Central Securities Corporation

CENTRAL CAPITAL GESTAO DE RECURSOS S.A.CCGR · Asset ManagementBrazil

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Central Capital Gestao de Recursos S.A. is an alternative investment management firm dedicated exclusively to the real estate sector, focusing on special opportunities. The company originates deals and allocates capital for investors seeking specialized real estate investments.

Managed by Oxford Lane Management LLC, Oxford Lane Capital Corp. is a closed-end fund primarily focused on fixed income securities. Its investment approach involves allocating capital to securitization vehicles, which subsequently invest in senior secured loans. These loans are extended to companies whose debt is either unrated or falls below investment grade. Oxford Lane Capital Corp. was established in the United States on June 9, 2010.

Cohen & Steers, Inc. operates as a publicly traded holding company specializing in asset management. Through its various operating units, the firm delivers financial services to institutional investors, such as pension funds, university endowments, and charitable foundations. Its subsidiaries are tasked with managing bespoke client portfolios across equities, fixed income, multi-asset strategies, and commodities. Additionally, these subsidiaries develop and oversee a diverse range of investment vehicles, including mutual funds (focused on equity, fixed income, balanced, and multi-asset classes) and hedge funds. The company's global investment strategy, implemented via its affiliated entities, involves allocating capital in public equity, fixed income, and commodity markets. For its equity and fixed income allocations, the firm's affiliates specifically target businesses within the real estate industry (including REITs), infrastructure, and natural energy resources. Preferred securities also constitute a part of its fixed income portfolios. Established in 1986, Cohen & Steers, Inc. maintains its primary base in New York, with international branch offices in London (UK), Central (Hong Kong), Tokyo (Japan), and Seattle (Washington).

Capital Southwest Corporation operates as a business development company (BDC), specializing in credit, private equity, and venture capital investments focused on middle market companies throughout the United States. The firm engages across various investment stages, including mezzanine financing, later-stage and mature businesses, late venture, emerging growth enterprises, buyouts, recapitalizations, and growth capital funding. The company explicitly refrains from investing in startups, publicly traded entities, real estate developments, project finance opportunities, oil and gas exploration ventures, troubled companies, turnaround situations, or businesses facing significant departures of senior management. Within the lower middle market, Capital Southwest provides capital for growth initiatives, bolt-on and new platform acquisitions, refinancing, dividend recapitalizations, and both sponsor-led and management buyouts. Its investment structures are diverse, encompassing Unitranche debt, subordinated debt, senior debt, first and second lien debt, alongside preferred and common equity. The firm also participates in equity co-investments alongside its debt financing, taking non-controlling stakes up to 20% of the total transaction value. Investment criteria for target companies include revenues exceeding $10 million, consistent profitability, and a historical annual growth rate of at least 15%. For lower middle market opportunities, the firm typically seeks businesses with less than $15 million in EBITDA, while also opportunistically considering upper middle market ventures, generally defined as companies with EBITDA greater than $50 million. Capital Southwest strategically focuses its investments within several key industry sectors: Industrial manufacturing and services Value-added distribution Healthcare products and services Business services Specialty chemicals Food and beverage Tech-enabled services and SaaS models More specifically, the firm seeks opportunities in: Energy services and products: This segment includes all industry facets (upstream, midstream, downstream) with the exclusion of direct exploration and production. Focus areas encompass differentiated products and services, equipment and tool rentals, consumable products, and drilling and completion chemicals. Industrial technologies: Covering automation and process controls, handling and packaging equipment, industrial filtration and fluid handling, measurement, monitoring, and testing solutions, professional tools, and sensors and instrumentation. Specialty chemicals and products: This segment targets businesses involved in the development and manufacture of highly differentiated products such as adhesives, coatings, sealants, catalysts, absorbents, cosmeceuticals, fine chemicals, flavors, fragrances, performance lubricants, polymers, plastics, composites, chemical dispensing and filtration equipment, professional and industrial trade consumables and tools, engineered solutions for HVAC, plumbing, and electrical installations, and specified high-performance materials for fire protection and oilfield applications. Additionally, the firm considers exceptional opportunities within building products. Beyond direct investments, Capital Southwest allocates capital to syndicated first and second lien term loans in the upper middle market. The criteria for these syndicated loans include: First Lien: Companies with EBITDA over $30 million, closing leverage exceeding 4x, an investment hold size between $5 million and $7 million, and an investment yield greater than 6.5%. Second Lien: Companies with EBITDA surpassing $50 million, closing leverage above 6x, an investment hold size between $5 million and $7 million, and an investment yield exceeding 9%. The firm's investment sizes typically range from $5 million to $25 million for securities generally. Specifically, equity investments can range from $5 million to $50 million, while debt investments typically fall between $5 million and $20 million. Co-investment transaction sizes can extend up to $40 million. While its equity co-investments are exclusively non-controlling, the firm generally maintains flexibility in taking both majority and minority positions across its investment portfolio. Capital Southwest has the capacity to hold investments for extended periods and may also utilize warrants as an investment mechanism. The firm prioritizes obtaining Board representation in its portfolio companies. Capital Southwest Corporation was established on April 19, 1961, and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Spectral Capital Corporation is an emerging enterprise focused on identifying, acquiring, developing, and financing innovative technologies capable of transforming various industries within the United States. Its endeavors include the procurement and advancement of information technology, such as providing personalized search engine solutions for mobile devices. The company also furnishes web-based applications and services that enable users to effortlessly discover, consume, analyze, share, and discuss financial news, market insights, equities, commodities, and currencies. Additionally, Spectral Capital offers specialized technology and financial data services, employing its proprietary software to identify and present currently appreciating stocks to professional trading organizations. Established in 2000, Spectral Capital Corporation is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

MidCap Financial Investment Corporation (MFIC) operates as an externally managed, non-diversified, closed-end investment fund, registered as a business development company (BDC) under the Investment Company Act of 1940. The firm specializes in providing private equity and debt capital to private middle-market companies, supporting initiatives such as leveraged buyouts, corporate acquisitions, recapitalizations, growth capital, and refinancing. MFIC offers a comprehensive range of financing instruments, including direct equity investments, preferred and common equity, warrants, and equity co-investments. Its debt solutions encompass mezzanine, first-lien secured, stretch senior, unitranche, second-lien secured, senior secured, unsecured, and subordinated loans. Beyond these core offerings, the fund also participates in Private Investments in Public Equity (PIPEs), acquires assets in the secondary market, and invests in structured products. While primarily focused on private ventures, MFIC may also allocate capital to thinly traded public company securities, cash equivalents, U.S. government debt, short-term high-quality debt, high-yield and distressed debt, and international investments, alongside collateralized loan obligations (CLOs) and credit-linked notes (CLNs). The company's investment focus is primarily within the United States, targeting a broad spectrum of industries. These include construction and building materials, diverse business services, manufacturing (plastics, rubber, chemicals, aerospace & defense), advertising, capital equipment, education, various technology sectors (cable television, telecommunications, high tech, automation), consumer goods and services (durable and non-durable products, retail, hospitality, food & beverage), energy (oil & gas, electricity, utilities), financial services, healthcare and pharmaceuticals, media (diversified, production, printing, publishing), wholesale, environmental services, and transportation (aviation, cargo, distribution). MFIC typically commits between $20 million and $250 million to each portfolio company, with investments generally structured to mature within five to ten years.