SteelEye, the compliance technology and data analytics firm, has appointed Matt Smith (pictured), a highly-experienced regulatory tech specialist, as its new Chief Executive Officer. Smith’s appointment is aimed at helping drive the firm’s growth as it markets its secure and scalable data storage platform which incorporates best-in-class analytics. The SteelEye
Peer-to-peer lending platform ViaInvest has reached the milestone of EUR10 million loans funded just seven months after launching. Listed consumer loans issued by the alternative financial services provider VIA SMS Group in Czech Republic, Poland, Latvia and Spain were funded by investors from more than 30 countries. “We are
Forefront Capital, a financial services firm which provides alternative investment management and advisory services in investment banking and capital markets, now listed on BNY Mellon’s Pershing alternative investment platform. Forefront’s mission is to make investing more accessible and the company says it does do not make any money until investors
ArchOver, a peer-to-peer (P2P) business lending platform, has been awarded membership of the Asset-Based Finance Association (ABFA), the trade body for invoice finance and asset-based lending. Coming shortly after it received full FCA approvals last month, ArchOver’s inclusion as part of the ABFA reinforces its reputation as one of the
Online alternative investment platform Crowdmatrix is now providing investors with access to high growth private technology companies through the Plaza Ventures Fund IV venture capital fund. Traditionally, becoming an investor in a venture capital fund requires a six-figure minimum buy in; however, Crowdmatrix’s platform enables accredited investors to invest much
Abacus Group, a provider of hosted cloud IT solutions for alternative asset funds, has enhanced its Abacus Client Portal, which gives asset managers greater control of and transparency into their AbacusFLEX cloud services. The enhancements include two new modules giving unprecedented transparency into managed services provided by Abacus; real-time, on-demand
Research Affiliates has launched a new version of Asset Allocation Interactive, an online investor tool that provides investment information and expected return data across more than 130 assets. The site features newly added alternative asset classes including real estate, hedge funds, and private equity. The site also includes 11 model
Peer-to-peer (P2P) business lending platform ArchOver, has become the first UK lender to partner with Escalate, a fixed-cost commercial dispute resolution service for SMBs. The partnership will enhance ArchOver’s ability to provide secure loans to the SME market, helping borrowers to bring in disputed payments and enhancing security for lenders
Koger has added fundraising and deal flow modules to its Pentas platform for private equity firms. Pentas streamlines and automates the administration of PE funds and works with all fund structures, including pure private equity funds, master feeder and fund of funds. “With these modules, we provide private equity firms
Crowdfunding platform, Seedrs, is to join other alternative finance firms as the sole equity finance provider in partnership with a new NatWest programme for British SMEs called Capital Connections. Capital Connections offers NatWest’s business and commercial customers introductions via their relationship managers to a handful of alternative funding solutions available
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