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Australian consumer lending fintech company, MoneyMe, has finalised an AUD120 million asset-backed wholesale securitisation facility led by AUD100 million from global investment manager, Fortress Investment Group, and joined with AUD20 million of bonds issued by corporate advisory, Evans & Partners.
The funding places the fintech company in an ideal position to continue capturing an even greater share of the digitally-savvy millennial consumer market over the next 3 to 5 years through an expanded product range, and additional delivery channels.
“A capital investment of this magnitude is recognition of the strength and depth of our value proposition, and an indication
Gradiente SGR has held the first closing of its second private equity fund, Gradiente II with total capital commitments in excess of EUR60 million. The Fund has a target of EUR120 million and is backed by a group of Italian and international investors.
Gradiente was established in 2009 by Pietro Busnardo with the backing of Italian banking foundations to focus on the Italian lower-mid cap segment. Today the Fund has a team of seven professionals, which includes three Partners: Pietro Busnardo, Carlo Bortolozzo and Fabrizio Grasso. The Fund will continue the successful strategy of Gradiente I and will target export-oriented
A survey of RIAs with assets under management of USD500 million or more by alternative investment solutions provider PPB Capital Partners has found that holdings of alternative investments in client portfolios are likely to increase over the next 12 months.
The firm conducted the survey to gain clarity on the direction of alternatives among RIAs, and to provide insights to RIAs for whom alternative investments are an emerging part of their business.
Some 45 per cent of survey respondents said they expect the alternative investment asset allocation in clients’ portfolios to increase, while 47 per cent said they expect
Treasury operations due diligence is expanding well beyond the historical focus on cash controls, and now includes a more evolved and optimised manager’s treasury function. This is not only essential to minimising counterparty risk, but also key to reducing costs and adding incremental yield.
That’s according to a new white paper from Hazeltree, a provider of integrated buy-side treasury management solutions.
The paper says that institutional investors are continuing their allocations to alternative investments at a rapid pace, with record inflows reported. This trend is likely to continue into 2018, with strong allocations to hedge funds, private equity, and
Eurazeo has appointed Virginie Morgon, the company’s current Deputy CEO, as CEO from 19 March, 2018. Morgon (pictured), will replace Patrick Sayer at the end of his fourth term as CEO and Chair of Eurazeo’s Executive Board.
Morgon’s experience and key contribution to numerous successes made her the Supervisory Board’s natural choice for the CEO role. She has been an Executive Board member for ten years and Deputy CEO since 2014. She has considerable experience and a solid international business network. Morgon is a highly regarded professional in Europe, the United States and Asia and is an independent director of
Fried Frank has advised Balderton Capital (UK) (Balderton) on the structuring and raising of its new USD375 million venture capital fund, Balderton VI. The fund exceeded its target of USD350 million, with support from investors across the globe.
The Fund will primarily invest in European technology companies at Series A-stage.
Mark Mifsud, asset management partner at Fried Frank, says: “The Fried Frank team is delighted to be a part of Balderton’s latest highly successful fundraising, continuing our long-standing relationship with the Balderton team and further demonstrating our reputation globally as a leading provider of services to asset managers within
General Tools & Instruments (General Tools), a portfolio company of High Road Capital Partners, has completed the acquisition of the assets of PacTool International.
Based near Seattle, Washington, PacTool International designs and manufactures siding tools and gauges, specialty hand tools, cutting tools and blades used to cut and install fiber-cement siding, wood shingles and other exterior siding and cladding materials.
PacTool’s products are used in construction, renovation and remodelling, and its products include the patented Gecko Gauge, which holds fibre-cement siding in place during installation and can reduce labor requirements by half; Snapper Shears, a collection of dust-free cutting
Last month, Hedgeweek, in partnership with Intralinks, hosted a breakfast briefing in London to present the findings of a global LP survey that sought to determine investor sentiment towards GPs.
More than 140 LPs responded to the survey, of whom approximately 52 per cent were based in North America, 31 per cent in Europe and 15 per cent in Asia Pacific. Nearly one quarter (22 per cent) were public pension plans, 15 per cent were consultants and 13 per cent were either endowments or family offices.
Allocation insights
The breakfast briefing took the form a fireside discussion between James Williams,
I Squared Capital, through its ISQ Global Infrastructure Fund II, is to acquire the Latin American and Caribbean businesses of Inkia Energy Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of IC Power Ltd (IC Power).
The transaction includes only the LatAm Businesses. IC Power’s Israeli asset, OPC Energy Ltd., is not being sold as part of the transaction.
One of the largest independent power producers in Latin America, Inkia has a highly contracted portfolio of approximately 3.4 gigawatts of gross installed capacity in nine countries, with a fleet of highly efficient hydroelectric, wind and thermal facilities across the region. The company also
Linklaters has advised the African Development Bank (AfDB), Export Credit Insurance Corporation of South Africa (ECIC), Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) and Nippon Export and Investment Insurance (NEXI), together with ECIC and NEXI covered commercial banks, on the multi-billion-dollar financing of the USD4 billion Nacala Corridor Rail and Port project in Mozambique and Malawi.
This is the largest ever successful project financing of infrastructure development in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The Project comprises the construction, refurbishment and operation of a 912km railway line through Mozambique and Malawi as well as the construction and operation of a coal terminal in the
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