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Asset owners and managers are increasing their investment in Cashflow Driven Investment (CDI) assets, such as Infrastructure, according to data released by RiskFirst covering over GBP1 trillion of assets.
The average allocation to CDI eligible assets, such as infrastructure, private and multi-asset credit, has more than doubled since the beginning of 2018, concludes the study. This trend is driven by increasing allocations to infrastructure investments and a reduction in traditional return-seeking investments, such as equities.
The analysis is based on data drawn from RiskFirst’s risk management platform PFaroe, which has a client base of both asset owners and managers.
Wynnchurch Capital has made an investment in Eastern Metal Supply (EMS) a distributor of aluminium extrusions and related products.
Founded in 1982 and headquartered in Lake Worth, Florida, EMS started with just five employees and has grown to employ approximately 800 today. Their single Florida location has also grown into fourteen nationwide distribution centres and manufacturing facilities, totalling nearly 1.5 million square feet under roof.
“We have built and grown EMS by providing our customers with exceptional service, just-in-time delivery and a wide breadth of value-added products. Wynnchurch shares this commitment and we are excited to partner with them
Ropes & Gray has advised Paine Schwartz Partners, a specialist in sustainable food chain investing, on Paine Schwartz Food Chain Fund V, which has closed with USD1.425 billion in total capital commitments.
Fund V, which exceeded its original target and hard cap due to oversubscribed demand and strong support from its investors, is Paine Schwartz’s largest fund to date, representing a global base of limited partners from the US, Canada, Europe, Middle East and Asia.
Consistent with Paine Schwartz Food Chain Fund IV, Fund V will focus exclusively on attractive investment opportunities along the food and agribusiness value chain. Paine Schwartz has a 20-plus year
Harbinger Ventures, a growth-equity investment firm focused on scaling early-stage, female-led companies in the consumer space, has closed its second fund with USD21.7 million of committed capital.
Fund II closed with nearly universal participation from investors in the first fund, as well as a number of new investors. Following the success of Harbinger Ventures’ pilot fund in 2016, which allowed the firm to be an early lead investor in successful startups like Once Upon A Farm and Cora, Fund II brings the total capital under Harbinger Ventures’ management to USD27.8 million.
“Harbinger Ventures is proving itself as a leading
Austin-based Escalate Capital Partners has held a first close of Escalate Capital IV with USD282 million of capital from returning and new limited partners.
Limited partners in Escalate IV include JP Morgan Asset Management, The University of Texas/Texas A&M Investment Management Company, Bespoke Private Strategies, Cadence Bank, and Regions Bank, among others. The fund has a hard cap of USD290 million.
“We are appreciative of the confidence our limited partners have shown in our team and investment strategy,” says Ross Cockrell, Managing Director.
Escalate IV’s core investment strategy continues to be lending to venture and growth capital-backed companies
Midwest Products & Engineering (MPE), a design and manufacturing partner to healthcare and technology OEMs, has secured a majority equity investment from Chicago-based Beecken Petty O’Keefe & Company (BPOC), a leading private equity firm focused exclusively on the healthcare industry.
Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
“MPE is proud to be a premier partner to many of the nation’s largest medical device and technology OEMs,” says Hank Kohl, President & CEO of MPE-INC, who will continue to lead the Company. “BPOC’s experience in contract manufacturing and the broader healthcare industry is well aligned with our business
Impact investing is becoming of increased importance to investors and fund managers alike, as they seek out investment opportunities in companies that are committed to making the world a better place. From clean technology and sustainable energy to healthcare innovation, electric vehicle advances and decarbonisation projects, there is a huge potential for VC and PE investors.
On this podcast, Elias Korosis, Partner at Hermes GPE where he oversees the firm’s innovation-led growth investment programme and serves as the portfolio manager of the Hermes GPE Environmental Innovation Fund, looks at the origins of impact investing. How the present day spectrum of
The Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF) Debt Finance, managed by Maven Capital Partners (Maven), has provided Lincolnshire-based, Jepco, with a GBP900,000 funding package, which will enable the horticulture firm to acquire the hydroponic technology and equipment needed to expand production all year round.
The finance package will also create 14 new jobs in the region. This is the second MEIF loan made to the Jepco Group.
Two distinct opportunities have arisen for Jepco. The first is to help protect crop growers in the UK, affected by Fusarium, a soil fungi that destroys crops. The second is the introduction of
ACTIAM Institutional Microfinance Fund III has been renamed as the ACTIAM Financial Inclusion Fund and will look to build on the successful track record gained by the asset manager over the years in the field of microfinance.
The ACTIAM Financial Inclusion Fund’s aim is to achieve positive social impact by extending private loans to financial institutions in emerging countries and thus to help micro-enterprises and MSMEs (micro and SME companies) to gain access to financing in such countries. New professional investors can join a portfolio which is already fully invested and which has a successful track record. The fund actively
The swathe of transparency disclosures required by new and upcoming regulation has been putting pressure on private equity firms. However, PE managers can work with pragmatic and knowledgeable law firms to understand exactly how the rules apply to their particular situation and consider whether there is a basis for limiting disclosure about their business and their investors.
Andrew Knight (pictured), Managing Partner, Harneys Luxembourg explains: “There’s an ever increasing degree of transparency being demanded and there are all the regulatory processes and associated cost that go with that. We’ve been closely involved with the common reporting standard and Fatca disclosure
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