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New private equity firm Aretex Capital Partners has closed its first transaction, the acquisition of Alerian, a provider of energy infrastructure indices and market intelligence based in Dallas, which was announced in May 2018.
The investment is representative of Aretex’s strategy to invest in founder-led businesses with multiple growth levers.
Led by founders Sergio D’Angelo and Andrew Feller, Aretex Capital Partners is based in New York and London and will invest primarily in North America and Europe, working in partnership with entrepreneurs and management teams with proven track records of success. The firm seeks to create value by helping
Alternative investment firm Värde Partners has appointed Shannon Gallagher as Head of EMEA Business Development and Investor Relations.
Based in Värde’s London office, Gallagher will lead the team responsible for developing and cultivating relationships with Värde’s investors across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
“We are pleased to welcome Shannon to Värde. Not only will she be a valuable resource to Värde’s investors, her experience and relationships in the region will provide meaningful insight as we continue to engage with and meet the needs of our investors,” says Jon Fox, Partner and Global Head of Business Development and Investor
AXA Investment Managers – Real Assets (AXA IM – Real Assets) is to acquire, on behalf of clients, and in a joint venture with Crédit Agricole Assurances and Fluxys, a 35.76 per cent stake in the Dunkirk LNG regasification terminal (Dunkirk LNG) in Northern France.
With Fluxys already holding 25 per cent in the facility, the company through the consortium will have ~30.39 per cent in the capital of the terminal while AXA Investment Managers – Real Assets, on behalf of its clients, and Crédit Agricole Assurances each will hold ~15.19 per cent. The vendors are EDF Développement Environnement (EDF)
Natixis Investment Managers has expanded its private debt capabilities with the acquisition of a MV Credit, a European Credit specialist focused on upper mid-cap private debt.
The acquisition providing investors with access to a wide range of strategies in private equity, private debt, real estate, and infrastructure. MV Credit will remain fully autonomous while being able to access Natixis Investment Managers’ centralised global distribution capabilities. Natixis says the acquisition will be fee rate accretive, and the impact of the transaction on its CET1 ratio is estimated at around 10 basis points (bps).
MV Credit is a long-established, UK-based, European
ORIX Corporation USA (ORIX USA) is to acquire NXT Capital, a provider of structured financing to the US middle market.
“The acquisition of NXT Capital is one step forward in expanding our product set within our third-party asset management platform and achieving continued growth through strategic relationships,” says Hideto Nishitani, ORIX USA Chairman, President and CEO. “The addition of NXT Capital will accelerate our position as a hybrid middle-market lender and asset manager, allowing ORIX USA to expand our participation into larger, more strategic investments and strengthen our competitive advantage as a top-tier provider of capital to middle-market companies and
Nexxus Iberia’s Nexxus Iberia Private Equity Fund I (FCR) has completed its first investment in Fuertes Gimeno Comunicaciones (FGC).
Founded in 1998, FGC is a Spanish engineering company that provides a wide range of services to telecom carriers and equipment vendors for the deployment, maintenance, upgrade and optimisation of mobile and fixed networks. Such services include consultancy, outsourcing of qualified personnel, site location management, first line maintenance of network, and engineering projects. FGC main clients are in Spain, Germany, UK, Mexico and other Latin American countries (LatAm).
Nexxus Iberia believes that FGC is in a great position to profit
LDC, the UK’s leading mid-market private equity investor, has made a GBP10 million investment in Yorkshire property agency Linley & Simpson to support its expansion.
Founded by Will Linley and Nick Simpson 20 years ago, Linley & Simpson is a market-leading residential lettings and sales agency based in Horsforth, Leeds. It employs 180 people across 11 regional branches, manages a portfolio of more than 5,800 properties and generates a turnover of more than GBP9 million.
The deal sees LDC back the existing management team with a GBP10 million investment to drive its acquisition strategy as well as support technology
Green Arrow Capital SGR, on behalf of Private Equity Fund 3 has executed the first add-on for its portfolio company TFM Automotive & Industry SpA, acquiring the 100 per cent of Spiral Ingranaggi Srl.
The company, specialising in the production of small and medium-sized gears, both cylindrical and conical, with straight, helical and spiral toothing used for adaptors, machinery and transmissions, represents the perfect fit for TFM Group, one of the main European producers active in manufacturing high precision machined components for the Automotive, Cycle and Oil & Gas sectors.
Spiral, founded in 1994 by the engineer Massimo Ronconi
Crown Capital Partners has launched Crown Capital Power, a new fund that will provide investors with attractive, utility-like income through the direct ownership of Integrated Energy Platforms (IEPs) that provide electricity under long-term contracts to mid to large-scale electricity users, such as manufacturers, hotels, and condominiums.
IEPs are on-site generators that provide more reliable and less expensive electricity than comparable service from a public utility.
“Over the past 10 years, commercial electricity users, especially in Ontario, have experienced substantial price increases and prices are expected to continue rising,” says Chris Johnson, President and CEO of Crown. “Because electricity
Private capital adviser Campbell Lutyens has added to its senior team in the US with the appointments of Mike Bolner and Yokasta Segura-Baez as Principals.
Campbell Lutyens’ US-based team has grown to 30 people across three offices in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles.
Bolner has more than 20 years of placement agent experience and has led over 70 fundraisings across a broad range of alternative investment strategies. He joins Campbell Lutyens from Probitas Partners where he led the project management team in New York. He previously held senior roles at JP Morgan Funds Group and Citi Alternative Investments.
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