided a USD50 million credit facility to The Credit Junction, an online provider of working capital financing to small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs).
The facility will allow the company to provide comprehensive capital solutions to SMEs across the United States, with the long-term vision of transforming the way SMEs finance their working capital needs.
In addition to providing The Credit Junction with its first institutional credit facility, VPC has provided an investment to fund working capital needs in advance of the company’s
SEKO Logistics (SEKO) a provider of supply chain solutions, has selected Greenbriar Equity Group, a private equity firm focused exclusively on the global transportation industry, as its new equity partner to help spearhead the next stage of its growth.
Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded in 1976, SEKO provides complete supply chain solutions specialising in forwarding, transportation, logistics, software and warehousing. Central to SEKO’s customer centric solutions are innovative and customisable technology tools that provide a seamless flow of information and give customers truly global supply chain visibility. With over 120 offices in 40 countries worldwide, SEKO’s
China Information Technology (CNIT) has entered into a strategic agreement with Shenzhen Capital Group Co.
Under the terms of the agreement, Shenzhen Capital will collaborate with the Company in exploring new investment opportunities in the cloud computing technology space. It will also assist the Company on an as-needed basis with its market expansion throughout China.
As a leading venture capital firm in China, Shenzhen Capital has RMB10.0 billion (USD1.6 billion) of assets under management. Shenzhen Capital has helped over 500 portfolio companies grow in sectors ranging from information technology and telecommunication to pharmaceutical and new material. The Shenzhen Capital investment
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