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IMG Partners LTD (IMG) has selected IntraLinks’ cloud-based solutions to securely communicate with its global investor community. IMG, an independent private equity real estate fund manager focused on the Russian market, is using IntraLinks to raise its second fund, Russia Development Fund II.
"In the current fundraising environment, investors have significant demands for timely access to large quantities of due diligence information," says Stephen Terzolo, Investor Relations Manager at IMG. "Previously, IMG used traditional fundraising methods, such as postal mail, e-mail, courier services and on-site visits, to communicate with investors. As the global regulatory environment has evolved, there is now a need
With the support of majority shareholder Perceva Capital, SHARK, the leading French supplier of motorcycle helmets, has acquired Holding Trophy, owner of motorcycle clothing and accessories brands Bagster, Bering and Ségura.
Present in over 30 countries, Holding Trophy is the French leader with over 25% market share and a turnover of roughly EUR30 million in 2010, of which 20% comes from exports. The newly created group is exclusively dedicated to motorcyclist gear (clothing, gloves and helmets) and vehicle equipments (custom saddles, soft luggage, petrol tank, leg and hand grip covers).
This build-up acquisition for SHARK was orchestrated by
European private equity firm Cinven has completed its acquisition of Guardian Financial Services, the UK closed book of life and pensions business. Cinven reached agreement to acquire Guardian from AEGON in August 2011 for an enterprise value of GBP275 million.
The transaction was originated by Cinven’s Financial Services team as part of its analysis of the European life assurance market.
The investment provides a consolidation platform for Cinven in the European closed life assurance market driven by factors including the fragmented nature of the market; commercial pressures on smaller operators; banking institutions looking to exit insurance assets and overseas
Ogier has selected SunGard’s Investran to support the its private equity administration needs. Investran’s integrated solution suite will help Ogier to meet reporting demands for the entire investment lifecycle by automating front-, middle- and back-office processes.
Ogier Fund Services selected Investran to help manage and process high-volume accounting and reporting needs for private equity managers and their investors. SunGard’s Investran will help Ogier’s clients benefit from greater operational efficiency and improved service capabilities.
Investran will help provide Ogier with the capability to take on even more funds with complex service demands. Investran will enable Ogier’s back-office operations teams to manage
In a move reflecting increasing investor confidence in Sabien Technology and its patented M2G boiler control, specialist investment manager Amati Global Investors has doubled its shareholding in the company to 17.4%.
The share purchase coincides with a recent Sabien ‘case study’ for the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC – see Note 2)
The case study for DECC, demonstrates the appeal of Sabien’s technology offering to a wide cross section of both private and public companies and the growth Sabien is experiencing as a result
It is no coincidence that some of the highest ranking companies in the CRC
Stirling Square Capital Partners, a pan-European private equity firm focused on transformational cross-border transactions, has made a EUR40m growth capital investment into Portugal-based Omni Helicopters International.
Based in Lisbon, Omni is the helicopter services specialist that was recently de-merged from the broader aviation group Omni Aviação SGPS S.A.; it owns a fleet of medium- and heavy-lift helicopters servicing the oil & gas industry and emergency medical transportation services. The Company’s helicopter fleet is operated by its Brazilian affiliate Omni Taxi Aéreo, the country’s second largest oil & gas helicopter services operator with 40 aircraft under management.
Brazil has one of
Geneva headquartered investment management firm Index Ventures SA has appointed Jersey-based alternative asset fund administrator EFG Securities Services as Administrator to Index Ventures Growth II (IVGII), a Jersey domiciled Venture Capital Fund which has raised EUR 500m in commitments from investors and will be making late stage investments in technology and life science companies.
The fund, the largest of its type to be raised in the past five years, had its final closing in late summer and has since made two investments, including Dropbox, the innovative online storage provider.
IVGII is a Jersey Expert Fund and is the
Arma Partners acted as exclusive financial adviser to intergenia AG on the sale of a 51% stake in the firm to Oakley Capital Private Equity LP. Oakley Capital Private Equity LP is an unlisted UK and European mid-market private equity fund with the aim of providing investors with significant long term capital appreciation.
As part of the transaction, Oakley Capital Investments Limited (AIM: OCL) will be providing EUR10 million of senior financing, with the Fund providing an additional EUR30 million of equity financing to fund the acquisition. Management and the founders will retain a 49% stake in the business post-acquisition and
Mbeach Software has engaged Wakabayashi Fund, LLC, a Japan and New York consulting firm, to provide investor and public relations services, capital funding services, and to present the company to institutional investors. These services will augment the funding commitment of Southridge Partners II LP to extend the company an equity line of up to USD10 million per the agreement signed in August 2011.
"Wakabayashi Fund, LLC is very pleased to have been retained by Mbeach Software Inc. and share with the company’s experienced management team the full scope of our services in the financial markets," says Tadaharu Wakabayashi, President of
SEMAEB, CDC, Safidi (subsidiary of EDF), Crédit Mutuel Arkéa and Crédit Coopératif have teamed up to form EILAÑ, a company dedicated to investment projects in Brittany, France, with a focus on projects of renewable energy equipment manufacturing or infrastucture production, particularly wind and biomass.
EILAÑ focuses on technically matured middle-sized projects that require investments ranging between EUR3m and EUR10m.
With an initial capital of EUR3m, EILAÑ will use EUR4.7m in the next three years and intends to progressively increase its capital in order to support a dozen projects by 2016. The financial leveraging will lead to investments amounting to EUR100m
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