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Here, we take a detailed look at the infrastructure industry in Australia, including a breakdown of Australia-based investors’ by preferred route to market, source of infrastructure allocation and assets under management.
Read the full factsheet here, featuring charts and tables showcasing the latest Preqin data on the Australian infrastructure market.
Z Capital Group has appointed Jerome “Jerry” Pender as Operating Partner of Z Capital Partners, the private equity management arm of Z Capital.
Pender brings over 30 years of experience in technology to Z Capital and will be advising the firm on digital and cybersecurity matters. Additionally, Pender will be working closely with Z Capital Partners' portfolio companies on information technology analysis and support as well as performing due diligence on new investments.
"I am thrilled to welcome Pender to the Z Capital team. He brings extensive experience in technology, cybersecurity, financial services and management, and we are confident
STAR Capital Partners is to sell Pepcom, Germany’s fourth largest cable operator, to one of Germany’s largest cable market operators, Tele Columbus, for a consideration of EUR608 million.
This represents an EBITDA multiple of 10.0x based on LTM through to June 2015 and 9.5x 2015F EBITDA. The deal has been agreed by the board of Tele Columbus, subject to shareholders approving the required equity raising.
STAR acquired Pepcom in 2010 from GMT Communication Partners and Veronis Suhler Stevenson in a bilateral transaction with a view to driving growth based on:
• expanding its geographic footprint both organically and
Figures compiled for the forthcoming 2015 Preqin Private Equity Fund Terms Advisor show a significant disparity in the fees private equity fund managers offer investors in their separate accounts and co-investment opportunities, compared with fees for commingled fund investments.
When calculating performance fees, 48 per cent of fund managers charge a 20 per cent carry rate for separate accounts, compared to 85 per cent of managers running commingled funds. 48 per cent of managers charge no carried interest on co-investments, while only a quarter keep the same rate as in their main vehicle.
With regards to management fees, private
HIG Capital’s (HIG) affiliate has reached an agreement with the shareholders of Finangeste, a Portuguese asset manager, to acquire two real estate-based portfolios.
The portfolios are comprised of 77 Real Estate assets and 114 secured loans with a face value of over EUR110 million.
The transaction represents HIG’s 21st real estate investment in Europe since the beginning of 2013. HIG continues to add to its sizeable portfolio of Real Estate assets in Europe, especially in its target market of small/midcap opportunities with a meaningful value-added component.
Ahmed Hamdani (pictured), Managing Director at HIG in London, says: “This investment
Cloud Equity Group, an investment management company focused on opportunistic acquisitions of established web service providers, has acquired Virpus, a Xen virtual private server and bare metal cloud hosting provider.
Virpus is currently one of America's largest budget-friendly Xen VPS hosting providers offering both Pure SSD and SSD-Cache services out of their Seattle, Los Angeles, and Kansas City facilities. Virpus currently owns all of its enterprise-grade hardware which allows the company pass along significant savings to their end-users. Cloud Equity Group plans to bring on a variety of new features including high-availability setup options and customer directed on-the-fly server resource
Clearwater International has advised global marketing services business adm (Group) Limited on a finance package of GBP24 million, with funding being provided by HSBC.
adm is the market leader in the promotional product industry with 18 offices in 13 countries. Since 1992 they have been worked to develop bespoke promotional materials and out sourced solutions for many of the largest international consumer brands.
The multi jurisdictional asset based financing, provided by HSBC, will be used by adm to support their aspirations for continued global growth. Following an MBO at the end of 2014 the business is in an exciting phase
Globeleq, a company owned by Actis, the pan-emerging market investor, has completed the sale and transfer of Globeleq Africa, the leading power generation platform in Africa, to a company owned by Norfund, the Norwegian investment fund for developing countries and CDC Group (CDC), the UK government’s development finance institution.
Norfund acquired a significant minority stake (30%) in Globeleq Africa for a final cash consideration of USD227 million. CDC, which already held a majority indirect investment in Globeleq Africa via the Actis Infrastructure 2 fund, transferred its interest into the new company owned jointly with Norfund.
Globeleq Africa manages electricity-generating
The opening of the Saudi Stock Exchange to foreign institutional investors in June 2015 has contributed significantly to the direction of private capital flows in the GCC region, according to Invesco’s sixth annual Middle East Asset Management Study.
The report is based on 167 interviews with sovereign wealth funds, state pension funds, local insurance companies, family offices, banks and IFAs across the region.
Last year’s study found the United Arab Emirates (UAE), with its perceived “safe haven” status and strategic position as a hub between Asia and Africa, to be the main beneficiary of inflows of private capital into
SEI has introduced a new global regulatory risk and compliance platform that centralises handling of an investment firm’s regulatory and compliance functions across investment vehicles, products, and jurisdictions around the globe.
SEI’s Investment Manager Services (IMS) division developed the suite to help its diverse investment manager clients rein in the escalating costs and risks resulting from the industry’s fast-rising tide of regulations.
“For years, investment managers have dealt with regulatory compliance in a reactive and siloed way, focusing on one product type, regulator, or regulatory regime at a time. But that approach is inefficient and error-prone, poses risks of non-compliance,
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