Adveq, an asset manager focused on investing in private equity globally, has reached USD 7 billion assets under management as of 11 January 2017. Adveq enjoyed a successful 2016 driven by strong investment performance and increased investor demand for the firm’s specialised primary, secondary and direct/co-investment offerings.   2016 saw

Mid-market advisory firm Clearwater International completed a record breaking 106 deals worth over EUR9 billion in 2016 – a deal value increase of over 120 per cent from 2015. Average deal values also nearly doubled during the period.   In a year where the business completed mergers with firms in

Seedrs, the investment platform backed by Neil Woodford, saw more than GBP85 million invested into campaigns on the platform and 159 deals funded in 2016. The British fintech company has been live for four-and-a-half years and recently surpassed GBP190 million invested into campaigns with more than 450 deals funded since

Edison Advisors, the investor relations and consulting arm of the Edison Group, has launched a full-service investor relations business to give private and public companies access to its team of analysts and pools of investment capital through its global investor networks. Established 15 years ago, Edison Investment Research has a

IGF, a commercial finance provider for SMEs, has provided GBP34.7 million of lending to SMEs across the UK following its acquisition in April 2016. As of close of business on 1 December, the business has doubled its ‘funds out’ to small and mid-market organisations since its management buy-in/buy-out earlier this

UK peer-to-peer (P2P) finance platform Assetz Capital has lent a record GBP105 million to UK businesses in 2016 to date.  Experiencing increasing growth during the year, including a final quarter when it lent as much as in the whole of 2015, Assetz Capital is now providing secured loans of GBP25

November was Assetz Capital's best month ever with GBP26 million worth of capital flowing through the peer-to-peer (P2P) platform. Assetz Capital, launched to the public in early 2013, aims to help British small and medium sized businesses and property developers with their funding requirements.    To date over GBP185 million

Law firm Howard Kennedy has advised Tasty plc on a share placing that has raised GBP9 million.  The proceeds from the fundraising, which completed on 9 November, will be used to support the continued expansion of its restaurant brands.   Tasty operates in the casual dining market under the dim-t

Seedrs alumnus FreeAgent has floated on the London Stock Exchange’s AIM, marking the first time an equity crowdfunded company has gone on to IPO. This announcement comes directly after Beauhurst announced that Seedrs has completed 122 deals in private companies by the end of Q3. This is more than any

Assetz Capital says investors have earned a total of GBP15 million in gross interest since the company launched in 2013.  Assetz Capital has been at the forefront of the P2P sector by providing British small and medium sized businesses with their funding requirements.   Individuals can invest in these businesses