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A fourth vessel has been added to the fleet of small handy dry cargo ships, following the latest shipping transaction under Talis Capital’s Project Blueline.
Talis Capital advised on the acquisition of a 10,700 dwt 2007 built general cargo vessel which was completed in the last week of February. Alongside the existing vessels, she will be repositioned from the Far East and operated in European and North African markets.
INTRESCO Ltd co-invested alongside Talis Capital advised investors, and will provide full commercial, technical and crew management services to the vessel.
Talis Capital’s shipping investment activities are known as
Europe risks missing out on USD1trn of funds that global institutions have available to invest in European infrastructure over the next decade, as a weak pipeline of assets and regulatory uncertainty put the region’s nascent economic recovery at risk, according to research commissioned by Linklaters.
The law firm found that the UK could grab as much as a fifth – equal to USD200bn – of this wall of money, which, if fully invested, is forecast to drive a 1.9 per cent improvement in the level of annual UK GDP growth between 2014 and 2023.
The slower growing European Union
The proposed review of Australia’s significant investor visa programme is an opportunity to address key shortcomings in the regime, says the Australian Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (AVCAL).
“The significant investor visa programme is now an essential component of the policy framework that helps to make Australia an attractive destination for foreign capital from high net worth individuals,” says AVCAL’s chief executive, Yasser El-Ansary.
“One of the biggest shortcomings of the current regime is that the list of eligible asset classes does not include intermediated investments through private equity and venture capital funds.
“There is no policy
Greenhill & Co, an independent investment bank, has appointed Patricia Moran as a managing director and chief legal officer in New York.
Moran is a partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, where she began her career 30 years ago.
Based in New York, she has broad experience in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, private equity, restructurings, corporate governance and general corporate and securities law. She has advised clients on a wide variety of transactions, including mergers, acquisitions and divestitures in both strategic transactions and financial sponsor transactions, as well as on restructurings, joint ventures and equity
As the gold price rose amid safe haven buying from the tension in Ukraine, GoldMoney customers waited out the rush with the bulk of precious metal purchases occurring after the main market moves, says Roland Khounlivong, Head of Dealing at the online precious metals trader…
Our customers have been paying attention to prices and timing their purchases, with big orders coming in after Russia withdrew the imminent military threat from Ukraine.
That’s not to say the tensions didn’t have an impact. Buy orders, particularly for gold are up. Our Brink’s vault in Toronto, Canada and Malca-Amit in Singapore were the main
DCM, a global venture capital firm investing in early stage technology companies in the US, China, and Japan, has closed DCM Fund VII, its most recent early stage venture fund with USD330m in commitments.
DCM now manages over USD2.5bn across several funds.
“DCM continues to gain momentum because of our differentiated global investment strategy, and we believe that the next 18 months will feature a continued string of successful exits for our portfolio companies,” says David Chao, co-founder and general partner at DCM.
Consistent with previous funds, DCM Fund VII will be dedicated to investments in DCM’s core
ACE Group has expanded its mergers and acquisitions (M&A) practice into a private equity practice concentrating on insurance solutions for private equity firms, their portfolio companies as well as their M&A transactions.
Seth Gillston, based in New York City, has been named executive vice president to lead the expanded practice. He will coordinate a team of underwriters who will address the specialised needs of the private equity industry and the M&A process.
ACE’s M&A practice has been enhanced to broaden its suite of risk management solutions, insurance products across all North American business units, and claims coordination to respond
KNEIP has launched an expanded service offering to help asset managers meet the increased demands posed by regulation in Europe.
Over the course of 2013, KNEIP added new business lines including AIFMD transparency reporting and regulatory filing.
Quarter four 2013 was the firm’s best quarter ever. KNEIP signed 73 agreements in Q4 2013 with investment managers collectively representing USD9trn in assets under management. This is around 14 per cent of current worldwide investable assets.
Bob Kneip, chief executive officer at KNEIP, says: “The asset management industry is set for fast growth over the next decade, with global investable
Private equity firm Superior Capital Partners has sold Edge Adhesives to a buyer group led by Gladstone Investment Corporation and Akoya Capital Partners.
The company will continue to be led by the current executive management team. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, Edge specialises in butyl and block co-polymer technologies.
Scott Hauncher, a managing director at Superior, says: "The Edge story showcases several of the key initiatives Superior expects to achieve as a special situations fund. When we acquired Edge in 2010, it was an underperforming and capital constrained business. Through our
LLR Partners has held the final closing of LLR Equity Partners IV (LLR 4), a USD950m private equity fund that builds on the firm’s 15-year history of investing in and partnering with middle market growth companies.
LLR 4 began investing in 2013 and has closed investments in five companies – ACRE, Cigital, iJET, Logi Analytics and Ultisat.
“Since launching our first fund in 1999, LLR has brought a collaborative approach to working with middle market companies that have an opportunity to become leaders in their industry niches,” says LLR’s Mitchell Hollin.
LLR 4 remains focused on a broad
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