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Scepter Partners, a standing syndicate of sovereign investors and ultra-high net worth families, has formed a core merchant banking division with veteran investment banker Anthony J Steains and his former Blackstone Advisory Partners Asia team.
Steains will lead all merchant banking activities of Scepter, which will consist of syndication, structuring and execution.
The formation of Scepter’s merchant banking division creates one of the most experienced merchant banking specialists focused on family offices and sovereign wealth. The team led by Steains has directly advised on many landmark transactions and is one of the most experienced M&A teams in Asian industrials and
NB Private Equity Partners has reported a 2.6 per cent increase in Net Asset Value (NAV) during the first six months of 2015 to USD713.0 million (31 December 2014: USD694.8 million).
The increase has been driven by unrealised gains on public and private equity holdings as well as cash and payment-in-kind (PIK) interest on the firm’s income investment portfolio.
NBPE’s NAV increase of USD45.1 million during the six months included:
• USD42.9 million of realised gains, or USD0.88 per Share, net of tax expense
• USD14.6 million of unrealised losses, or (USD0.30) per Share, net of tax expense
Energy-focused private equity firm Denham Capital and Nexif, a Singapore-based independent power management company, are teaming up to develop, finance, construct and acquire conventional and renewable power generation assets across Southeast Asia.
The platform marks a return to the region for Denham and builds upon Nexif’s strong experience and relationship base.
“We are excited to team with Denham in chartering the next phase of Nexif’s growth. Southeast Asia has a tremendous need for new power generation and we look forward to working with governments, our partners and the region’s communities to provide electricity solutions that are both economical and reliable,”
This extract from the Preqin Investor Outlook: Alternative Assets, H2 2015 analyses the responses gathered in Preqin’s latest round of investor interviews to find out what investors in private equity believe are the biggest issues they face at present.
Preqin’s recent survey exposed valuations, deal flow and fee pressure as some of the biggest challenges investors face while seeking to operate an effective private equity portfolio. While regulation has been cited as a key issue by over a third of LPs surveyed, it seems a large proportion of investors are yet to adjust their private equity investment plans in light
Three senior hires will join the Research and Economics group of Wells Fargo Securities, the capital markets and investment banking business of Wells Fargo & Company.
Michael Schumacher will join Research and Economics as head of Rates Strategy in September; Jim Birchenough will join the Equity Research team as a senior biotechnology analyst in early November; and Ike Boruchow will join the Equity Research team in September as a senior specialty retail analyst.
“These three marquee hires underscore our ongoing commitment to fundamental research and the value we place on providing our clients with leading-edge investment insight across the capital
Franklin Square Capital Partners its senior secured investment in Blueprint Sub (doing business as iSqFt), a provider of software and bid information to the commercial construction industry.
The increased commitment finances the merger of iSqFt and CMD Group, a Norcross, GA headquartered provider of construction information.
The financing was provided by FS Investment Corporation (NYSE: FSIC), FS Investment Corporation II (FSIC II) and FS Investment Corporation III (FSIC III), BDCs managed by affiliates of Franklin Square and sub-advised by GSO / Blackstone Debt Funds Management LLC (GDFM), an affiliate of GSO Capital Partners LP (GSO).
The combination of iSqFt and
Reelio, an influencer marketing platform that connects global brands with today’s hottest digital stars, has raised USD5 million in Series A funding.
The round was led by a global syndicate of investors in strategically important markets, adding global breadth to the industry depth represented by Reelio’s existing investors (which include e.ventures; the venture capital firms of Philipp Schindler, Lorne Michaels, Tremor Video founders Jason Glickman and Andrew Reis, former Sony Music President and Bertelsmann executive board member Thomas Hesse; and senior executives from Apple, Google, Goldman Sachs, BBDO and others).
The influencer marketing industry has gained considerable steam in the
This extract from the Preqin Investor Outlook: Alternative Assets, H2 2015 features data gathered in our latest investor interviews (conducted June 2015) and focuses on hedge fund investors’ plans for the coming year.
A larger proportion of investors plan to invest less capital in hedge funds over the next year than are planning to invest more capital in the asset class (Fig 1). The failure of hedge funds to meet investors’ expectations, in terms of performance, over the past 12 months may have contributed to the reluctance of many investors to put more money to work in the asset class in the year to
BNY Mellon, a global leader in investment management and investment services, has been appointed account bank for Activate Capital lending platform (Active Capital), a EUR500 million home-building joint venture between the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF) and KKR.
Activate Capital will help increase Ireland’s housing supply by lending to Irish residential development projects. It will be capable of financing the construction of over 11,000 new homes in Ireland and create an average of 1,900 full-time jobs per annum. The new platform will lend on a commercial basis to projects, providing home-building companies with cost effective loans for up to 90
Talem Africa (Talem) has bought 100 per cent of the shares of Silver Food, the largest fish canning facility in Morocco, and its two wholly-owned subsidiaries SOPCODA and Silver Fishing.
The three companies were part of Anouar Invest, a Moroccan family-owned conglomerate.
Founded in 2004 and based in Casablanca, Morocco, Silver Food is an industry leader producing and selling canned tuna, mackerel and sardines, under three brands – Mario, Silver and Atlanta. Half of its sales are within the Moroccan market, with the other half set for export to other parts of Africa, the Middle East, Europe and the United
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