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SoftBank Group has selected Jersey for the structuring of its new Vision Fund, working alongside law firm Carey Olsen and fund and corporate services provider the Aztec Group.
The SoftBank Vision Fund has now raised over USD93 billion in committed capital, making it the world’s largest ever investment fund. This record-breaking level of commitment has been raised from some of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds and biggest and most recognised technology companies.
The fund has drawn widespread public interest since it was announced in October 2016, due to the significant fundraising target, high profile investors and, in
Chicago-based lower middle-market private equity firm Sheridan Capital Partners has made an investment in Dermatologists of Central States (DOCS), a dermatology practice management company.
DOCS, headquartered in Dayton, Ohio, serves dermatology clinics throughout Ohio.
With over 30 affiliated dermatologists across its partner practice, Dermatologists of Southwest Ohio (DSWO), the company has achieved significant scale in its core markets, while maintaining a reputation for providing excellent care to patients for over 40 years.
“DOCS is a uniquely scaled asset in an attractive geography, and the company has experienced robust growth in recent years, largely due to the team’s
ArchOver, the peer-to-peer (P2P) business lending platform, has secured full authorisation from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to operate as a P2P lending platform.
Since launching in September 2014, ArchOver has facilitated over GBP35 million of investment over its platform, operating under interim permissions granted by the FCA.
Full authorisation will support ArchOver in attracting new lenders to the platform and allow it to continue working with businesses to make access to funding as easy and simple as possible.
“There is great satisfaction in gaining a stamp of approval. Our industry leading policies and procedures will allow
Conquest Asset Management has reached a final agreement with SolairDirect, a subsidiary of Engie, to acquire a portfolio of six solar photovoltaic parks in France.
The real assets portfolio, located in the South of France, represents a total of 35MW power capacity.
The assets are supported by up to 20-year power purchase agreements with French incumbent utility EDF, and they benefit from long-term partnerships in operations and maintenance with the Engie Group.
“This transaction is the result of the relentless work and expertise developed at Conquest in the infrastructure space and renewable power real assets over the
Linklaters has acted as fund counsel to SoftBank Group on the launch of the SoftBank Vision Fund, leading the establishment of the world’s largest technology investment fund targeting USD100 billion and the largest ever private fundraise.
As fund counsel, Linklaters advised Japan’s SoftBank, one of the world’s leading technology companies, on fund structuring, terms and regulation and the establishment from scratch of a global regulated alternative investment business and its relationship with SoftBank and its own investment activities.
Linklaters’ mandate included establishment of the fund structure, drafting funds documents as well as a wide range of ancillary documentation
Chelverton Asset Management, an investor in sub-FTSE 100 quoted equities and unquoted SMEs, has completed an investment into Fen-Bay Services.
Sleaford-based Fen-Bay is a supplier of loading bay equipment, industrial doors, gates, barriers and high speed doors, undertaking new installations, service, maintenance and repairs for customers across the UK and Ireland.
The investment was arranged on behalf of Chelverton’s client, Hockley Capital, which has committed substantial funds to enable the existing management team – led by Carl Sedlan and John Aitken – to invest in its management resource and to further develop a platform from which significant growth
AMP Capital has reached financial close on a SEK1.47 billion (USD163 million) mezzanine debt investment in a portfolio of energy assets owned by Solør Bioenergi, a district heating business providing heating solutions across Sweden.
The loan facility is secured against a high quality portfolio of 43 operational district heating assets located around Sweden.
AMP Capital worked on an exclusive basis with the sponsor, Solør Bioenergi and its financial adviser SEB to structure and close the transaction.
Solør Bioenergi’s portfolio has a total installed power of 620MW and delivers more than 1TWh of heat and steam per annum
Orca is planning to launch its own four-factor rating service for individual peer-to-peer (P2P) providers, the Orca Rating.
The rating will be designed in partnership with Dublin City University’s Irish Centre for Cloud Computing and Commerce research team, to respond to the growth of the asset class and the demand for more independent analysis and information on P2P lending.
The Orca rating will be the first in the market to individually analyse four factors: performance, liquidity, operator health and security. Going beyond existing single platform ratings, this analysis will enable advisers and investors to assess all fundamental criteria
Growth capital investor Beringea has launched a new lending company, ProVen Legacy, and closed its first two deals.
Healthcare media and marketing firm Cogora and fintech company Celoxica have received GBP500,000 and GBP250,000 loans respectively to support them in their next stage of growth.
Both companies are existing investments of Beringea’s VCT funds – ProVen VCT and ProVen Growth & Income VCT.
ProVen Legacy is designed to help investors mitigate inheritance tax (IHT) and preserve their capital. Investors should be able to benefit from up to 100 per cent tax relief from IHT on the value of
Generational Equity, a mergers and acquisitions adviser for privately held businesses, has advised on the sale of client EMCO to Motor City Fastener, a platform company of private equity firm Oakland Standard.
EMCO, founded in 1954, provides a wide array of electrical, mechanical, fluid power and automation products to customers that design, manufacture, or upgrade machinery. EMCO also provides inventory management programs, inventory kitting programmes, manufacturing services, and engineering and technical services. It is based in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Oakland Standard, a Michigan-based private equity firm investing in lower middle market industrial businesses, saw EMCO as a good add-on
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