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MSCI has launched MSCI ESG DataMetrics, a set of ESG scores, indicators and data to facilitate quantitative analysis, development of proprietary ESG models and reporting on ESG and portfolio footprint analysis.
Remy Briand, Managing Director and Head of MSCI Index and ESG Research, says: “With investor awareness on ESG issues growing and the market maturing, there is a clear need both for access to the underlying metrics that support MSCI ESG Research’s analyst assessments as well as for historical data. Clients have requested access to quantitative ESG data and metrics in order to better facilitate ESG integration and analysis. We
Private equity firm ClearLight Partners has acquired a significant ownership interest in Planet Fitness franchisee, Taymax Fitness, a leading health club operator in Texas and Tennessee.
Planet Fitness is the fastest-growing full size health club franchise in the US, and provides its members with an unbeatable value and a relaxed Judgment Free atmosphere that allows them the opportunity to pursue an active, healthy lifestyle without being judged by others. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Kyle Nagel, CEO of Taymax, says: “We are excited to have ClearLight Partners joining our team as we enter the next phase
Dr Laurence Wormald (pictured), head of buy side risk research at SunGard, comments on the impact of the US debt ceiling…
US sovereign default is a very big deal, although the government shutdown has had only a mild effect on investors’ view of the US equities markets. The VIX “fear index” is at 19% which is below where it was last December. The biggest effect so far has been on short-term USD rates, which have already spiked from 2 basis points to over 9 bp yesterday.
Remember that the “Fiscal Cliff” was resolved with a short-term fix at 02.00
Kinetic Partners has unveiled its ‘AIFMD checklist’ for use by compliance and risk departments within both full-scope Alternative Investment fund managers (AIFMs) and small authorised/registered UK AIFMs.
The list has been designed to give firms an accurate picture of their progress along the road to meeting the AIFMD regulations.
Kinetic Partners, the global professional services firm, is working with a range of firms in the alternative investment market globally to help them achieve AIFMD compliance. The checklist has been developed from Kinetic Partner’s experience of real-life challenges faced by firms as they adapt and review their businesses in respect
AlpInvest Partners, the private equity fund of funds arm of The Carlyle Group's Solutions platform, has now raised USD4.2 billion through its Alpinvest Secondaries Program (ASP), following the closing of AlpInvest Secondaries Fund V (ASF V) at its hard cap of USD750 million.
ASP is a dedicated Secondaries program that has acquired positions in existing private equity funds and interests in privately held companies since 2012.
ASP consists of (i) commitments from AlpInvest's cornerstone investors APG and PGGM, (ii) managed accounts with dedicated allocations to secondaries and (iii) the ASF V, a commingled fund with commitments of USD750 million, which
Clean technology venture investment in Israel during the third quarter of 2013 totalled USD111 million, bringing the year-to-date total to USD151 million, according to figures released by Cleantech Group’s i3 platform.
Kaiima, an Agriculture & Forestry company, raised USD65 million from Horizon Ventures, International Finance Corporation (IFC), Infinity Group, Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ), and DFJ Tamir Fishman Ventures in a growth equity round
Altair Semiconductor, an Energy Efficiency company, raised USD25 million from Bessemer Venture Partners, BRM Capital, Giza Venture Capital, Pacific Technology Fund, and Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP) in a growth equity round
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Funds advised or controlled by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (KKR) are acquiring the SBB/Telemach Group from Mid Europa Partners.
The executive management team led by founder Dragan Šolak will remain in place and retain a substantial stake in SBB/Telemach Group.
Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
SBB/Telemach Group is the leading Pay-TV (cable, DTH) and broadband operator in South-East Europe , with a population of over 20m in SBB/Telemach Group’s current operating perimeter. SBB/Telemach Group operates in Serbia, Slovenia, Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro and Macedonia and has around 1.7 million cable and satellite TV, broadband, fixed and
EcoFactor has closed USD10 million in its Series B financing round with NRG Energy as a new investor joining Claremont Creek Ventures, RockPort Capital Partners, and Aster Capital.
The investment will go towards the development of new services, enhancing EcoFactor's award-winning home energy service, and expanding its engineering and sales staff.
According to the latest Home Energy Management Systems report by Greentech Media (GTM) Research, the 2013 market is valued at USD1.5 billion annually with significant growth expected in the coming years from both the utility and non-utility solutions sectors to more than USD4 billion by 2017. The report also
Nick Land has been appointed Chairman of The Guidelines Monitoring Group, the body established to review the private equity industry’s conformity with the Walker Guidelines.
In addition, Glyn Parry has been appointed as an independent member of the Group.
Land is a non-executive director on the boards of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), Vodafone Group, Alliance Boots, BBA Aviation and the Ashmore Group. Nick is a chartered accountant and retired as Chairman of Ernst & Young LLP in 2006. He is the Chair of the FRC’s Audit and Assurance Council and a member of its Codes and Standards Committee. Land
There is room for a further “sell-off” of emerging market currencies, because countries with large external imbalances, such as Turkey (TRY), India (INR), Brazil (BRL), South Africa (ZAR) and Indonesia (IDR) remain vulnerable to rising US yields, says Macelo Assalin (pictured), lead portfolio manager, emerging market debt local currency strategies at ING Investment International…
Rising US rates pose a significant additional challenge for these countries when trying to attract the portfolio inflows needed to finance their external accounts, and can also face significant outflows should market conditions worsen. Therefore, a further sell-off cannot be ruled out. Despite this, we are
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