NEW YORK & LONDON & HONG KONG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Atlantic-Pacific Capital, the largest privately-owned global placement agent and advisory firm, is pleased to announce the final closing of Waterton Precious Metals Fund II with $1,016,000,000 of capital commitments, significantly oversubscribed on its target of $750 million. The fund had over $2.0 billion in investor interest.
Waterton Global Resource Management (“Waterton Global”) is an experienced leader in metals and mining investing. Waterton’s position in local markets, its extensive networks in key geographic regions, and its in-house operating and evaluations capability, enables the firm to execute effectively across the globe. The bulk of the fundraising was completed in approximately six months with significant capital commitments from world-class institutional investors across North America, Europe and Asia. Atlantic-Pacific Capital served as the exclusive global placement agent for the fund.
Alex Leykikh, Partner at Atlantic-Pacific Capital, said, "Waterton’s owner-operator model within the private equity mining construct is greatly differentiated and extremely difficult to replicate. We congratulate the Waterton team on a highly successful fundraise.”
Isser Elishis, Managing Partner and CIO of Waterton, said, “We are sincerely appreciative of the support and confidence our investors have placed in us. Atlantic-Pacific helped efficiently navigate the capital raising process based on our specific parameters. This allowed our team to focus more acutely on the execution of our business plan on a day-to-day basis.”
About Atlantic-Pacific Capital (www.apcap.com), Member FINRA and SIPC
Atlantic-Pacific Capital is the largest privately-owned global placement agent and advisory firm dedicated to raising capital for alternative investments. Since its founding in 1995, the firm has executed more than 80 capital raising assignments aggregating over $60 billion for an extraordinary group of alternative asset managers. Typical mandates include private equity, real estate, real assets, natural resources and infrastructure fund placements. Atlantic-Pacific uniquely provides global marketing distribution and project management execution using a focused and customized approach. With experienced professionals located in New York, Greenwich, Chicago, San Francisco, London and Hong Kong, Atlantic-Pacific maintains a global network of trusted relationships with influential institutional investors.
About Waterton Global Resource Management (www.watertonglobal.com)
Waterton Global Resource Management is a private investment firm that specializes in the metals and mining sector. Waterton Global has a proven track record of creating and building value by combining extensive technical expertise with a disciplined approach to investment management. Waterton Global’s integrated approach to managing risk provides effective stewardship of capital for investors while focusing on long-term value creation.
