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Valuation and corporate finance advisor Duff & Phelps is to be acquired by a company backed by private equity firm Permira in a USD1.75 billion deal.
Selling equity holders include The Carlyle Group, Neuberger Berman, the University of California’s Office of the Chief Investment Officer of the Regents and Pictet & Cie.
As part of the transaction, the Duff & Phelps management team will maintain a significant equity stake in the firm and will continue to lead the company in their current roles. The transaction is subject to customary conditions and is expected to close in the first quarter
Glendon Capital Management has successfully closed its second credit opportunities and special situations fund, Glendon Opportunities Fund II, with final commitments reaching the hard cap of USD2.5 billion.
Glendon’s senior investment team has spent the vast majority of their careers pursuing compelling dislocated or distressed opportunities globally. The Fund’s limited partners are comprised of some of the largest and most respected domestic and international institutional investors from various sectors including public and private pension funds, financial institutions, foundations and endowments. The Glendon Opportunities Fund, which closed in 2014, raised USD1.1 billion in total commitments.
“We are very grateful for
Future Renewables Eco PLC (FRE plc) has opened its latest funding phase as the firm looks to increase the number of wind turbines it operates across the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland.
The company’s Phase 4 Bond aims to raise GBP30million to finance the acquisition of wind turbine sites for construction at more than 20 sites across mainland UK and Northern Ireland leading to further opportunities opening up in the Republic of Ireland.
FRE plc was established in 2015 with the aim of delivering a substantial source of income whilst encouraging an ethical and eco-friendly way of generating
McCarthy Denning has acted for Tyréns AB and its UK subsidiaries on its acquisition of a stake in Hilson Moran Holdings Limited and its subsidiary, Hilson Moran Partnership Limited, which was previously backed by private equity investor Albion Capital.
Hilson Moran’s management team will remain as shareholders and the company will continue to operate under its existing brand name.
Established in Sweden in 1942, Tyréns AB is a global urban and rural planning company which specialises in urban development and infrastructure. The company’s acquisition of a stake in Hilson Moran – best known for its work in the UK
Platina Energy Partners (Platina) has sold a 34.5MWp portfolio of eight operating solar plants located in Italy to a European financial investor for a total deal value of EUR131.9 million. The completion is subject to change-of-control approvals by the portfolio’s debt providers.
Five of the plants are located in the Puglia region and three in Campania. The plants were built and connected to grid between 2010 and 2011 and benefit from the Italian feed-in-tariff (FIT) regime. Five long-term non-recourse project finance with outstanding capital of EUR77M by Italian and European banks will remain in place.
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A new online platform allowing advisers and investors to evaluate business opportunities, connect discreetly with business owners and source mandates they would otherwise struggle to reach, has launched.
Pomanda PRO links investors and professional advisers with business owners who are looking for investment, providing the tools to produce accurate company valuations in a confidential environment.
Richard Bland, CEO, Pomanda, says: “The concept for Pomanda PRO evolved from the genuine need amongst investors and professional advisers to find a more progressive, transparent path to serious business owners who are at the right stage in their company’s evolution. Reaching businesses who are
Andrea Auerbach, global head of private investment research at Cambridge Associates, says that given today’s private equity valuations, now is the right time to sell.
The high water mark for fundraising in private equity was 2007 when the market saw around USD270 billion in capital raised. This year is getting close to that figure. “What we are seeing is that US fundraising is getting ‘toppy’. It’s not yet setting record-breaking levels, but it is noteworthy,” says Auerbach.
If you look at the private investment arena, the amount of capital ebbs and flows. After the high-water mark of 2007, the market
Lodbrok Capital, an investment manager focused on the European credit market, has appointed Adam Sorab as Partner. This follows a period of organic growth and the successful launch of the Lodbrok European Credit Opportunities Fund in May 2017.
Sorab (pictured), joins from hedge fund CQS, where he spent the last 13 years and where he held various senior roles including Head of Investor Relations.
Lodbrok Capital has hired Sorab to lead the company’s investor relations with responsibility for managing client relationships. Sorab brings over 30 years’ investment industry experience to the firm. Prior to CQS, Sorab was Head of
Shore Capital Partners has completed the recapitalisation of Advanced Animal Hospital Group and Progressive Pet Animal Hospitals and merger of the businesses to form Midwest Veterinary Partners (MVP).
The Company has 22 general practice veterinary clinics in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Illinois, and provides services to companion animals including vaccinations, surgery, wellness exams, oncology, ophthalmology, allergy treatment and dermatology. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Shore has partnered with Dr Vic Dhillon, owner of Advanced Animal Hospital Group, and Dr Jeff Rothstein, owner of Progressive Pet Animal Hospitals, to pursue a consolidation of animal hospitals throughout the Midwest.
Equistone Partners Europe (Equistone) has appointed Sebastien Leusch as Investment Director to its Manchester office as the firm continues to seek new investments from its EUR2 billion Fund V.
Leusch joins Equistone having previously worked at Montagu Private Equity, where he spent nine years developing a strong reputation for delivering transactions across a broad range of sectors in the North of England and Europe. Completed deals include the MBOs of Paris-based low fat and healthy spreads manufacturer, St Hubert, and Poland’s leading owner and operator of transmission towers, Emitel, at an enterprise value of EUR430 million and EUR425 million respectively.
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