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Low Carbon and Palmer Capital have launched the first fund formed specifically to invest in UK solar parks. The UK Solar Income Partnership (the Solar Fund) aims to raise GBP52 million from institutional investors, which will be used to acquire three existing solar parks from Low Carbon, the first 5MW sites to receive OfGem accreditation in the UK.
The Solar Fund will be a 10 year, closed-ended, tax efficient investment vehicle, which aims to provide investors with the opportunity to receive an attractive long term rate of return supported by Government backed income in the form of the Feed in
Global growth private equity firm TA Associates has appointed Dietrich Hauptmeier as a Senior Vice President in the firm’s London office.
Hauptmeier will focus on growth equity investments, recapitalisations and management-led buyouts in Germany and other European markets.
Hauptmeier joins TA from Palamon Capital Partners, where he served as an Associate Principal, originating, evaluating and executing investments, primarily in Germany, in the financial services, environmental services, healthcare, retail and education sectors. He previously served as Finance Director for DCisions, a start-up company providing data analytics to the retail investment industry. Prior to this, Hauptmeier was a Principal at Kohlberg Kravis
Cortus has closed a funding round led by financial partners Credit Agricole Entreprises and Banque Dupuy de Parseval and institutional partners OSEO and the Region of Languedoc-Roussillon.
Since starting in 2005, Cortus has completed the development of an extensive ecosystem for its APS3 core and achieved key design wins in a variety of rapidly growing market segments. The new funding secures the international expansion and development plans over the next three years allowing Cortus to scale their technical and business development activities. Cortus are now accelerating the recruitment of talented individuals for both engineering and sales roles.
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The sale of Aster to UPC Polska Sp. z o.o., an affiliate of Liberty Global, Inc was first announced on 6 December 2010. The transaction was subject to regulatory approval, which was received this month. Mid Europa working with its co-investment partners and the Management team acquired 100% of the share capital of Aster in 2006.
Matthew Strassberg who has been responsible for Aster through its full investment cycle commented: “We are pleased to have closed this transaction on substantially the same terms as agreed to last December. We believe this outcome validates the unique strategic position of the asset
KKR Asset Management has announced the final close of its mezzanine fund, KKR Mezzanine Partners I, on August 31, 2011.
In total, the fund closed on over USD1.0 billion from a diverse group of global investors, including insurers, pension plans, family offices and sovereign pools of capital. Recent transactions include providing the mezzanine financing that facilitated Advent International Corp.’s and Bain Capital Partners’ acquisition of payment processor RBS WorldPay, Bain Capital Partners’ acquisition of chemical distributor IMCD Group and supporting the sale of Kroll Inc to Altegrity Inc, an international screening and security solutions company owned by Providence Equity Partners.
Octopus Investments has launched its latest Venture Capital Trust (VCT) offering. Octopus VCT 3&4 is a twin-structured VCT developed for individuals looking for the tax breaks associated with investing in VCTs, but with a strong focus on capital preservation and liquidity upon exit.
Octopus VCT 3&4 invests predominantly in companies from within the solar sector. This allows investors to gain access to stable and attractive revenue streams underpinned by the Government’s Clean Energy Cashback Scheme, which pays a subsidy or Feed-in Tariff (FiT), for ‘clean’ energy produced. The FiT gives 25-year RPI-linked subsidies for electricity generated by qualifying solar power
After languishing for years since the global financial crisis, a revitalised private equity sector has recently begun putting smiles on the faces of investors, fund managers, and consultants alike. Existing funds are being deployed, new ones are being raised, and investor allocations to private equity are inching upward.
In an effort to better understand the perspectives of private equity participants, SEI, in partnership with Greenwich Associates, conducted a survey of 411 private equity fund managers, investors, and consultants in Europe, the United States and Asia.
Results are being released as a three-part series. Part one, The Logic of Fund Flows,
Paymentus Corporation has received an equity investment provided by Accel-KKR, a technology-focused private equity investment firm. The investment will be used by Paymentus to accelerate development, drive growth, and enhance the footprint of its real-time payment network.
Paymentus’ unified, SaaS platform delivers enterprise bill payment, presentment and revenue management technology through a self-service model, simplifying, automating and streamlining the bill payment process. Processing more than 75 million customer transactions annually, the company’s next-generation platform provides real-time, multi-channel payment processing, and the industry’s fastest and most simplified implementation experience.
Founded in 2004 by one of the pioneers of the E-Payment/E-Presentment
Middle-market private equity firm Genstar Capital has completed the sale of its portfolio company Woods Equipment Company to Blount International, Inc. (NYSE: BLT) for approximately USD185 million.
Woods Equipment Company, headquartered in Oregon, IL, is a leading full-line manufacturer of high-quality attachments and implements, as well as a leading distributor of aftermarket parts. The company serves the agriculture, grounds care, and construction industries, as well as providing aftermarket parts. Woods serves a dealer network of agricultural, landscape, and construction professionals with products marketed under the brand names Woods, Alitec, Central Fabricators®, Gannon, Wain-Roy, WoodsCare, and TISCO.
The sale of Woods
The Greenwich Associates Credit Availability Index for mid-sized companies pushed into positive territory last quarter for the first time since the second half of 2007. Unfortunately, that long-awaited positive turn occurred at a moment when corporate loan demand appears threatened by new concerns about a flagging economy that could cause small businesses and mid-sized companies to put any expansion plans on hold.
Since approximately the mid-point of 2009, US companies have been telling Greenwich Associates a consistent story: Credit conditions are hardly favourable, but they are improving. Over that two-year period, the Greenwich Credit Availability Index has reflected a gradual
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