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Private equity asset management firm Hamilton Lane has held the final closing of its third secondary private equity fund, Hamilton Lane Secondary Fund III.
Originally targeting USD650m, the fund received substantial interest from the institutional investor community and was oversubscribed, but opted to close at its original hard cap of USD900m.
Launched in 2012, the fund consists of investors from around the globe, including public and corporate pension funds, US union pension plans, family offices and high-net-worth investors, sovereign wealth funds, endowments and foundations, insurance companies and other financial institutions.
"We are pleased to announce the close
MidOcean Partners, a middle market private equity firm, is to sell Bushnell Group to ATK.
Bushnell specialises in branded sports optics, outdoor accessories and performance eyewear.
MidOcean acquired Bushnell in August 2007 and has helped to transform the business as it completed nine add-on acquisitions into complementary product lines.
Bushnell offers a broad portfolio of high-quality, affordable products such as laser rangefinders, trail cameras, riflescopes, binoculars, hunting and shooting sports accessories, and sun, winter and safety eyewear.
“Bushnell is a leading provider of outdoor consumer-branded products,” says Blake Lipham, Bushnell Outdoor Products’ president and chief executive.
Fortum and Metsähallitus are to sell the Kuolavaara-Keulakkopää and Joukhaisselkä pre-construction stage wind power projects in Lapland to Impax New Energy Investors II.
Fortum’s share of the projects is 51 per cent and Metsähallitus’s 49 per cent.
The Kuolavaara-Keulakkopää project is located in the Kittilä and Sodankylä municipalities. A wind park consisting of a total of 17 wind power plants with an output of approximately 50 megawatts (MW) is planned for the area. The Joukhaisselkä’s wind power park of eight to 10 turbines, with a planned output of about 25 MW, is located in the Sodankylä municipality.
The Riverside Company has added two industry veterans as advisors to its European team to help identify investment opportunities and contribute to existing investments.
They join a growing global team of 10 advisors.
Kai Lucks comes to Riverside after 35 years at Siemens, where he ran businesses in fields ranging from engineering to nuclear power to medical equipment. He will support Riverside’s transactions in the industrial and technology fields, predominantly across Europe. Lucks spent his last decade as global head of M&A integration at Siemens, where he and his team oversaw approximately 1,500 acquisitions. In 2007, he was
Small and mid-cap companies funded by European private equity are keen to integrate ESG issues, according to a survey by OFI Asset Management’s private equity multi-management.
The main findings of the survey reveal that: human capital is a key factor for long-term investment; companies seem determined to seize environmental challenges immediately, in spite of the lack of regulatory constraints; and corporate Social Responsibility is viewed as a key issue for companies of all sizes.
The inclusion of ESG factors – both in the context of listed or non-listed investments – is a key component of the OFI Group’s
Newcastle Investment Corp has acquired Dow Jones Local Media Group from News Corp for USD87m.
The company made a total equity investment of USD54m, including transaction expenses, and financed the remainder of the purchase price with USD33m of debt.
Local Media Group operates 33 local publications, including eight daily and 15 weekly newspapers, in seven states. Many of these publications have been providing local content to their communities for over 75 years.
The Local Media Group operations will be managed by GateHouse Media, one of the largest publishers of locally based print and online media in the
Tungsten is to acquire OB10, a business-to-business (B2B) e-invoicing network, for GBP99m.
Tungsten has also signed a five-year rolling licence agreement with @UK PLC to deploy its analytic software technology to enable TungstenAnalytics to be delivered across Tungsten’s global e-invoicing network following the acquisition of OB10.
Tungsten intends, subject to regulatory approval, to acquire an identified duly authorised UK bank, whose assets solely comprise short term UK gilts and/or certificates of deposit to specialise in the provision of supply chain financing. It also intends to seek admission to trading on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange
Tikehau Group has strengthened its private debt team with the appointments of Cécile Mayer-Levi in Paris and Patrick Marshall in London.
Mayer-Levi, 48, has over 26 years of experience in financing investment and corporate finance.
A graduate of HEC, she began her career at Merrill Lynch in the corporate finance department and M&A in Paris and New York. In 1991, she joined ELIG, one of France’s pioneers in capital investment. In 2001, she joined Mezzanis, the mezzanine fund of Credit Lyonnais Private Equity. From September 2005 until March 2013, she launched and developed the private debt activity at
Delicpol, a Polish confectionery company, has acquired Cuprod, a Polish confectionery manufacturer, with the support of its shareholders AXA Private Equity and Resource Partners.
The transaction has been completed one year after AXA Private Equity and Resource Partners acquired the business, and forms part of the growth strategy for the business set-up alongside the management team.
The merger will provide market consolidation and create a significant player in the European confectionery market.
Established in 1992, Delicpol is a leading Polish confectionery company which specialises in biscuit manufacturing. Since its inception, the company has grown from a small
The pace of Canadian venture capital investment was slightly slower in Q2 2013 but reflected net growth at the end of the year’s first half, according to CVCA, Canada’s Venture Capital & Private Equity Association.
Canadian buyout and related private equity deal-making meanwhile, showed continued moderation in both periods.
Dollars invested in Canada’s venture capital (VC) market declined slightly in Q2 2013, with CAD485m invested in total, down three per cent from the same time last year. However, VC investments over the first half of 2013 of CAD886m were up 17 per cent vs. the first half of
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