(IN BRIEF) Altor has successfully closed Altor Fund VI at its hard cap of EUR 3 billion, marking the firm’s largest fund to date. With a track record of strong performance, including a 29% gross IRR and 3.0x money multiple … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Economy, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Sweden
Tagged Altor, Financial, fund, green transition, Harald Mix, investment, Klas Johansson, Paal Weberg, sustainability
(IN BRIEF) The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is investing up to €100 million in Taaleri SolarWind III, a fund managed by Finland-based Taaleri Energia. This investment aims to support the development of 800 MW of new renewable … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Finland, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, United Kingdom
Tagged Anne Fossemalle, EBRD, Finland, fund, Kai Rintala, partnership, renewable energy projects, sustainability, Taaleri Energia, Taaleri SolarWind III
(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 2-Mar-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — EQT, a purpose-driven global investment organization, has announced the launch of EQT Active Core Infrastructure, a longer-hold fund with a focus on core infrastructure companies that provide essential services to society. The launch … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Sweden
Tagged Alex Greenbaum, Carol Browner, circular economy, Climate, Daniel Pérez, decarbonization, energy transition, Environment, EQT, EQT Active Core Infrastructure, Fabian Gröne, Francesco Starace, fund, inflation protection, investments, Joe Kaese, Lennart Blecher, Mobility Solutions
(PRESS RELEASE) HELSINKI, 28-Feb-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Aktia Bank Plc (HEL: AKTIA), a Finnish asset manager, bank and life insurer, has announced that it has been selected as Finland’s best fund house for fixed-income funds as well as for the … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Banks, Financial, Finland, Insurance, Investment, Management
Tagged Aktia, asset manager, bank, fixed-income funds, fund, fund houses, Katja Korsinkin, life insurer, Morningstar, Morningstar Awards 2022, Perttu Purhonen, wealth managers
(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 21-Feb-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Schroders (LON: SDR), a British multinational asset management company, has announced the launch of a Digital Infrastructure Fund, a UK unit trust investing in companies facilitating a sustainable transition to a digital economy. … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 21-Feb-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Schroders (LON: SDR), a British multinational asset management company, has announced the launch of the Schroder Sustainable Bond fund, designed to provide investors with long-term diversified returns through sustainable investment across the full … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 1-Feb-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (STO: SEB-A) (SEB), a Swedish financial group leader on the Nordic market, has announced that its SEB Nordic Equity fund has become the Nordic Fund of the Year according … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Banks, Financial, Investment, Management, Sweden
Tagged Award, equities, Fondmarknaden.se, fund, Fund of the Year, investor, Nordic Fund of the Year, Novo Nordisk, Sandvik, SEB, SEB Nordic Equity fund, Stocks, Sverigefond Småbolag Chans/Risk, Swedish Fund of the Year, Tommi Saukkoriipi, Volvo
WHEB Asset Management has launched the WHEB Environmental Impact Fund with a seed investment from Rothschild & Co, Wealth Management, UK. The WHEB Environmental Impact Fund is a targeted version of WHEB’s global equity strategy, focused solely on its five … Read the full press release
Posted in Environment, Financial, Investment, Management, News, United Kingdom
Tagged clean energy, climate change, Emma Rees, environmental investment, environmental services, equity, fund, George Latham, global warming, ICAV UCITS fund, Libby Stanley, Michel van der Spek, Net Zero Carbon, resource efficiency, Rothschild & Co, seed investment, Stocks, sustainable transport, water management, wealth management, WHEB Asset Management, WHEB Environmental Impact Fund, zero carbon
EQT strengthens commitment to drive positive impact by launching the EQT Future fund, targeting longer-hold investments in mature companies with market-shaping impact potential Paul Polman, former CEO of Unilever, and Jacob Wallenberg, Chairperson of Investor AB, to co-chair the EQT … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, Financial, Investment, Management, News, Sweden
Tagged ABB, Anders Misund, Andreas Aschenbrenner, Christian Sinding, climate change, EQT, EQT Future, EQT Future fund, Ericsso, fund, GHG, greenhouse gas emission, IMAGINE, Impact Acceleration Plan, investment, Investor AB, Jacob Wallenberg, Paul Polman, SBTi, Science Based Targets, Science Based Targets initiative, sustainable transformation, UN Sustainability Ambassador, Unilever
(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 21-Jul-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Schroders Capital, $65 billion AUM, 257 investment professionals, 19 offices worldwide, has announced that it has reached the €1 billion hard cap fundraising target for the Schroder Euro Enhanced Infrastructure Debt Fund II … Read the full press release
Posted in Financial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, News, United Kingdom
Tagged asset management, Augustin Segard, Chantale Pelletier, fund, fundraising, infrastructure, infrastructure debt opportunities, infrastructure investment, Jerome Neyroud, JULIE II, Schroder Euro Enhanced Infrastructure Debt Fund II, Schroders Capital
Strategic expansion of growth activities in Africa Participation in Partech Africa fund with focus on tech sector Fund aims for investment volume of around €100 million (PRESS RELEASE) GÜTERSLOH, 24-Jan-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Bertelsmann continues to expand its activities in Africa. … Read the full press release
Posted in Financial, Germany, Media, Small Business, Technology
Tagged Africa, Bertelsmann, BMG, digitalization, equity, fund, funding, Partech Africa fund, Penguin Random House, RTL Group, Saham Group, Shobhna Mohn, Startups, TradeDepot, VC, venture capital, Yoco
The transaction represents EQT Real Estate’s fourth acquisition in Paris – a 9,050 square metre vacant office property for a price of EUR 42 million The property is located on rue Mozart in Clichy Saint-Ouen, North Paris, less than 200 … Read the full press release
Posted in France, Investment, Management, Real Estate, Sweden
Tagged acquisition, Clichy, EQT, EQT Real Estate I, fund, office, Office property, Olivier Astruc, Paris, property, real estate
GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, is set to join NAC’s founder, Martin Møller and EQT VI as a significant minority investor in NAC The transaction will comprise a partial sale by the existing shareholders and new capital to further strengthen … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Financial, Investment, Sweden
Tagged aircraft, aircraftleasing, Choo Yong Cheen, EQTVI, fund, GIC, investment, Leasing, Martin Møller, Nordic Aviation Capital, Singapore, Søren Overgaard
Stavanger, Norway, 07-Jun-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — There was clearly great demand for this type of fund when SKAGEN was launched as just a few months after inception on 26 May 2015, the high concentration global equity fund SKAGEN Focus had assets under … Read the full press release
Posted in Financial, Investment, Management, Norway
Tagged equity, equity_fund, fund, investment, SKAGEN Focus
LONDON, 14-May-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Wellcome is making an initial fund of up to £2 million available to support a rapid response to the new Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The pledge comes after the DRC … Read the full press release
Posted in Financial, Healthcare, Non Profit, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged Congo, Dr Peter Salama, Ebola outbreak, fund, Jeremy Farrar, vaccine, Wellcome, WHO
Zurich, Switzerland/Kansas City, MO, USA, 16-Feb-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — STOXX Ltd., the operator of Deutsche Boerse Group’s index business, and a global provider of innovative and tradable index concepts, licensed its iSTOXX®American Century USA Quality Value Index to American Century … Read the full press release
This new fund will be used to increase refuge spaces and other accommodation for women fleeing domestic violence. LONDON, 03-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Local authorities can now bid for a share of a £20 million fund to support victims of domestic … Read the full press release
Posted in Government, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged fund, Gov.uk, Lord Bourne, Sajid Javid, support of domestic abuse victims
Bertelsmann Asia Investments fund sells two holdings worth $71 million Holdings in 25 companies and funds Growth in media, services and education planned Beijing, China, 17-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Bertelsmann is advancing its profitable growth in China: The international media company’s Bertelsmann … Read the full press release
Posted in Financial, Germany, Internet & Online, Media, Technology
Tagged Annabelle Yu Long, BAI, Bertelsmann, Bertelsmann Asia Investments, BitAuto, CHINA, fund, holdings, Yoho
Edinburgh, Scotland, 6-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Private Investment vehicle, James Caird Asset Management (JCAM), has purchased new business parks in Birmingham and Leeds having agreed a £43m funding facility from Royal Bank of Scotland Corporate & Institutional Banking (RBS CIB). Canmoor, the … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Investment, Real Estate, United Kingdom
Tagged asset management, Birmingham, business parks, Canmoor, debt facility, fund, funding, James Caird Asset Management, JCAM, Leeds, loan, office parks, RBS CIB, Royal Bank of Scotland Corporate & Institutional Banking, Stephen Wingate, Stuart Heslop
3-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Fortum has agreed to sell its 33% holding in Norwegian Infratek ASA to a fund managed by Triton. The sales price is approximately EUR 37 million. The divestment is in line with Fortum’s aim to strengthen its strategic … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Finland, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Norway
Tagged acquisition, divestment, Fortum, fund, Infratek ASA, Triton, Triton funds
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