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An organisation that aims to support over 300 people with severe mental health problems enter the workplace across multiple London boroughs has received investment through an outcomes-based contract from Big Issue Invest’s (BII) Outcomes Investment Fund.
BII, the social investment arm of The Big Issue, made the GBP227,000 investment into the Mental Health and Employment Partnership (MHEP) last month.
The GBP227,000 that has been committed by BII will support people, in the London boroughs of Haringey and Barnet, who without intensive support are statistically unlikely to enter the job market. The delivery provider, Twining Enterprise has over 20 years’ experience
Funds specialist Sophie Reguengo has been promoted to partner in Ogier’s Jersey investment fund team.
Reguengo joins Niamh Lalor and Emily Haithwaite as partners leading the Jersey investment funds team, making Ogier’s the first all-women led investment funds legal team in the Island.
Reguengo is a highly experienced investment funds and regulatory lawyer with over 15 years’ industry experience. She is recognised as a “Rising Star” by IFLR1000 and a “Next Generation Lawyer” by Legal 500.
She acts for a wide range of real estate and private equity managers and is an active member of Ogier’s fund finance team. As
Private investors have committed GBP8 million to a specialist fund targeting the rapidly-growing alternative lending market, through Connection Capital, a specialist private client investment business.
A syndicate of 86 Connection Capital clients have invested in the BCI Credit Opportunities Fund, which provides loan capital of GBP2 million-GBP20 million to alternative lenders which operate digital platforms and are looking to scale their consumer or SME loan businesses.
Connection Capital says the reason for such strong investor appetite is due to the attractive market dynamics.
The alternative lending market is one of the fastest growing sectors in the UK, driven by advances
Glennmont Partners has completed the acquisition of a 42MW windfarm project located in Sicily from Athena Investments. As part of the same transaction, private investment house Ardian Infrastructure, has completed the acquisition via its controlled company 4New, of a 157.2MW portfolio of brownfield wind farms and photovoltaic plants located in Italy and Spain.
The windfarm in Italy started operations in 2010, benefits from a Feed in Tariff scheme and is located in an area with outstanding wind resources. This acquisition represents a further step in the capital deployment of Glennmont’s €850m Clean Energy Fund III which achieved final close in
Centre Partners, a middle market private equity firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles, has sold its portfolio company Stonewall Kitchen to Audax Private Equity. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded in 1991, Stonewall Kitchen is a leading manufacturer of premium branded specialty food and gift products, including jams, olive oils, bottled sauces, crackers and pancake mixes. The Company has more than 6,000 wholesale accounts nationwide and internationally; a thriving online direct-to-consumer business; a flagship campus in York, Maine featuring a company store, café and cooking school; and nine retail Company Stores located throughout
Denham Capital has sold BioTherm Energy to Actis Capital, a leading emerging market investor, for an undisclosed sum. Denham invested in BioTherm Energy through its Fund V and helped build it into a leading African independent renewable power company.
Jasandra Nyker, currently CEO at BioTherm, will become a Managing Director in Denham Capital’s International Power Group following the exit. Jasandra will be responsible for origination, analysis, structuring, valuation and execution of investments for the International Power Deal Team. She brings over 20 years of experience to the firm.
Since joining BioTherm in 2011, Jasandra has grown the business into
FNA has closed USD5.5m Series A investment round led by IQ Capital, with participation from GETTYLAB.
The funds will be used to further develop the FNA platform and solutions to help financial regulators and institutions operationalise advanced data analytics, identify fault lines in the financial system and prepare better for financial crisis and cyber threats.
Founded in 2013, FNA is a London-based RegTech and SupTech (Supervisory Technology) company that uses its network analytics, AI and machine learning platform to enable financial institutions to map and monitor complex financial systems, and to simulate operational and financial risks. FNA works with leading
Specialist financier ExWorks Capital is moving its London office to 33 Central, King William Street in the City of London from its previous London headquarters on Cornhill.
Over the past two years, the Chicago-based company, which opened its first international office in London in 2017, has enjoyed notable success, ensuring that the company’s excellent reputation has been upheld in the United Kingdom (UK). The new headquarters will facilitate the continued growth of ExWorks’ business and enable it to cater to the needs of its expanding client base. ExWorks will occupy the seventh floor of the building, which was purchased by
Wealth Enhancement Group, an independent wealth management firm that oversees USD11.8 billion in client assets, has been acquired by funds affiliated with TA Associates, a global growth private equity firm with extensive experience in financial services investing.
The transaction brings aboard a new primary capital partner for Wealth Enhancement Group, with TA Associates purchasing the equity stake owned by funds affiliated with Lightyear Capital LLC, which has been the majority owner since June 2015. Under the terms of the acquisition, Wealth Enhancement Group will continue to be a privately held, independent firm, under its existing leadership team, brand and strategy.
Lumina Capital Advisers Limited (LUMINA), a specialist corporate finance advisory firm specialising in private company M&A throughout the GCC, has released its Q2 2019 Lumina Private Company Index (LPCI) – the first private company M&A index covering the GCC.
The quarterly report tracks private company average deal valuations across a broad range of sectors across the region.
In addition, Lumina’s latest ‘State of M&A’ survey which analysed mid-market M&A data from private companies, investment firms and advisors in the region indicate most active sectors as industrials, healthcare, and consumer with intra-GCC deals accounting for 63 per cent of M&A
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