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OpZone.com, a new website designed to be the central resource for information about Opportunity Zones, has launched. The Opportunity Zone tax incentive was established by Congress to encourage long-term investments in low-income urban and rural communities nationwide.
According to Tom Mullarkey, CEO and Co-founder of OpZone.com: “We believe that bringing an institutional mindset to Opportunity Zones is essential for the program to succeed. We are confident that our efforts will improve the efficient flow of information, and we hope that OpZone.com will assist the program in its mission of accelerating the flow of capital to communities in need.”
OpZone.com is
Vortex Energy, a European renewable energy platform managed by the private equity arm of EFG Hermes, has completed the sale of a 49 per cent stake in its Pan-European operational wind power portfolio managed and co-owned by EDPR, to institutional investors advised by JP Morgan Asset Management.
The portfolio includes 56 operational wind farms with gross capacity of 998 MW spread across Spain, France, Portugal and Belgium. Vortex Energy was launched four years ago and has grown to become a prominent renewable energy-focused investment manager in Europe and the UK with an 822 MW solar and wind portfolio and combined
Edward Park, Deputy CIO at Brooks Macdonald, comments on Wednesday parliamentary votes…
Wednesday saw many twists as the indicative vote options began to be revealed. Theresa May’s offer to step aside as Prime Minister should backbenchers support her deal initially allowed the government’s bill to regain some life, supporting sterling, however post the announcement that the DUP would be voting against the current bill this rapidly receded. Whilst parliament did not reach a majority on any of the available options the ‘softer’ proposals of a customs union or a second referendum were the closest to passing. Oliver Letwin has suggested
Scope Analysis, a specialist in the analysis and rating of asset management companies and certificate issuers, as well as mutual funds and alternative investment funds, has published an updated Asset Management Rating Methodology for Alternative Investments.
Asset managers and investors can comment on the new methodology until 23 April 2019. The final version of the new rating methodology will be published after the commenting phase.
With the adjustments to the rating methodology, there will be an even stronger focus on the concerns and needs of investors. For example, the skills and competencies in the areas of investor reporting and
Ufenau Capital Partners has held the final close of Ufenau VI German Asset Lights – plus parallel funds – at EUR560 million hard cap.
Ufenau Capital Partners is a small cap private equity firm investing in German-speaking Europe. It invests predominantly in succession situations of asset light businesses in the sectors business services, healthcare, education & lifestyle and financial services. Such profitable business models will be further augmented by both organic growth initiatives and a systematic buy and build approach which has led to strong investment results.
In the course of the past six years since its first institutional
Pulse Evolution Group, a developer of hyper-realistic digital humans for entertainment, mixed reality and artificial intelligence, has launched its Asia equity capital campaign with a USD1 million lead investment from Tsang’s Group of Hong Kong.
Tsang’s Group and its investors have acquired 88,636 shares of common shares of Pulse Evolution Group at a purchase price of USD11.28 per share. The Company has also granted Tsang’s Group and its investors warrants to acquire an additional 200,000 common shares, subject to exercise prices of between USD11.00 and USD13.50 per share, or USD11.31 on a weighted average basis, payable in cash at any time
Mid-market private equity firm Nautic Partners (Nautic) has completed the final closing of Nautic Partners IX (Nautic IX) at the fund’s hard cap of USD1.5 billion in limited partner commitments. The fund was oversubscribed due to strong support from both existing and new institutional investors.
“We are pleased by the level of support and confidence from our limited partners,” says Allan Petersen, Managing Director of Investor Relations at Nautic. “We believe the success of this fundraise is a strong endorsement of our history of delivering long-term results, as well as the strength of our team, our specialised sector expertise, and
BGF has appointed Grant Paul-Florence to lead its London investment team.
Paul-Florence joins from Octopus Investments, where he was Head of Intermediate Capital for five years, responsible for a GBP150 million fund focused on investing in smaller businesses. He brings extensive investment and multi-sector portfolio management experience to the role, as well as experience in building a successful team of investors and developing internal talent.
Prior to Octopus Investments, Paul-Florence held investment roles at Levine Leichtman Capital Partners and AAC Capital Partners.
Paul-Florence will lead a team of 18 investors in BGF’s growing London team, reporting to Gavin
HSBC Private Banking has closed the latest in a series of private equity offerings through which it offers suitable high and ultra-high net worth clients access to alternative investments.
Clients had the opportunity to invest in the Asian buyout market, with a focus on mid- and large-cap buyouts and corporate partnering transactions, through a feeder vehicle to The Baring Private Equity Fund VII offered by Baring Private Equity Asia, one of Asia’s largest alternative investment managers.
Working in partnership with HSBC Global Asset Management (AMG), HSBC Private Banking was the only global private bank offering access to this investment
Independent fund and corporate services provider, the Aztec Group, has been selected by Altor to provide administration and depositary services to Altor Fund V, a fund domiciled in Sweden and whose Manager is regulated as an AIFM by the Swedish Financial Services Authority.
Focused on investing in and developing mid-market companies in Europe, with a particular focus on the Nordic and German-speaking DACH regions, Fund V was substantially oversubscribed, reaching its hard cap target of EUR2.5 billion in a single closing.
Fund V will have a 15-year investment term. Investments will generally be made in private companies with revenues
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