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Investment manager Downing has exited a series of hydroelectricity investments based in Scotland and managed by Gilkes Energy Limited.
Downing’s Energy and Infrastructure Investment team has worked closely with Gilkes Energy, a specialist hydroelectricity developer, since September 2013, to invest in a series of seven projects. The investment funded the development, construction and operation of the projects which total 8MWp of renewable energy generation in Scotland.
Downing has undertaken a successful programme of disposals to return capital to Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) investors in the projects, of which this divestment forms part. All six investments have been acquired by
UK financial services broker The Fiducia Group has launched Fiducia Corporate Finance which the company says will provide a bespoke corporate service for debt and equity fund raising for entrepreneurs and companies.
It will offer advice, specialising in: equity capital raising, debt capital raising, disposals, acquisitions, refinancing, restructuring and general corporate strategic advice.
Fiducia Corporate Finance will operate in the UK, and across European and global markets both for introductions and placements.
Fiducia Corporate Finance will be headed up by Laurence Goodman who has ambitious plans to develop and grow this sector for the group. Laurence is a
AXA Investment Managers – Real Assets (AXA IM – Real Assets) has completed the acquisition, as part of a core strategy on behalf of a client, of the entire issued share capital of NorthStar Realty Europe Corp ), a NYSE listed real estate investment trust.
The acquisition was approved at a special meeting of NRE stockholders held on 25 September, 2019 and NRE will be delisted from the NYSE.
Further to AXA IM – Real Assets’ announcement of 4 July 2019, the final consideration for the Acquisition after the settlement of the previously disclosed forward exchange contracts to hedge
Managed services, hybrid cloud and data centre solutions provider, LIMA Networks and Data Centre UK have secured a GBP12 million investment from private equity house, Maven Capital Partners (Maven).
The transaction includes an equity raise from Maven Investor Partners, a syndicate of institutional, family office and high net worth investors, alongside debt funding provided by CYBG.
LIMA Group is a technology services and infrastructure solutions provider specialising in designing and implementing intelligent IT infrastructure solutions across a rang of sectors and industries, including SMEs to enterprise level and public sector organisations.
Maven’s investment in LIMA Group will allow
KB Associates (KBA) has secured a minority investment from ECI Partners to continue enhancing its service offering and grow its international presence.
KBA specialises in the provision of management company, governance and compliance services to investment funds and asset managers. Founded in 2003, Dublin-headquartered KBA also has offices in London, New York and Cayman Islands. KBA has 60 consultants, works with over 230 asset management firms including some of the world’s biggest managers, and supports investment funds with assets under management in excess of EUR225 billion.
KBA’s specialist professional services model has helped drive significant growth in recent years as asset
BGF, a UK and Irish investment company, has appointed Daina Spedding as an investor in its London office.
Spedding joins from the investment team at Blue Coast Capital, where she sourced and executed investment opportunities in global consumer and digital companies. Previously, Spedding has worked in PwC’s transaction services team, specialising in company valuations and analysis.
Spedding’s new role at BGF will cover all aspects of the investment process, from initial meeting with business owners considering funding, to due diligence and actively working alongside portfolio companies after completion.
Commenting on her appointment, Spedding says: “BGF has been impressively active
Schroders has launched a specialist private equity fund, which provides greater investment flexibility for a potentially larger pool of prospective clients.
The Schroder GAIA II Specialist Private Equity Fund addresses a number of factors that have traditionally made accessing the asset class challenging – it offers monthly subscriptions and quarterly redemptions, while investors can also gain exposure with a minimum investment of USD50,000.
Schroder Adveq, Schroders’ specialist private equity team, will manage the fund.
The fund will focus on small and medium-sized buyouts in Europe and USA, encompassing companies that typically have an enterprise value of less than
TEAM Services Group (TEAM), a portfolio company of Alpine Investors (Alpine), has partnered with AmeriBest Home Care (AmeriBest), a home care agency that provides home and community-based services in the greater Philadelphia region.
AmeriBest will continue to operate under its current brand name within TEAM Public Choices (TPC), a division of TEAM that serves clients through Medicaid and other state-sponsored disability programs. Omar Khanataev will remain as AmeriBest’s CEO.
Both AmeriBest and TPC are committed to providing high-quality patient and caregiver services to seniors and people with disabilities in the comfort of their own homes and focus on providing care that
The Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF) Debt Finance, managed by Maven Capital Partners (Maven), has provided EarthSense Systems Limited (EarthSense), air quality monitoring and modelling data firm, with a GBP100,000 loan.
The funding will enable the business to invest further in research and development while also creating new jobs in the East Midlands.
EarthSense monitors levels of air pollution using innovative hardware helping to create key data sets of use to a range of clients including local authorities, health services, pharma businesses and government.
The firm’s technology draws on satellite data and air sensors to analyse historic levels
Law firm Paul Hastings has appointed Charles Cardon, a corporate partner with a focus on takeovers, M&A, private equity, and capital markets transactions, to the firm’s team in Paris.
“We’re meeting our clients’ demand for deeper European capabilities in M&A, private equity and finance,” says Seth Zachary, chair of Paul Hastings. “Charles brings extensive, valuable experience in these areas and is a welcome addition to the Paris office as we continue to grow.”
“Paul Hastings’ strong growth story and outstanding track record of impressive deals in Europe was very attractive to me,” says Cardon, who joins Paul Hastings from Dechert.
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