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Standard & Poor's Ratings Services (S&P) has published its first annual league table for private placement deals in Europe, created in collaboration with Private Placement Monitor (PPM).
The table shows that almost EUR7 billion was raised in private capital for European companies in the last year, through 87 deals. And although French private placements continue to dominate, the market is becoming more pan-European with 47% of the deals coming from other countries.
"ICMA welcomes the publication of this survey by Standard & Poor's Ratings Services and PPM, which estimates that the growing pan-European private placement market, including direct transactions,
Channel Control Merchants (CCM), a retailer of secondary market inventories, announced today that they have completed an equity financing with KKR. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
“We are pleased to have the backing of a sophisticated investment partner who has deep industry expertise investing in the retail sector. KKR understands our business well and shares our vision for the future. This is an exciting new chapter for our growing retail and export businesses and we look forward to our partnership with KKR,” says Robert A Roberts, CEO of Channel Control Merchants.
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Funds managed by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) will be partnering with the management of Motor Fuel Group (MFG) to acquire the Company from Patron Capital Partners in a transaction valued at approximately GBP500 million.
The transaction is expected to close in July, subject to customary regulatory approvals.
MFG, acquired by Patron in 2011, is the number two independent petrol and convenience retailer in the UK. Through a series of strategic acquisitions, Patron and MFG management have grown the Company from 48 sites in 2011 to a current total of 373 sites, in addition to operating a dealer network of
RO Real Estate, the UK commercial property investment and development company, has completed a 13,000 sq ft letting with Regus at its 30,000 sq ft office building, Norwich House on Savile Street in Hull.
RO is currently undergoing major refurbishment works on the whole building and expects works to complete in September 2015. On completion of the works, the building will offer high quality naturally ventilated office space on flexible terms. Following this deal, the building will still have 13,992 sq ft of office space and a 2,260 sq ft retail unit available to let direct from RO.
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Invesco has released its third annual Invesco Global Sovereign Asset Management Study, an in-depth report on the complex investment behaviour of sovereign wealth funds, conducted amongst more than 50 individual sovereign investors across the globe representing USD7.09 trillion of assets.
This year’s study took place against a backdrop of an extreme fall in the price of oil and provides first-hand insight into the impact this is having on sovereign investors. It also examines how investment strategies are evolving – both in terms of preferred asset class, notably for emerging market infrastructure, and execution strategy – as collaboration becomes increasingly frequent
Last week US Treasury bond and German bund yields spiked, both hitting a new 2015 high. On Thursday, 10-year German rates reached 1.0% before losing ground later in the day. Intraday volatility reached record highs and according to hedge fund managers, the main driver behind the moves in the fixed income markets is the lack of liquidity. Brokers and dealers hold a small and shrinking percentage of the Treasury market.
Pamplona Capital Management (Pamplona) has made a significant investment in Spreemo, a company that is bringing cost transparency and quality metrics to the workers compensation specialty benefits management industry with an initial focus on radiology.
Spreemo, founded in 2010, has achieved enormous adoption and growth in its initial market of providing diagnostic radiology for workers’ compensation. Spreemo uses proprietary, predictive analytics to grade radiology providers. When, for example, an injured worker needs an MRI, Spreemo’s platform automatically routes the patient to the closest top-grade provider. In addition, through research sponsored by the Spreemo Quality Research Institute, the Company partners with
BlackFin Capital-backed NeoXam, a provider of front, middle and back office software solutions dedicated to asset managers, asset owners and securities servicing platforms, has acquired SmartCo, an Enterprise Data Management software provider.
The acquisition of SmartCo, which has offices in Paris, Zurich and Boston allows NeoXam to broaden its product offering, to strengthen its R&D capabilities, and to expand its footprint in the UK, Germany and North America. This acquisition follows NeoXam’s investments in Nexfi and Density. SmartCo’s DataHub enables asset management companies, investment banks, and security services providers to collect, verify, revise and deliver financial data from multiple sources
Pioneer Underwriting Limited has launched its Zero Capital AIFMD Investment Management Insurance Policy enabling full capital relief from the 'other funds' provision of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD).
Current policies which meet the requirements of the directive, do not typically address the requirement that the policy excess be held as additional capital. Pioneer’s Zero Capital AIFMD Investment Management Insurance Policy, solves this problem by affording a nil excess for the first loss, requiring no additional capital to be held at the outset of the policy.
Richard Coello Head of Financial Institutions Underwriting at Pioneer, says: "I’m pleased
Brandtone has successfully raised EUR18.5 million in debt and equity financing.
US-based Ares Capital Corporation is providing approximately EUR12 million, with existing Brandtone shareholders Unilever, Syngenta, Verlinvest and Vision Private Equity providing a further EUR6.5 million collectively in equity.
The new funding will be used as working capital to support Brandtone’s immediate expansion into South East Asia and further expansion in Africa and Latin America.
It will also support the company’s entry in to new sectors, including the agri-food and healthcare, and enable it to invest in the leadership and innovation necessary to ensure its offering continues to
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