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Monroe Capital has appointed Marc Adelson as managing director, originations.
Adelson joins Ben Marzouk and Lee Stern in the firm’s New York office.
“We are very excited to add Marc to the Monroe Capital team,” says Ted Koenig, president and chief executive of Monroe Capital. “Marc has an accomplished career of over 30 years providing financing solutions to middle-market companies and brings with him many great relationships and a wide range of experience across multiple industries.”
Prior to Monroe, Adelson was the chief credit officer of Medallion Financial and president of its asset based lending business. Prior to
A fund managed by BlackRock Real Assets has completed the acquisition of a 100 per cent interest in two operational wind projects in Ireland from GE Energy Financial Services.
The 17-megawatt Acres wind farm located in Donegal and the 34-megawatt Barranafaddock wind farm located in Waterford have been operational since mid-2015. The projects are supported by a 15-year power purchase agreement.
The projects benefit from GE technology with a long-term Operations & Maintenance (O&M) agreement in place.
“We are very pleased to invest in the Acres and Barranafaddock wind projects on behalf of our clients. This transaction represents
Boutique asset manager Unigestion has moved its London-based staff into new London headquarters in Stratford Place, W1.
Since the beginning of 2016, Unigestion’s London team has increased from 25 to 40 people as the UK has become Unigestion’s largest non-domestic market.
All four investment lines (equities, multi-asset, alternatives and private equity) are fully represented in London with investment, sales and back office teams to serve UK clients. Unigestion’s range of UK clients includes Railpen, the Merseyside Pension Fund and the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham.
Fiona Frick (pictured), chief executive officer of Unigestion, says: “The expansion of
Sprott Asset Management, a USD10 billion Toronto-based alternative asset manager, has rolled out a second iteration of the firm’s private credit trust strategy, Sprott Private Credit Trust II, with hedge fund specialist Arif N Bhalwani.
Bhalwani is the chief executive officer and managing director of Third Eye Capital Management, a sub-adviser to Sprott Asset Management.
Sprott Private Credit Trust II focuses on identifying short-term opportunities primarily in North American companies that are otherwise unable to access financing.
The strategy of the fund is to invest in underlying funds that hold an actively managed portfolio of asset-based loans that will be focused on private and public companies, primarily in Canada and the US, that are otherwise unable to
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy has advised Zuffa and its controlling owners on the sale of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), the professional mixed martial arts (MMA) organisation.
The acquisition was led by WME|IMG, Silver Lake Partners and KKR as new strategic investors, along with MSD Capital and MSD Partners.
Milbank corporate partners Ken Baronsky and Adam Moses led the Milbank team advising Zuffa and the selling owners.
Founded in 1993, and acquired by Zuffa in 2001, UFC has become one of the largest and fastest growing sports brands in the world, particularly among millennials. The organisation produces
Global law firm K&L Gates has advised on the establishment of the Elephant Club Consumer Debt Fund, managed by Capital Focus Asset Management.
The newly established fund invests in notes issued by Hong Kong-licensed money lender Elephant Club Limited, and represents Hong Kong’s first ever hybrid fund peer-lending platform.
The Elephant Club Consumer Debt Fund aims to raise up to HKD2 billion (USD258 million) in the medium term.
Michael Wong, the K&L Gates Hong Kong partner who led the deal, says: “We would like to congratulate Capital Focus and Elephant Club on successfully establishing Hong Kong’s first hybrid
Topix Pharmaceuticals, a provider of innovative therapeutic and cosmetic skin care products, has partnered with New Mountain Capital, a growth-oriented investment firm that currently manages over USD15 billion in assets.
Headquartered in Amityville, NY, Topix has developed, manufactured and marketed highly-innovative and clinically-validated topical skin care products for over 30 years. Recognised by physicians for the high quality of its products, Topix has best-in-class formulation capabilities and a proprietary product portfolio developed to meet the in-office dispensing needs of physicians and their patients.
Topix’s product portfolio addresses a wide array of skin health conditions and includes leading brands Replenix,
Campion Homes, a family-owned Scottish housebuilder, has received a multi-million pound investment from BGF (Business Growth Fund) to accelerate its building programme in both private residential and affordable homes.
The business plans to build 700 new homes over five years.
Founded by Pete Bell, the Fife-headquartered company has built more than 1,500 homes across Fife, the Lothians, Clackmannanshire and, Perth & Kinross since 1989.
With a focus on quality, individual choice and community, Campion Homes builds two to six bedroom homes within medium sized developments. The company is currently selling at three private developments located in Fife at
IGF, a commercial finance provider for SMEs, has appointed three new asset based lending (ABL) directors, based in Scotland, the Midlands, London and the South East.
The addition of its new ABL facility reinforces IGF’s commitment to meeting the growth aspirations and working capital needs of UK SMEs. To compliment the addition of the new directors, IGF has also opened offices in Central London and Glasgow.
Alan Anderson, based in Glasgow, joins IGF to lead its Scottish ABL offering. His career includes time at Clydesdale, Aldermore and Bibby. He brings a wealth of experience to the company, and will spearhead
International law firm Watson Farley & Williams (WFW) has advised North River Resources on a USD5.6 million conditional investment by its majority shareholder Greenstone Resources.
North River is a mineral exploration and development company operating in Namibia and Mozambique and currently focused on re-opening its flagship asset, the Namib Lead Zinc Project, on which it is targeting commencement of production in the near term.
London-based Greenstone Resources is a private equity fund and long term investor in the mining and metals sector. Greenstone has conditionally agreed to subscribe for USD5.6million secured, conditionally convertible loan notes to be used by
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