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Commercial Lending division leads annual profit growth for Paragon Banking Group

Commercial Lending at Paragon has led profit growth for the banking group over the past year, according to the Groups latest annual results. The Commercial Lending division, which includes asset finance, motor finance, structured lending and development finance, reported the largest increase in profits across the Group – a 41

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Oxane Partners signs four new NYC-based firms

Oxane Partners, a technology-driven solutions provider to the alternative investments industry, has signed long term engagements with four New York based firms in the last six months, strengthening its foothold in the US market. The new clientele, all credit-focussed investment firms with interests in real estate, specialty finance and alternative

ENSEK reports record sales following PE investment

Nottingham-headquartered ENSEK, a software supplier to UK energy providers, has delivered a period of exceptional growth after securing a minority investment from mid-market private equity firm LDC in October 2017. ENSEK’s revenues have more than doubled in the financial year to March 2018 to GBP6.2million, up from GBP2.7million in the

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Abacus Group reports 20 per cent revenue growth

Abacus Group, a provider of hosted IT solutions and application hosting for alternative investment firms, has reported revenue growth of 20 per cent year-on-year so far in 2018. The company has seen a 23 per cent increase in the number of end-users on its flagship IT-as-a-Service product, AbacusFLEXä, and a

Validus boosts SME lending

Singapore-based SME financing platform Validus Capital (Validus) has surpassed over USD120 million in funding for local SMEs and businesses through its platform. The company has financed more than 1,600 loans to date, each of which was approved almost instantly (under 24 hours). The average amount funded per request is USD70,000,

Private equity deals and debt listing driving TISE growth for Ogier team

Ogier’s Jersey listings team is continuing to see strong flows of private equity and intercompany group-related debt listings as The International Stock Exchange (TISE) announces a general increase in listings for the first six months of 2018. Peter Longstaffe (pictured), counsel in the Banking and Finance team in Jersey, says

LDC’s Connect reports record results

Connect Managed Services (Connect) has announced record financial results for the year to December 2017 as the firm targets further growth. The LDC-backed business, which specialises in customer experience (CX), and unified communications (UC) technologies and services, achieved total revenues of GBP21 million in its latest financial year, up from

VSL reports record NAV return in May

Victory Park Specialty Lending Investments plc (VSL), a company that invests in opportunities within the financial services market primarily through balance sheet or marketplace lending models, has reported a record NAV return of 1.03 per cent for May. The company’s previous best was 0.95 per cent in April.   Gross

Gen II Fund Services passes USD200 billion in AUA

Gen II Fund Services, an independent, US-based private equity fund administrator, has passed USD200 billion in assets under administration (AUA). “Achieving this milestone is a direct result of the commitment of our entire team to deliver for our clients at the highest levels of service.  Gen II’s clients value our

Isher Capital’s portfolio of contact centres passes GBP30 million in turnover

Growth for outsourcing specialists alldayPA and The Call Centre Group, contact centres for the SME industry, has put the Isher Capital portfolio of contact centre businesses on track to reach its ambitious growth plans, as its turnover swells beyond the GBP30 million milestone. The Call Centre Group has reported 20 per cent growth

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