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The Rise Fund, a global impact investing fund managed by alternative asset firm TPG, has acquired approximately 1 gigawatt (GW) of solar PV projects from Changzhou, China-based Trina Solar. The solar PV projects included in the transaction are currently operational, under construction or in late stage development nearing ready-to-build status across Spain, Chile, Colombia, and Mexico, and will serve as the first solar PV projects within the portfolio of newly created, Madrid-based Matrix Renewables. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
TPG and The Rise Fund are assembling an industry-leading management team for Matrix Renewables and will leverage the
Auster Capital, an independent private equity firm with a global mandate to pursue cross-border acquisitions, has held the first close of Auster Fund I in excess of USD500 million. Support has been received from a variety of investors including sovereign wealth funds, prominent financial institutions, industrial corporations and family offices. The Fund has a target size of USD1 billion.
Auster Capital was founded by Jennifer Yu, who was previously the Chairperson of Rothschild & Co Global Advisory in Greater China for 16 years where she led the creation of successful partnerships between Chinese and international businesses, including landmark Chinese-European investments
EMPEA, a global industry association for private capital in emerging markets, has appointed of Bill Ford, Chief Executive Officer of General Atlantic, and Suyi Kim, Head of Asia Pacific at Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments), to its Board of Directors.EMPEA Chair Nicolas Rohatyn, Chief Executive Officer of The Rohatyn Group, says: “It is vital for private capital investors to continue to put money to work across emerging markets as these investments have a real life impact on companies and the sustainability of economies in these regions. Having recently combined forces with LAVCA to expand our reach and capabilities,
Specialist insurance provider CFC has added to its transaction liability suite of products with the launch of a new solution aimed to simplify and speed up the process for private equity firms and businesses pursuing a portfolio of add-on acquisitions for existing or newly acquired platform companies.“While the timing, size and investment strategy behind each portfolio varies, every business looking to purchase add-ons to their platform companies wants a streamlined, efficient process. Having to negotiate a new transaction liability policy for each acquisition adds unnecessary time not to mention cost. We’ve built a solution that gives buyers and sellers the
BMS Group (BMS), an independent specialist (re)insurance broker, has appointed Sandra Lee as the head of the company’s operations in Asia, subject to regulatory approvals. Lee, who is currently based in Hong Kong, will join BMS on completion of current contractual obligations.
Lee has been heading Aon’s transactions liability team in Asia since 2012. Prior to that, she practiced as an M&A lawyer for nine years in Hong Kong, Paris and Singapore, at international law firms including Linklaters, Gide Loyrette Nouel, Clifford Chance and WongPartnership.
Nick Cook, CEO at BMS Group, says: “Asia is a crucial market and this
Kirkland & Ellis has advised Starwood Capital Group on the acquisition of a 29.42 per cent stake in London-listed RDI Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) from South African investor Redefine. The shares will be bought from Redefine for an aggregate sale consideration of GBP106.3 million, representing GBP0.95 per share.
The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Mark Thompson and Matthew Elliott; real estate finance partner Jonathan Birks; tax partner Jonathan Kandel and antitrust and competition partner Mark Gardner.
Summit Partners, a global alternative investment firm, today announced the first and final closings of two funds with combined capital commitments of USD2.2 billion. Summit Partners Europe Growth Equity Fund III closed at its hard cap with EUR1.1 billion in total commitments and will target equity investments between EUR20 and EUR70 million in Europe-based companies. Summit Partners Venture Capital Fund V also closed at its hard cap with USD1.0 billion in commitments and will target equity investments of USD10 to USD60 million in growth stage companies based primarily in North America. Both funds were significantly oversubscribed.
“For more than 35 years,
Inflexion has supported the expansion of its portfolio company Alcumus via two acquisitions in the UK and North America.
MVI Advisors (MVI) has held the first closing of its second private equity fund, MVI Fund II AB (Fund II) with commitments of SEK688 million. The Fund has a target of SEK1 billion.The Fund will continue to execute the successful strategy implemented by MVI since 2011, through buyout investments in high-quality, small companies in the Nordic region.
Fund II will target control investments in companies that have solid fundamentals, show potential for strong organic growth, lend themselves to buy-and-build strategies and are positioned to take advantage of sustainable industry trends.
MVI has recently completed the investment period of
Mourant has advised private investment house and longstanding client, Ardian, on its eighth-generation secondaries fund. The platform has attracted USD19 billion of commitments from investors globally. The programme, which includes USD5 billion of co-investment interests, significantly exceeds the USD14 billion raised for Ardian’s seventh generation platform in 2016.
The fundraise highlights how the secondaries market has matured to become an important source of liquidity for investors, including insurance companies, pension funds and family offices, as they look to re-balance private equity portfolios and seek yield opportunities for savers.
The fund attracted 275 investors from nearly 40 countries across the Americas, Europe,
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