Cheshire-based Solutions Asset Finance (SAF), a specialist in asset finance solutions and commercial sales support, has passed the GBP300 million milestone of assets financed. The landmark has been achieved as Cheshire-based Solutions Asset Finance (SAF) celebrates its 10th anniversary. SAF supports major suppliers of assets across the UK, giving
Freetrade, an app-only stockbroker service designed to democratise access to the stock market by offering zero commission on global transactions, has raised GBP1.1 million within 12 days of its second Crowdcube crowd fundraising campaign. This is over 360 per cent of its GBP300,000 fundraising target. The funding raised will be
Aurelius Equity Opportunities generated consolidated revenues of EUR2,892.3 million based on initial provisional annual figures in fiscal 2016, an increase of 44 per cent compared to the prior year’s revenue of EUR2,013.3 million. The annualised consolidated revenues increased to EUR3,066.3 million. Overall, Aurelius Equity Opportunities achieved EBITDA for the
African private equity specialist Development Partners International (DPI) has become a signatory of the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (the UNPRI). DPI has been investing in a responsible manner since its inception 10 years ago. All of DPI’s companies benefit from this work, which is headed by specialist sustainability
Augentius, a service provider to private equity and real estate funds, saw its business grow by 18 per cent in 2016. Augentius has grown by an average of 19 per cent per annum over each of the last five years and has around USD115 billion assets under administration and provides solutions
Legal firm Gilson Gray has doubled the capacity of its centrally located Edinburgh office after rapid growth in its first three years. Gilson Gray, based at 29 Rutland Square in the heart of Edinburgh’s financial district, has expanded into the neighbouring four storey building at 25 Rutland Square, increasing its
Baker McKenzie South Africa has jumped from 16th to third place in the number of announced deals in the Thomson Reuters Emerging Markets M&A Review for Legal Advisers 2016. In 2015, Baker McKenzie South Africa was ranked in 16th position with two deals announced. In 2016, the firm advised on
The private equity team at Foresight Private Equity invested over GBP17 million into nine companies across the UK during the last quarter of 2016. The Foresight Regional Investment Fund, targeting companies in the North West of England, North Wales and South Yorkshire, supported by Foresight’s new Manchester office, has already
Shareholders in the Standard Life European Private Equity Trust have approved plans to increase the dividend, simplify the fee structure and increase the flexibility of the investment strategy to enhance its overall exposure to private equity. Reflecting the strategic changes, the trust is removing the reference to “European”, simplifying its
Peer-to-peer platform Assetz Capital has lent GBP200 million since launching in 2013. The alternative finance platform helps small and medium-sized British businesses and property developers acquire funding and is now providing secured loans totalling as much as GBP26 million per month and lent over GBP45 million in the last quarter of
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