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Aquila Capital’s renewable infrastructure portfolio will save 14.4 million tonnes of CO2 throughout its operating lifetime.
In 2017 alone, 373,579 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions were saved. Its renewable energy plants produced 2.3 TWh of electricity in 2017; enough to supply power to over 630,000 European households, the equivalent of the population of Munich, for one year. Since the firm’s inception, Aquila Capital has invested in renewable energy assets with a total capacity of approximately 3 GW.
The largest contribution to Aquila Capital’s CO2 savings was made by its wind portfolio (187,853t), which is now one of the largest
Barings has served as mandated lead arranger of a multi-currency financing package to support Bertram Capital’s investment in a merger between UK-based Mardix (Holdings) Limited and Anord Control Systems of Dundalk, Ireland, an existing Bertram Capital portfolio company.
The combined businesses will form the Anord-Mardix Group, a global provider of mission-critical power distribution and infrastructure equipment for use in data centres, as well as other applications, including renewable energy, building services, infrastructure and others.
“Bertram Capital is pleased to collaborate with Barings on our investment in Mardix,” says Kevin Yamashita, Partner at Bertram Capital. “Barings’ US and European lending
Eos Venture Partners (Eos), a specialist venture capital investor in insurance technology (InsurTech), is to raise a USD100 million debut fund, EVP I.
The fund will be one of the first global, independent InsurTech investment funds targeting early and growth stage investments.
Eos was formed in 2016 and has made eight InsurTech investments, with six going on to successfully raise up-rounds. Notable investments include Neos, a connected home insurance proposition, which raised USD7m from Aviva and Munich Re, and Digital Fineprint, a business that uses social media to enhance the insurance process, which raised USD2.7 million from PenTech Ventures.
Middle-market private equity firm One Equity Partners (OEP) has completed its acquisition of ePak Resources, a designer and manufacturer of precision-engineered packaging for semiconductor, integrated circuits (ICs) and electronic components.
While financial terms of the private transaction have not been disclosed, management will continue to own a significant stake in the Company.
Headquartered in Austin, Texas, ePak makes high quality wafer and IC handling and packaging products such as boxes, canisters, containers, trays and related products for storage and transport of highly sensitive electronic products used by many of the world’s leading technology and consumer electronics businesses. Founded in 1999,
The Finance Durham fund, established by Durham County Council and managed by Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has invested GBP250,000 in pioneering automotive styling centre, Muss Media Ltd (Muss Styling).
Funds raised will enable the company to invest in its design, sales and marketing functions, roll out a national car dealership engagement strategy and employ additional wrap technicians to fulfil growing demand. As a result of the investment, the firm will establish its design, sales and marketing functions in County Durham.
Founded in June 2015, Muss Styling provides professional automotive wrapping services, which involves applying large sheets of high quality
Palatine Private Equity has completed the successful sale of Westleigh to Countryside Properties, achieving over a three-times return and 90 per cent IRR within less than two years of making the original investment.
Westleigh is the largest independent housebuilder in the Midlands focusing on the delivery of affordable homes to Registered Providers (RPs). Palatine originally invested in Westleigh in July 2016in what was the private equity firm’s first investment from its Midlands office.
Founded in 1985, by husband and wife Chris and Judy Beighton, Westleigh has experienced significant growth since Palatine invested, increasing EBITDA from GBP9 million in the
State Street Corporation has been appointed by HSBC Alternative Investments Limited (HAIL) in Luxembourg to provide a broad range of custody and administration services for its new diversified loan fund.
The appointment represents a new relationship and one where State Street will be the sole provider of several services including, global custody and depositary, fund administration, as well as regulatory reporting services for the EMIR, FATCA and Solvency II.
“Unprecedented changes in regulation, private equity buyout activity and increases in mergers and acquisitions have radically changed the opportunities in both the global loan and direct lending markets,” says David
Ultimus Fund Solutions has acquired Woodfield Fund Administration, a privately-owned private fund administration firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
Ultimus says that the combination will allow each firm to better leverage technology investments, resources and assets, providing current and prospective clients the opportunity to access a larger range of services from one combined firm with a hallmark of exceptional client service. After the acquisition, the firm will serve over 140 clients with nearly 200 employees, and Ultimus’ assets under administration will grow to more than USD75 billion. Ultimus, headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, will also maintain offices in Chicago, Illinois and Denver,
Salveo Capital, an alternative investment firm specialising in the legalised cannabis space, has appointed Thomas Mazarakis as a Managing Partner.
Mazarakis will work alongside Managing Partners Michael Gruber and Jeffrey Howard in overseeing strategic direction and will be responsible for portfolio management as well as scaling the firm and its operations.
Mazarakis has over 18 years of financial and investment experience. Most recently he served as a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs in London where he was head of the Fundamental Strategies Group, a department of research analysts within the securities division’s multi-billion dollar equity and credit businesses. Earlier
Centaur Fund Services is opening a new office in Luxembourg which will primarily service private equity (PE) and real estate (RE) funds and related investment vehicles.
Luxembourg provides a favourable legal regime to PE/RE firms, and over the past 20 years, has become a central hub for the industry, continuing to attract an increasing number of firms.
Centaur has agreed to acquire an existing administration firm, Luxembourg Capital Partners, which currently provides a full suite of fund administration services to funds, family offices and corporate vehicles. The transaction is subject to the approval of the Luxembourg regulator, the CSSF.
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