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An affiliate of private equity investment firm HIG Capital has completed the acquisition of American Pacific Corporation (AMPAC), a manufacturer of fine and specialty chemicals, in a take private transaction.
Headquartered in Las Vegas, NV, the Company operates under two primary business segments. The Fine Chemicals segment is a market leader in the manufacture of pharmaceutical ingredients, including active pharmaceutical ingredients and registered intermediates. The Specialty Chemicals segment is the sole North American producer of ammonium perchlorate, the mission-critical oxidising agent for solid propellant rockets, booster motors and missiles used in government and commercial aerospace and defence programs.
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Law firm White & Case has advised UK and Ireland logistics operator DX (Group) on the pricing of its initial public offering and admission to the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange.
The associated share placing values DX, a portfolio company of private equity firm Arle Capital Partners Limited since 2006, at around GBP200m.
The proceeds of the placing will be used to repay existing senior debt, shareholder loans and private equity investors.
Admission to AIM will allow the company to invest in service developments for its customers, enhance its reputation and add further credibility to its
AllianceBernstein has appointed Michael H Conn as managing director – strategy, operations and development, supporting the firm's fund of funds business.
He will be based in Los Angeles and report to Marc Gamsin, head of AllianceBernstein's alternative investment management group.
In this newly created role, Conn will work closely with Gamsin to develop the business strategy and new products for the group, as well as support existing and potential clients. He will also collaborate with the broader alternatives team to enhance the firm's diverse product offerings and help clients better understand the role alternatives can play in their portfolio.
The shipping sector is anticipating a recovery with two-thirds (66 per cent) of respondents to a survey by law firm Norton Rose Fulbright expecting freights to rise.
In addition, almost half (45 per cent) are expecting the allocation of available funds to investment rather than operating costs to increase.
The firm’s fifth transport survey, Where Next?, reveals that 48 per cent believe new opportunities are emerging for shipping, with investment in additional vessels seen as the most popular investment opportunity. China is viewed as the market offering the greatest investment opportunities, cited by 18 per cent of respondents, followed
US power and energy infrastructure manager LS Power Equity Advisors has held the final close of LS Power Equity Partners III at a hard-cap of USD2.075bn, exceeding its initial target of USD1.5bn.
Evercore Private Funds Group acted as the global placement agent for the fundraising with Magenta Capital Services supporting the effort in the Middle East and Asia. Kirkland & Ellis served as legal advisor.
Fund III launched in July 2013 and closed within just seven months, following a first close completion in December 2013 of USD1.52bn. Fund III was oversubscribed, attracting commitments from a globally diverse group of
ZEFR, a platform that builds social marketing and rights management software for online video, has raised USD30m in a new financing led by Institutional Venture Partners (IVP).
Existing investors US Venture Partners, Shasta Ventures, First Round Capital and Richmond Park Partners also participated.
In conjunction with the financing, IVP general partner Dennis Phelps has joined ZEFR’s board of directors.
The new capital will be used to drive the company’s software development and grow its sales and marketing teams.
ZEFR provides SaaS solutions for the largest brands and content owners on YouTube. ZEFR’s BrandID platform connects fans and
Enhance Group, a Jersey-based investment consultancy firm, has selected Unity NXT AIFMD Transparency Reporting from Confluence for its AIFMD transparency reporting requirements.
“Considering the highly detailed and complex task of collecting and validating the data, calculating the responses and filing the reports electronically in the specific technical and language requirements of multiple regulators, we were looking for a robust technology solution that provided us with accuracy, control and a fully auditable process,” says Enhance Group alternative investment consultant Nicola Le Brocq.
“Confluence has deep expertise in alternative investment data management and automation and a proven track record with similar
Venture capital fund Electranova Capital has invested in the German company Sunfire.
Total Energy Ventures, the venture capital arm of the French major oil company, is also participating in this new round.
Sunfire develops high temperature fuel cells (SOFC) which convert gas into electricity and heat for several markets (such as micro CHP, off-grid, marine and IT servers) as well as high temperature electrolysers (SOEC) which produce hydrogen from water and electricity that can be used in industrial sites, H2 mobility, “power-to-gas” and “power-to-liquids” installations.
This new round of financing will help Sunfire consolidate its position as one
For the most part a lot of the drama surrounding the role of depositories and prime brokers under AIFMD has subsided. All parties concerned have pretty much fallen into line and are clear with what everyone’s roles and responsibilities will be. This is certainly true of Deutsche Bank who are fully AIFMD-compliant and already actively engaged in signing depository agreements with clients.
“We have a model that looks at sole depository services and how that might look in terms of level of reporting, level of due diligence required. We’ve already taken on board mandates where we act solely as the
ConceptONE LLC specialises in regulatory and risk reporting, an area of expertise that is fast gaining prominence as alternative fund managers begin to comprehend the enormity of regulatory compliance.
“We have developed a regulatory enterprise risk management solution – RegERMTM – specifically to meet the regulatory reporting challenge,” states Gary Kaminsky (pictured), Managing Director, Global Regulatory & Compliance at ConceptONE.
“It’s a holistic system because regulatory reporting now comes in many forms: not just Annex IV reporting under AIFMD, but Forms PF and CPO-PQR under Dodd Frank and EMIR and ESMA short selling.”
Annex IV reporting shares certain
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