Osprey

10 articles about "Osprey"

Anglian pays up to refinance acquisition debt Vol 12, Issue 2 (February 2011)

The early repayment of £450 million of acquisition debt taken out by the Osprey consortium included the UK water sector’s first ever holding company bond. It will prove more expensive to service than the debt it is replacing.

In Brief - Europe Vol 10, Issue 4 (April 2009)

* With shares in Christ Water Technology still languishing below €1.00, both Pictet and Invesco have reduced their stakes to below 5%. Meanwhile, Christ’s subsidiary Aqua Engineering has been awarded a €60 million water treatment contract in South Africa.

The dark side of inflation-linked debt Vol 10, Issue 4 (April 2009)

Concerns over falling inflation have led to new equity injections at three privately owned UK water companies. It is the downside of having so much index-linked debt.

Insight – David Lloyd Owen Vol 8, Issue 6 (June 2007)

The water sector recycled – courtesy of private equity.

France leads the pack as Europe streaks ahead Vol 8, Issue 1 (January 2007)

Suez and Veolia witnessed spectacular share appreciation in 2006 – albeit for different reasons. Meanwhile, private equity interest in UK stocks means that valuations in the sector are now stretched to the limit.

Could Thames turn the tide? Vol 7, Issue 11 (November 2006)

As the full implications of the Thames sale begin to sink in, we ask: how long before the UK water bubble bursts?

FSA WARNING Vol 7, Issue 11 (November 2006)

* As the market digests the full implications of the Thames Water acquisition, and the deadline for the take-over of AWG by the Osprey consortium was extended again after only 65% of the target’s shares had been validly accepted by 9 November, the FSA laid down perhaps the most public warning yet in a discussion paper on the private equity market.