Latest News
Broadlake Capital has acquired a significant stake in Vita Liberata, the International Self Tan Business.
This investment marks Broadlake’s first investment in the Health & Beauty market and presents the opportunity to support Vita Liberata’s founder Alyson Hogg and her team with the growth and continued International expansion of the brand.
Belfast Headquartered Vita Liberata is currently rolling out a successful International growth strategy which has seen its presence expand to include 16 European countries, South Africa, Australia and North America.
Broadlake’s Investment, combined with a new banking facility from Bank of Ireland will provide the capital to fund its
New Wind, LLC, the Nashville-based small-wind vertical-axis wind turbine (VAWT) company has received more than USD1 million in a second round of venture capital funding.
Stuart Wiston, the company’s president, says the funding came because investors looked at the phenomenal growth and potential of the company and felt not only is the timing perfect because of the growth of small-wind as a practical solution to helping the nation’s energy crisis, but also because the company is in the process of expanding its product line after much research and development on practical, affordable, sustainable energy products.
“This funding is a big
Law firm Paul Hastings LLP represented Monitise plc (LSE: MONI) on the acquisition of Clairmail Inc, a US provider of mobile banking and payments solutions.
Monitise plc is a technology and services company delivering mobile banking, payments and commerce networks worldwide.
The Acquisition values Clairmail at approximately USD173m (GBP109m), based on Monitise’s share price of 35.0 p as of the close of trading on 23 March, 2012.
The deal is conditional upon shareholder and US regulatory approvals. It is expected that the Acquisition will be completed before the end of the financial year 2012.
Working as an integrated team, the
CFOs of private equity and venture capital firms have reported a significant focus on preventing and detecting fraud within their firms and portfolio companies in a recent industry survey conducted by Corporate Resolutions, Inc.
The survey, which polled CFOs of private equity and venture capital firms in the United States, showed that 39% of all respondents had encountered fraud at some point during their tenure as CFO within their own firms or at a portfolio company, and that 81% had not invested in a company because of suspected fraud or integrity issues.
Most respondents indicated that their firms had anti-fraud
Brilla Group, a Miami-based private equity firm focused on the luxury beachfront hotel and resort asset class in South Florida, the Caribbean, México, Central America, and Colombia, completed the first closing for its Colombian Beachfront Hospitality Private Equity Fund on 1 February, 2012.
This local vehicle, regulated by the Colombian Financial Superintendent (Superintendencia Financiera de Colombia) and administered by Fiduciaria Bancolombia, has USD30 million in committed equity from Colombian institutions, including Bancoldex (Colombia’s Foreign Trade Bank) and local pension funds.
This Fund, which will invest in the region known as the Colombian Caribbean corridor, is the first such fund in
Recent volatility in food and commodity prices can be attributed to global growth in population and per capita incomes, increasing world consumption of animal products, rising energy prices and growing global bio-fuel production, depreciation of the US dollar and slower growth in agricultural productivity. Ralf Oberbannscheidt (pictured), portfolio manager, DWS Invest Global Agribusiness, believes that research and education provide the solutions to combat these long term issues, meet the food needs facing the twenty-first century, and provide returns for investors…
Current constraints to the country’s road and rail infrastructure places Brazilian producers at a disadvantage to their American counterparts in
Retirement plan sponsors are continuing to give investment allocations to hedge funds, private equity funds and other alternative investments. However, plan sponsors are no longer focused solely on performance but are also seeking more information on fund operations in order to assess the total risk facing pension assets invested with these funds.
In response, alternative investment managers must ramp up their disclosure of investment and operational risk factors and reassure sponsors about the steps they are taking to control and mitigate risk, according to a new PwC report, Attracting Pension Plan Assets: What Alternative Investment Managers Need to Know.
"In
Cinven has completed its successful IPO of Ziggo NV, the largest cable operator in the Netherlands, on the NYSE Euronext Amsterdam.
Cinven led the original investment in Ziggo in 2006 and retains a 27% shareholding in the business post-IPO. At close of trading on 26 March 2012, Ziggo ordinary shares were trading at a 21% premium to the issue price.
The Ziggo IPO initially generated total gross proceeds of EUR804 million, through the sale of 21.7% of the Company at EUR18.50 per share. The shares were priced at the top end of the range, reflecting the strong demand and giving
Data centre design and maintenance specialist Aceco TI has secured an investment from growth equity firm General Atlantic in exchange for a minority stake in the company. This partnership will provide capital and strategic advice for Aceco TI as it continues to grow in Brazil and Latin America.
“General Atlantic’s investment is an important step to support our expansion, to strengthen our business and to realize our full potential. Together, we can further accelerate the company’s growth in Brazil and throughout Latin America,” says Jorge Nitzan, Chief Executive Officer of Aceco TI.
“We are excited to partner with Aceco
UK Infrastructure investment received a boost last week, following the government’s confirmation of its commitment to develop the UK’s road and rail network.
There are currently seven investment companies investing exclusively in infrastructure projects and their ability to pay relatively high dividends has made the sector increasingly attractive to today’s income hungry investors. As a result of this demand, the sector is trading on a premium of 4.1% to net asset value (as of 26 March).
The Association of Investment Companies (AIC) has surveyed managers of infrastructure companies for their views on the prospects for the sector, managing increasing
Special Reports
Featured
Events
12 November, 2026 – 8:00 am
12 November, 2026 – 5:00 pm
