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searched for: investingTennenbaum adds KKR credit specialist
Category: United States | Publishing date: 08 Jun 2010Tennenbaum Capital Partners, a US private equity firm that specialises in distressed debt, has appointed a former principal of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co’s credit investment team, Geoffrey Jones.
WHEB crosses finishing line with £105m
Category: United Kingdom | Publishing date: 08 Jun 2010European cleantech-focused investor WHEB Ventures has finally wrapped up its second fund, falling short of its £150m (€126.5m) target at a time when LPs, burnt by the recession, have been loath to part with cash.
Europe stakes claim for cleantech VC leadership
Category: Features | Publishing date: 08 Jun 2010The traditional view of European venture capital asserts that it is the poor relation to its more established relative on the US West Coast. With the rise of Asia’s private equity scene and as a growing economy in general, some would equally suggest that it is in danger of being marginalised.
Evolution One closes South Africa’s first ever cleantech PE fund on ZAR700m
Category: South Africa | Publishing date: 07 Jun 2010South Africa’s first private equity clean technology fund, Evolution One, has reached its final close with ZAR700m ($94m), having enticed local and foreign investors as well as supranational and sovereign wealth funds.
Graphite inks £100m London housing developer deal
Category: United Kingdom | Publishing date: 04 Jun 2010UK mid-market private equity group Graphite Capital has cemented a half debt, half equity investment of £100m (€120.1m) in new residential housing developer London Square.
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan makes latest direct investment with $717m SonicWALL take-private
Category: United States | Publishing date: 03 Jun 2010IT security company SonicWALL Inc has agreed to a $717m buy-out by a consortium led by software-focused fund manager Thoma Bravo and including Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, the latest example of the Canadian pension fund playing direct investor.
CDC commits $50m to sub-Saharan sustainable forestry fund
Category: Private Equity News | Publishing date: 03 Jun 2010UK government owned developmental fund of funds CDC has committed $50m as a cornerstone investor to the first private equity fund to focus exclusively on sustainable forestry in sub-Saharan Africa.
Russian private equity firm Elbrus Capital undergoes renaissance
Category: Private Equity News | Publishing date: 02 Jun 2010Following a spin-out, a fund restructure and a rebranding, Renaissance Private Equity has emerged from its parent as Elbrus Capital, a new Russia-focused fund manager.
Darwin Private Equity spoons £10m into UK baby food company
Category: United Kingdom | Publishing date: 01 Jun 2010Lower mid-market UK firm Darwin Private Equity has acquired Plum Baby, a Winchester-based producer of organic baby foods, for £10m (€11.9m).
EVCA says goodbye to Echarri
Category: People News | Publishing date: 01 Jun 2010The European Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (EVCA) has bid its secretary general, Javier Echarri, farewell as his ten-year tenure heading the trade body has come to an end.
Investor Profile: Hannes Ambacher and Henry Owainati of Global Private Equity
Category: LP Profiles | Publishing date: 01 Jun 2010Hannes Ambacher and Henry Owainati on the narrowing bid-ask spread in the secondary market an subsequent effect on returns, on Central and Eastern Europe and why it offers a fertile environment for private equity, and on the return of institutional investors’ appetite for investing in the asset class.
Williamson parts ways with Electra as NAV jumps
Category: United Kingdom | Publishing date: 26 May 2010UK-listed Electra Private Equity has waved goodbye to Brian Williamson, who has retired from the firm after a 16-year directorship and is replaced by Colette Bowe.
LDC under fire for pay structure
Category: Private Equity News | Publishing date: 24 May 2010LDC has come under fire for its pay structure and been criticised for unfairly rewarding executives even when suffering losses on investments made with taxpayers’ money, according to The Telegraph.
Avolon confirms $750m PE financing
Category: United Kingdom | Publishing date: 21 May 2010Aviation leasing business Avolon has confirmed a $1.4bn financing, including $750m in equity from Cinven, CVC, Oak Hill Capital and a $615m debt package.
HSBC implicated in PEMGroup fraud case
Category: United States | Publishing date: 20 May 2010HSBC Holdings has been dragged into a lawsuit and stands accused of helping US firm Private Equity Management Group defraud investors out of millions of dollars in cash.
Gimv posts €117m full-year profit
Category: Belgium | Publishing date: 20 May 2010Belgian growth capital investor Gimv has swung back into the black with a €117.5m profit for the year to 31 March, declaring a gross dividend of €2.40 per share.
India’s IL&FS planning $350m mid-market PE fund
Category: India | Publishing date: 19 May 2010Indian listed private equity firm IL&FS Investment Managers is planning to start raising a $350m mid-market fund by the end of the year that will target both domestic and foreign investors.
LDC managing director returns to Bridgepoint
Category: United Kingdom | Publishing date: 19 May 2010Bridgepoint Development Capital, the lower mid-market business of UK private equity firm Bridgepoint, has welcomed Adrian Willetts back following a stint at LDC.
Lehman mezz arm spins out to form Neovara
Category: Private Equity News | Publishing date: 17 May 2010Lehman Brothers, one of the biggest casualties of the financial crisis, has spun off its European mezzanine business to form Neovara, a credit asset manager that will advise on the €800m Lehman Brothers European Mezzanine Fund.
Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners closes $585m secondaries fund
Category: United States | Publishing date: 17 May 2010Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners, the fund of funds business of investment bank Morgan Stanley, has surpassed its $500m fundraising target for a new secondaries fund, collecting $585m from investors.
HarbourVest in Saudi secondaries deal
Category: Middle East | Publishing date: 13 May 2010HarbourVest Partners, the private equity secondaries specialist, has bought fund interests from struggling Saudi conglomerate Saad Group, according to Dow Jones.
PV module manufacturer Solaria closes $45m round
Category: Private Equity News | Publishing date: 12 May 2010Global solar photovoltaic (PV) module manufacturer Solaria has closed $45m in a financing round led by CMEA Capital and DBL Investors to finance its aggressive growth plans.
Network optimiser Infineta in $15m funding round
Category: Private Equity News | Publishing date: 11 May 2010California network infrastructure start-up company Infineta Systems has raised $15m in Series A funding from Alloy Ventures and North Bridge Venture Partners.
Investor Profile: Janna Laudato, Managing Director, Hauser Capital Markets
Category: LP Profiles | Publishing date: 11 May 2010Janna Laudato on the attractiveness of mezzanine in the current debt-deficient climate, on the draw of investing in the middle-market over larger funds, and on the benefits of having dry powder during and after the type of downturn we have just witnessed.
KKR builds Indian track record with cement company deal
Category: India | Publishing date: 10 May 2010Fresh off its investment in India’s Coffee Day Resorts, US buy-out firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co has made another deal in the country, investing INR7.5bn ($167.1m) in a subsidiary of Dalmia Cement.
3i appoints Baroness Hogg's successor
Category: United Kingdom | Publishing date: 10 May 2010FTSE 100 private equity firm 3i has appointed prominent UK businessman Sir Adrian Montague as the successor to current chairman Baroness Sarah Hogg.
Elysian Capital nears £200m target with debut fund
Category: Private Equity News | Publishing date: 06 May 2010Elysian Capital, a nascent London-based private equity firm headed by the former chief executive of the Priory Healthcare Group, Chai Patel, has raised £110.65m (€130.6m) for the second closing of its debut fund, and expects to reach its £200m (€236m) target next month.
Shell UK chairman calls for partnership between VCs and corporations
Category: Venture/Growth | Publishing date: 05 May 2010The UK chairman of one of the world’s largest multinational oil companies, Shell’s James Smith, has voiced the need for venture capitalists investing in the renewable energy sector to work in tandem with corporations for new technologies to be successful.
Report of Expert Group on removing tax obstacles to cross-border venture capital investments
Category: Europe | Publishing date: 05 May 2010There is a need within the European Union for a dynamic venture capital industry that is capable of providing early-stage equity financing to the EU's most innovative high-growth small and medium-sized enterprises. SMEs and businesses backed by financial and business support such as VC can generate economic growth, create new jobs and contribute to the design and use of new knowledge and technology. Active VC markets would be important drivers of the more competitive, entrepreneurial, innovative and dynamic European economy that the EU's Lisbon Strategy aims to achieve. VC investment can also play a significant role in strengthening European economies in the current economic turbulence and downturn.
Riverside squeezes into Australian market with juice bar deal
Category: Australia | Publishing date: 04 May 2010The Riverside Company, a US mid-market buy-and-build specialist, has moved into the Australian market with its first play in the country - Boost Investment Group, owners of Boost Juice Bars and Salsa’s Fresh Mex Grill.
