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Schneider Electric in partnership with, CDC Group, FISEA, PROPARCO, OFID, and FFEM, has launched the Energy Access Fund to improve access to sustainable energy in sub-Saharan Africa.
The new fund’s aim is tol transform lives and stimulate economic development across Africa by providing access to electricity for a million people by 2020.
The Professional Private Equity Fund which will be managed by Aster Capital and advised by Energy Access Venture (EAV) company based in Africa, has secured commitments of EUR54.5 million to invest in five-year instruments for around 20 African SME.
Some 625 million people living in sub-Saharan Africa lack
GE Antares, a unit of GE Capital, is serving as administrative agent on a USD60 million senior secured credit facility to support the acquisition of Tidel Engineering by an affiliate of Graham Partners.
GE Capital Markets served as joint lead arranger and joint bookrunner on this facility.
Founded in 1978, Tidel is a leading provider of cash management systems and security products for convenience stores, specialty retailers, grocery stores and quick-service restaurants. Tidel provides solutions that deliver enhanced efficiency, cost savings and security throughout the retail cash management ecosystem.
“GE Antares comes to the table with flexible, workable financing structures
Preqin’s Olivia Harmsworth takes a detailed look at the private real estate market in Germany, including the latest data for closed funds and funds in market, as well as information on investors based in Germany.
Germany-focused fundraising
Preqin’s Real Estate Online service contains detailed information on over 4,400 private real estate funds, including 111 which focus on investments in Germany. Extensive profiles feature detailed information on fundraising and closes held, known investors, performance data and direct contact information for key decision makers. As shown in Fig 1, fundraising for Germany-focused private real estate funds has remained at relatively low levels, declining
Harbour Point Capital and funds affiliated with Quantum Strategic Partners have led a growth capital investment in Oak Street Health, a privately owned operator of primary care centres focused on seniors.
Oak Street Health plans to use the additional capital to fund its expansion in the Chicago area and other markets in the Midwest, so that it will have the facilities and capacity to care for more patients.
Today, Oak Street Health operates seven primary care centres in the Chicago metropolitan area, serving about 5,000 older adults. The company focuses exclusively on seniors with Medicare, with each of its centres
Five Arrows Principal Investments (FAPI) has completed the first closing of Five Arrows Principal Investments II, its second European lower mid-market private equity fund, with total commitments exceeding EUR493 million.
Including subscriptions from Rothschild employees which are currently in progress, FAPI II's capital commitments stand at EUR508 million. This represents more than 70 percent of the Fund's target size of EUR700 million, after only a few months of marketing.
The placement has generated strong traction from a diversified investor base comprising institutions, major family offices and high net worth individuals from around the world. The overwhelming majority of
By Kris Jonsson (pictured), Head of the Endowments & Foundations Group in JP Morgan Asset Management for Europe – The search for yield amongst all investor groups has been an ongoing trend for several years. According to our research[1] 6% returns are the new 8% for institutional investors. With the German government issuing five-year debt at a negative yield for the first time in history; and given more than a quarter of European government bonds now hold yields below zero[2] this story looks set to continue.
Whilst endowments and foundations do not hold the same liability profile as their institutional peers,
Financial services software and software-enabled services provider SS&C GlobeOp has created a new group to support fund administration, accounting and reporting for hybrid fund structures.
The industry continues to witness the convergence of the traditionally separate asset classes of hedge funds and private equity style closed-end funds. More and more funds include fixed income assets such as bank loans and distressed debt held in a private equity structure with a waterfall mechanism and capital calls. Other examples include private investments as part of a hedge fund portfolio strategy or a fund-of-fund investing in private equity investments, and trading in securities
Chelverton Asset Management has completed its first Chelverton Investor Club deal of 2015 with a growth capital investment into Hypersonica, an early-stage technology business.
Hypersonica Safe Search is a mobile application which combines internet search results from the World’s leading providers with premium consumer internet security. The application gives users a high quality mobile search experience with a layer of free and valuable security.
The Company was founded in 2013 and is led by CEO, Marc Webster, with support from angel investors Martin Reith and Ian Martin. Marc originally conceived the idea for Hypersonica in previous roles, as Head
Ares Management and GE Capital’s European Senior Secured Loan Programme (ESSLP) has provided a GBP75m financing package for CVC Growth Partners’ acquisition of Wireless Logic.
The acquisition was funded by a GBP65m ESSLP Unitranche facility, which provides flexible and deliverable financing solutions of scale. In addition, a GBP10M working capital and acquisition facility was provided by GE Capital.
This deal marks the 12th transaction for the ESSLP since its inception in 2012 and brings total commitments funded to EUR1.3 billion. The EUR1.75 billion programme, the first of its kind in the European debt market, is structured to provide flexible unitranche
Private equity firm OpenGate Capital is to sell one of its portfolio companies, Kotkamills Oy, to MB Funds, an independent Finnish private equity firm focused on acquisitions in the Nordic market.
Kotkamills is located in Kotka, Finland and is a manufacturer of specialty papers and wood-based products. The transaction is expected to be complete within the next 60 days. Financial terms were not disclosed.
OpenGate Capital acquired Kotkamills from Stora Enso in July of 2010. From the onset of the acquisition, OpenGate viewed Kotkamills as a business with tremendous potential for growth and renewed profitability. In the four and a
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