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Commodities have recovered this week along with equities, led by agriculture and energy prices. 2011 will be remembered by the dichotomy between energy and non-energy commodities, says Mike McGlone, Senior Director, Commodity Indexing, S&P Indices…
It was a bad year for dictators, terrorists, bankers and global equities but the S&P GSCI fared relatively well in 2011, ending 22 December with a YTD decline of 1.16% on the back of a 2.09% decline in December.
Along with equities, commodity prices bounced back from declines earlier in the month led by a recovery in agriculture and energy prices. In 2011, one of
Private equity emerging markets investor Actis has invested USD71 million in Endurance Technologies Limited, a leading Indian auto component manufacturer.
Endurance manufactures aluminium die castings, suspensions, transmissions and brakes with a specific focus on the motorcycle and scooter market and high end engine and transmission components for passenger and commercial vehicles. It is amongst the largest Indian auto components businesses and has a proven track record of growth. The majority of the company’s revenues come from two-wheeler and three-wheeler vehicle manufacturers including industry leaders such as Bajaj, Yamaha, Suzuki, Honda Motorcycles and Scooters and Royal Enfield. In the passenger car
GMZ Energy has secured USD14 million in Series C financing. The new investment was led by Mitsui Ventures and includes I2BF Global Ventures, Energy Technology Ventures (a joint venture of GE, NRG Energy and ConocoPhillips), Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and BP Alternative Energy.
With the new funding, GMZ will expand its engineering and go-to-market capabilities as the company moves into production of a new class of renewable technologies.
GMZ specialises in direct heat-to-electricity conversion, applying an advanced nanotechnology process to produce high-performance and economically viable thermoelectric material. The GMZ material unlocks the potential of primary heat sources like
Golden Seeds has closed its second fund with USD26.5 million in committed capital for investments in early stage, high growth companies across at least three sectors, including technology, life sciences and consumer goods.
The fund already boasts eight portfolio companies: AboutOne – online household management system; Cognition Therapeutics – drug discovery for Alzheimer’s disease; Hatsize – cloud-based training and demonstrations of complex technologies; LARK – sleep system that helps you wake better, and sleep better too; Open Road Integrated Media – digital publisher and multimedia content company; RuMe – manufacturer and distributor of fair trade reusable fashion items; Style for
The AIM-quoted investment group China Private Equity Investments Holdings Limited has raised USD1 million (approximately GBP641,660) through the issue of 2,500,000 new shares at USD0.40 per share to Max Era Properties Limited.
CPEH also announced yesterday that it has appointed a new Chief Financial Officer, Alex Chow, with extensive listed company and corporate finance experience.
The Company said it plans to use the capital from Max Era for investment in target companies in line with its strategy of taking strategic stakes in growth TMT and financial services businesses that operate or plan to operate in Greater China.
Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group has acquired The Sniffers, a Belgian provider of emission monitoring and related services to the global oil and gas industries, from majority owner Creafund. Creafund and The Sniffers’ management team will continue as minority owners.
Equity for the investment comes from Carlyle Europe Technology Partners II. Terms of the transaction, which closed on 21 December 2011, were not disclosed.
Founded in 1991, The Sniffers is one of the largest providers of fugitive emission monitoring outside the United States and has a premier market position in Europe and the Middle East. Fugitive emission
DNV has acquired 74.3% of KEMA’s shares. The new combined company DNV KEMA will consist of all 1,800 KEMA employees and 500 employees from DNV’s renewable energy and sustainability activities. The new company will be led by Thijs Aarten, the CEO of KEMA, and headquartered in Arnhem, the Netherlands. Aarten will report to a Supervisory Board chaired by DNV CEO Henrik O. Madsen.
“By joining forces, 2,300 experts will meet the needs of an industry in rapid transition and growth,” says says Leif Arne Langøy, the Chairman of DNV’s Board of Directors. “The combination of cleaner fossil-fuel-based power generation and
With the Addax & Oryx Group (AOG), Swedfund is creating the largest private sector agriculture investment in Sierra Leone, helping meet a major objective of the Government of Sierra Leone and delivering significant development effects.
Swedfund, Sweden’s Development Finance Institution (DFI), has committed EUR10m to Addax Bioenergy Sierra Leone (Addax). The total investment, which achieved financial close on 20 December, is EUR 267m. The investment is made by AOG, a leading player in the energy industry in Africa, Swedfund and six fellow DFIs. AOG, Swedfund and the Dutch development Bank FMO are equity partners.
Addax is the largest private sector
Private equity firm Laurel Capital Partners has made a minority investment in ConceptONE, LLC, a New York-based financial technology and advisory firm that provides specialised risk management solutions as well as a full suite of related asset management analytical tools and services. Laurel’s capital will be utilised to further develop ConceptONE’s proprietary suite of risk analytics, data aggregation capabilities, customer facing software and middle and back office services for assets managers of all sizes and types.
"ConceptONE has a proven track record in identifying the various problems faced by fund managers, and providing bespoke solutions designed to enhance efficiency within
Sun Capital Partners has promoted five executives to the position of Managing Director. Sun Capital’s expanded global senior management team now counts 22 Managing Directors, including 11 on the operations team, nine on the investment team, and two responsible for corporate infrastructure. Two of the promotions were made at Sun European Partners, the London-based European adviser to Sun Capital.
“I am proud of the contributions made by each of these accomplished professionals in both North America and Europe,” says Marc Leder, Co-CEO of Sun Capital Partners. “These five professionals have been with the firm for an average of eight years
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