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Victory Park Capital (VPC), an investment firm focused on middle-market debt and equity investments, announced today that Todd Kushman joins as a principal and head of capital markets. Kushman is based in New York.
Kushman will lead the firm’s capital markets initiatives, which includes optimising and identifying new alternative investment product offerings.
“Todd’s deep experience in structured finance at leading financial institutions is additive as we look to further optimise the financing options for our investment vehicles,” says Richard Levy, CEO and Founder of VPC. “We have confidence that his leadership in capital markets will assist the firm in expanding our
The Tages Helios Fund is to acquires a portfolio of more than 51 MW comprising 35 plants distributed throughout Apulia, Sicily and Emilia Romagna effective from SECI.
The plants in the portfolio use first-rate technology and were built directly by Enerray, a company managed by SECI Energia – the market leader in Italy. The acquired portfolio generates around 74 GWh a year, which is an energy output capable of meeting the electricity demand of 27,000 families and results in an annual saving of 30,000 tonnes of CO₂ from being released into the atmosphere.
With this latest acquisition, the entire
Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners (Quinbrook), a global investment manager specialising in lower carbon and renewable energy infrastructure, has acquired a 223 Megawatt (MW) operational wind power portfolio from subsidiaries of NextEra Energy Resources.
The well-diversified wind portfolio has more than 10 years of operating history and contracted power sales to multiple investment-grade utilities. Financial terms have not been disclosed.
The acquisition was made by GlidePath Power Solutions LLC (“GlidePath”), a Quinbrook portfolio company acquired by the Quinbrook Low Carbon Power Fund in 2017. GlidePath is a developer of distributed power solutions across the US spanning wind, solar, distributed gas and
Lovell Minnick Partners (LMP), a private equity firm specialising in the financial and business services sectors, has made a series of leadership team and new Partner appointments designed to further evolve its management and governance structure and to address continued firm growth over the long-term.
Steven Pierson and Robert Belke have been named Managing Partners of LMP, with responsibility for managing the business day-to-day, overseeing finance, operations, and investor relations, and continuing to grow the team and resources over time. Pierson will Chair the newly-created Management Committee that includes Partners Robert Belke, John Cochran and Spencer Hoffman. Belke has been
Lancaster Pollard has hired Adam Zeiger as a managing director with the firm’s mergers and acquisitions (M&A) group. Zeiger will lead business development efforts for the firm’s growing sell-side and buy-side advisory services for seniors housing and care properties.
“We could not be more excited to have Adam as part of our team,” says Chad Elliott, also a managing director in Lancaster Pollard’s M&A group. “His impressive career track record, as well as his plethora of strong relationships in the seniors housing and care industry, will substantially contribute to, among other things, our ability to deliver outlier results with enhanced
Financial services private equity firm AnaCap Financial Partners (AnaCap) is to acquire a portfolio of seasoned, performing UK unsecured personal loans from Secure Trust Bank (STB) via AnaCap Credit Opportunities III.
The portfolio is highly diversified, covering more than 10,000 individual loans geographically spread across the UK, with an average seasoning of almost two years, thus providing strong and stable cash flow from the outset.
This is the Fund’s second investment in the UK and follows-on from a number of similar investments in performing consumer loans made by AnaCap predecessor funds, further developing the firm’s investment strategy addressing performing
Forward Industries has acquired Intelligent Product Solutions (IPS), an industry leading product design and development company based in Long Island, New York for a material consideration comprising of cash, equity, and contingent earn outs.
IPS clients include leading brands in consumer electronics, medical devices, enterprise and security solution providers and Internet of Things connected solutions, including Google, Physio Control, PepsiCo, Motorola, ABInBev, Zebra and Charity Water.
Terry Wise, CEO of Forward Industries, says: “I am delighted and excited with the acquisition of IPS. The company is an excellent strategic fit for Forward Industries. Its expertise and strong track record
Céréa Capital II, managed by Céréa Partenaire, alongside the company’s management and supported by Capzanine and Céréa Mezzanine, has acquired Monviso, an Italian manufacturer of crackers, bread substitutes and sweet and savoury biscuits, from PM & Partners.
With 130 employees and 4 facilities in northern Italy, Monviso had sales of approximately EUR 36m in 2017, more than one third of which from exports. It is composed of two branches, Monviso (biscotto salute, bruschetta line, breadsticks, crackers and recently cookies under its own brand for retailers and in co-packing mainly for gluten-free) and Tonon (sweet and savory biscuits for retail exports,
PM & Partners SGR has sold Monviso, a manufacturer of gourmet and healthy bread substitutes to Céréa Partenaire.
PM & Partners invested in Monviso in 2012. After strengthening the company’s operations and management, including the appointment of Alessandro Manfredi Cusmano as CEO in 2013, the company has grown organically through the expansion of its product range and presence abroad, as well as through the acquisition of Biscotteria Tonon S.p.A. in 2015.
PM & Partners sold its controlling stake in Monviso (approximately 96 per cent), while executives disposed of the remaining stake, to Altabread, a company controlled by French private
Applied Blockchain Ltd, a London-based blockchain start-up, has secured its first funding round with investments from Shell Trading International (Shell) and Calibrate Partners for minority stakes in the company.
Founded in 2015 and based in London’s Level39 Fintech Accelerator, Applied Blockchain develops blockchain applications with a focus on distributed ledger technology and smart contracts. The start-up grew organically through 20 successful client engagements in two years and was featured in Gartner’s 2017 ‘Market Guide for Blockchain Consulting and Proof-of-Concept Development Services’ report. Its clients include global players in banking, telecoms, automotive, manufacturing, aviation, as well as a range of blockchain start-ups
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