London 11 December 2009 Quayle Munro Limited, the UK merchant bank, is pleased to announce that it has advised the shareholders of New Energy Finance, the world’s leading independent provider of news, data and analysis in renewable energy on its sale to Bloomberg L.P for an undisclosed sum. Quayle Munro led the negotiations, structuring and execution of the transaction. Craig Muir, Quayle Munro Director commented: “Quayle Munro is delighted to have advised the shareholders of New Energy Finance on its sale to Bloomberg L.P. With a growing market, strong leadership position and proven products, New Energy Finance is well positioned to exploit a range of opportunities for significant growth both within and beyond its current client base. Bloomberg L.P, with its global reach, is the ideal partner to help New Energy Finance to achieve this.” Michael Liebreich, Chairman and CEO of New Energy Finance said: “Tying up with Bloomberg will enable us to maintain the market leadership position we have established, developing new services of great sophistication for our clients as the clean energy and carbon markets grow rapidly and become an important part of mainstream investing. I am particularly pleased to be announcing the deal just as the international negotiations in Copenhagen get underway. QM has built an enviable track record of transactions in energy and commodities information. They did a great job supporting us throughout the process and really helped get this deal done.” For further information: Andrew Adams/Craig Muir Quayle Munro Tel: 020 7907 4200John Kiely/Gemma Froggatt, Smithfield Tel: 020 7360 4900 Notes to Editors: Quayle Munro (www.quaylemunro.com) is an AIM-listed independent merchant bank, active in corporate finance (including equity and debt advisory), public finance, specialist fund management and investment on its own account. The Quayle Munro Media and Technology team has an unrivalled expertise in advising companies providing data, analytics and consultancy services on the Energy& Commodities sector. It has recently advised on the sales of Brook Hunt to Wood Mackenzie; McClosky to IHS; and Heren Energy to Reed Business Information. Quayle Munro has offices in London, Edinburgh and New York. New Energy Finance is the world’s leading independent provider of subscription-based news, data and research to decision-makers in clean energy and the carbon markets. The company has a staff of more than 130, based in London, Washington DC, New York, San Francisco, Beijing, Shanghai, New Delhi, Hyderabad, Cape Town, São Paulo, Sydney and Perth. New Energy Finance’s Insight Services provide deep market analysis to investors in wind, solar, bioenergy, geothermal, carbon capture and storage, energy efficiency, smart grid, nuclear power and traditional energy markets. The company provides dedicated services for each of the major emerging carbon markets: Europe, International (Kyoto), Australia and the US, where it covers the planned regional markets as well as potential federal initiatives, plus the voluntary carbon market. Its Industry Intelligence service provides access to the world’s most comprehensive database of investors and investments in clean energy. The New Energy Finance News and Briefing Service is the industry-standard global news and newsletter service focusing on clean energy investment. The company also undertakes custom research and consultancy and runs senior-level networking events.
London 11 December 2009 Quayle Munro Limited, the UK merchant bank, is pleased to announce that it has advised the shareholders of New Energy Finance, the world’s leading independent provider of news, data and analysis in renewable energy on its sale to Bloomberg L.P for an undisclosed sum. Quayle Munro led the negotiations, structuring and execution of the transaction.
Craig Muir, Quayle Munro Director commented: “Quayle Munro is delighted to have advised the shareholders of New Energy Finance on its sale to Bloomberg L.P. With a growing market, strong leadership position and proven products, New Energy Finance is well positioned to exploit a range of opportunities for significant growth both within and beyond its current client base. Bloomberg L.P, with its global reach, is the ideal partner to help New Energy Finance to achieve this.”
Michael Liebreich, Chairman and CEO of New Energy Finance said: “Tying up with Bloomberg will enable us to maintain the market leadership position we have established, developing new services of great sophistication for our clients as the clean energy and carbon markets grow rapidly and become an important part of mainstream investing. I am particularly pleased to be announcing the deal just as the international negotiations in Copenhagen get underway. QM has built an enviable track record of transactions in energy and commodities information. They did a great job supporting us throughout the process and really helped get this deal done.”
For further information:
Andrew Adams/Craig Muir Quayle Munro Tel: 020 7907 4200John Kiely/Gemma Froggatt, Smithfield Tel: 020 7360 4900
Notes to Editors:
Quayle Munro (www.quaylemunro.com) is an AIM-listed independent merchant bank, active in corporate finance (including equity and debt advisory), public finance, specialist fund management and investment on its own account. The Quayle Munro Media and Technology team has an unrivalled expertise in advising companies providing data, analytics and consultancy services on the Energy& Commodities sector. It has recently advised on the sales of Brook Hunt to Wood Mackenzie; McClosky to IHS; and Heren Energy to Reed Business Information. Quayle Munro has offices in London, Edinburgh and New York.
New Energy Finance is the world’s leading independent provider of subscription-based news, data and research to decision-makers in clean energy and the carbon markets. The company has a staff of more than 130, based in London, Washington DC, New York, San Francisco, Beijing, Shanghai, New Delhi, Hyderabad, Cape Town, São Paulo, Sydney and Perth. New Energy Finance’s Insight Services provide deep market analysis to investors in wind, solar, bioenergy, geothermal, carbon capture and storage, energy efficiency, smart grid, nuclear power and traditional energy markets. The company provides dedicated services for each of the major emerging carbon markets: Europe, International (Kyoto), Australia and the US, where it covers the planned regional markets as well as potential federal initiatives, plus the voluntary carbon market. Its Industry Intelligence service provides access to the world’s most comprehensive database of investors and investments in clean energy. The New Energy Finance News and Briefing Service is the industry-standard global news and newsletter service focusing on clean energy investment. The company also undertakes custom research and consultancy and runs senior-level networking events.
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