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Edge Investments, a specialist investment house focused on the creative industries sector, will invest up to GBP10 million in the UK television production industry.
The UK television production industry is buoyant, with a pipeline of new entrants and a supportive creative environment in Great Britain driving the growth and evolution of this flourishing sector.
This week marks 80 years of British television, since the BBC first broadcast sound and vision into the nation's homes.
Television is a major contributor to the UK creative industries economy. Annual revenues for independent television were at an all-time high of GBP3 billion
Funds advised by CVC Capital Partners are to acquire Anchor Glass Container Corporation in partnership with BA Glass, a European manufacturer of glass containers.
Headquartered in Tampa, Florida, Anchor Glass focuses on the growing, premium specialty segment of the glass packaging market. Anchor Glass has long-standing relationships with blue chip companies across the beer, liquor, food, beverage, ready-to-drink and consumer end-markets.
The company operates six manufacturing facilities located in Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Minnesota, New York and Oklahoma, in addition to an engineering and spare parts facility in Illinois and a mould design and manufacturing facility in Ohio. The company’s
Arcis Capital Partners, an investment advisory, investment banking and investment management firm, has acquired Greston Partners, a real estate investment advisory and asset management.
Greston principal Mohaymin ‘Mohi’ Monem will be joining ArcisCap as a partner and head of its real estate and hospitality investments business.
He will be based out of ArcisCap's recently established Atlanta office.
Monem is a real estate and hospitality executive with breadth of experience that spans advising and working for multiple institutional investors as well as real estate operators, developers and advisers.
He previously led the hospitality investment platform at State General
Fund managers have gathered in London to hear from the Cyprus Investment Funds Association (CIFA) about the opportunities in the country as an investment destination.
Held in conjunction with international law firm King & Wood Mallesons (KWM), Alter Domus, a provider of fund and corporate services, and the Bank of Cyprus, the event discussed Cyprus’ position following the UK’s vote to leave the European Union, led by senior panel members from all organisations.
Cyprus is fast becoming a location of choice for many promoters and fund managers, as evidenced by the existing 162 internationally recognised fund serviced providers already
Alternative asset manager RueOne Investments has appointed Robert Wages to the firm’s board of directors.
Wages, who is currently managing director of Gazelle Capital Advisors, a consulting firm that advises family investment offices, will also serve on the board’s investment committee.
Wages’ career in finance has included more than 20 years of experience sourcing, executing and managing institutional direct private equity investments across the US, Europe, Middle East and Asia.
Wages has led private equity investments, fund investments and co-investments ranging in size from USD5 million to USD250 million across multiple geographic regions and a wide range of
Boston-based Audax Private Equity has acquired Mobileum, a provider of roaming and big data analytics solutions to telecoms companies.
Previously known as Roamware, Mobileum was founded in 2001 and has since sold its roaming and analytics solutions to over 600 mobile operator customers worldwide.
In 2014, Mobileum added a suite of analytic-driven solutions to its product portfolio to broaden its reach and value outside of roaming.
Mobileum’s entire leadership and management team will remain with the organisation.
“Audax is an ideal partner for Mobileum at this stage in our growth and the partnership places us securely at
Convertr Media, a customer acquisition management company, has raised GBP3 million in Series A funding from UK venture capital investor Albion Ventures.
The investment will support Farringdon-based Convertr as it expands its client base and scales the business globally.
Convertr is an enterprise technology platform, launched in 2011 by entrepreneurs Emma Bowkett and Clive Brett, which helps advertisers enhance their digital marketing through real-time efficiencies in customer acquisition and data partnerships.
As part of the deal Robert Whitby-Smith, partner at Albion Ventures, will also join the board of Convertr.
Albion has a substantial track record of working
RBC Wealth Management-US has appointed Bryan Mullin as head of the firm’s alternative investment platform.
Mullin (pictured) most recently served as principal and director of alternatives research at Slocum, a Minneapolis-based advisory firm that specialises in serving institutional investors.
"As many of the products and services within the wealth management industry have become increasingly commoditised, offering clients differentiated advice and personalised solutions is critical," says Michael Armstrong, CEO of RBC Wealth Management-US. "With Bryan Mullin at the head of our alternatives platform, we will provide our private wealth clients with access to the discipline and sophistication of institutional alternatives
A fund managed by BlackRock Real Assets has completed the acquisition of a 100 per cent interest in an operational wind project in the UK from innogy.
The 18-megawatt Batsworthy Cross wind farm is located in Devon and is now fully operational.
The project benefits from Senvion technology with a long-term Operations & Maintenance (O&M) agreement in place. REG Power Management has been appointed to undertake the operational management of the project.
Following the investment in Batsworthy Cross, funds managed by BlackRock Real Assets own over 40 renewables projects in the UK across onshore wind, offshore wind and
Salvepar is to make an additional investment of EUR35.5 million in Les Dérivés Résiniques et Terpéniques (DRT), bringing its total investment from EUR5 million to EUR40.5 million.
The equity investment, alongside the founding families, brings additional resources to DRT to finance its ambitious growth plan in line with the company’s roadmap when Salvepar became a shareholder in 2014.
The funds will allow DRT to fund the USD150 million acquisition of Pinova from Symrise. Pinova, headquartered in Georgia, US, is active in DRT’s core business and is one of the leading manufacturers of plant-based resins.
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