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LGT Capital Partners reports that European alternatives managers’ adoption of ESG principals has increased.
The sixth annual ESG Report assessed some 294 managers globally, grading them on how successfully they have integrated environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations into their investment activities.
The report found that the majority, at 58 per cent, of private equity firms are rated as either ‘Excellent’ or ‘Good’ in terms of ESG integration, compared to just 27 per cent in 2014, indicating that this has been made a priority by private equity managers.
Europe continues to lead the way in ESG integration, particularly
Odysseus Investments, the venture capital and private equity arm of Reech Corporations Group and Seed Founders, a technology investment company established by InsureTech investor Minh QTran, are joining forces to create an new framework which will allow investors to achieve scale exposure to a range of traditional, alternative and tech venture capital assets.
The firm writes that Odysseus Alternative Ventures combines Reech Group’s strengths in real estate, alternative assets and technology with Seed Founders’ expertise in incubating innovative start-ups in insurTech, propTech and disruptive finance generally.
The new firm plans to bring an innovative approach to managing alternative
Global investment bank GCA Altium has strengthened its presence in Asia with the launch of two new offices in Taipei and Ho Chi Minh City.
Open from May 2018, the new offices will give UK clients access to Asia’s burgeoning M&A and investment markets. The firm has identified Taiwan and Vietnam as rapidly emerging trade hotspots due to their close proximity to China.
Vietnam has one of the fastest growing economies in Asia and saw its strongest year for M&A last year, with Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growing at 6.81 per cent, its highest growth rate in a decade.
SimpleNexus has raised USD20 million in growth capital from Insight Venture Partners to accelerate continued growth and expansion.
SimpleNexus provides a private-label digital mortgage platform and mobile app that connects mortgage lenders with borrowers and real estate agents, allowing all parties to easily exchange data and documents through the lifecycle of a mortgage loan. The online application is custom branded to the lending institution and includes individual pages for each loan officer to share.
“Our unprecedented growth clearly demonstrates the leading role SimpleNexus occupies in the digital mortgage movement and an industry wide embrace of our mobile-first technology that
Ironwood Capital has made a subordinated debt and minority equity investment in American Residuals Group (ARG), an Arkansas-based environmental services company. Funding was provided by Ironwood Mezzanine Fund IV LP and its affiliated funds.
Ironwood Capital President and Chief Investment Officer Carolyn Galiette, says: “ARG is one of the largest wastewater collection and disposal companies in the country. The investment thesis is to continue to grow organically into new geographies and explore additional acquisitions.”
“ARG has a proven track record of providing quality services to the municipal and industrial food processing market and we’re excited to partner with the
Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA), via Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund 4 (MEIF4), and Wren House Infrastructure are to sell part of Viesgo to Repsol in a deal valued at EUR750 million.
Repsol will acquire the majority of Viesgo’s unregulated assets including Viesgo Supply, which has electricity and gas contracts with 750,000 households and businesses, as well as 700MW of conventional generation hydro power (both pumping storage and run-of-river); and two Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) plants with a total installed capacity of 1650MW.
MIRA and Wren House will retain Viesgo’s regulated entities including the electricity distribution network business
MPC Capital’s investment platform for renewable energies in the CARICOM region, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy Fund, and Trinidad and Tobago conglomerate ANSA McAL, are to acquire an operational 21 MW windpark Tilawind, located in Tilarán in the Guanacaste province, Costa Rica.
With a wind turbine capacity factor of 45 per cent, Tilarán represents an excellent location for the wind farm, which has been operational since 2015 and has the potential to expand its capacity to 40 MW in the future. Tilawind and the expansion were developed and constructed by the local project developer Gruman Resources, who currently operates the wind farm.
NewAlpha Asset Management, a Paris-based global emerging manager acceleration specialist and Private Equity firm, has appointed Adrien Auric as Chief Operating Officer.
In addition to operational due diligence, Adrien Auric is now also responsible for coordinating the Legal, Internal Control & Compliance, Operations and Information Systems functions with NewAlpha’s service providers.
The company intends to adapt its organisation and strengthen its operational efficiency to cope with the growth and diversification of its investment and advisory activities.
Prior to joining NewAlpha in June 2017, Adrien Auric was in charge of Investment Due Diligence at Reinhold & Partners, a
Pathway Capital Management, has closed Pathway Private Equity Fund CV-B (PPEF CV-B), a USD602 million private equity co-investment fund formed in partnership with a US-based institutional investor.
PPEF CV-B will focus on identifying and investing in co-investment opportunities globally alongside high-quality private equity managers across a variety of strategies.
PPEF CV-B represents a continuation of Pathway’s successful 27-year track record of investing in private equity, which includes more than USD1.2 billion invested in private equity co-investments.
Since the inception of the firm in 1991, Pathway has participated in the development of more than 85 private market portfolios, committing
Chelverton Asset Management Limited (‘Chelverton’), a specialist investor in sub-FTSE 100 quoted equities and unquoted SMEs, has completed its third transaction of 2018 on behalf of Members of its Investor Club service, with a GBP1 million growth capital investment in Reading-based iDefigo.
iDefigo initially developed its Internet of Things (IoT) surveillance platform in New Zealand before relocating to the UK in 2013. The company’s offering, combines power management, mobile network optimisation, and intelligent cloud image capture and processing which it says provides organisations with a viable solution for protecting remote assets. The iDefigo camera can be self-installed, without the need
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