Shifts in regulation and changes in attitudes towards reputation are prompting a rise in the inward migration of alternative fund managers to Jersey, delegates at a major annual funds conference have heard. Discussing trends within the alternative fund space, panellists at this year’s Jersey Finance London Funds Conference agreed that
UK-based online property finance marketplace LendInvest has completed a GBP17 million (USD25 million) Series B equity investment from Atomico, the technology venture capital firm founded by Niklas Zennström, the co-founder of Skype. This is LendInvest’s second equity investment in nine months. In June 2015, LendInvest secured a GBP22 million (USD33
The infrastructure investment joint venture between Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF) and London Pensions Fund Authority (LPFA) has entered a partnership to co-own one of the largest wind farms of its type in Europe. The investment vehicle, GMPF & LPFA Infrastructure LLP (GLIL), along with Greencoat UK Wind PLC (UKW)
Future Finance Loan Corporation (Future Finance), which makes tailored loans to undergraduates and postgraduates at universities across the UK, has raised GBP119 million in growth and lending capital from leading FinTech investors QED Investors, Blackstone Strategic Opportunity Fund, Colchis Capital, Invus Opportunities, KCK, DW Partners, Fenway Summer Ventures, Ridge Road
Funds managed by Cornerstone Partners and funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management are to acquire Polish transfer agent and business processing outsourcing specialist ProService Agent Transferowy (ProService). The agreement for purchase of 100 per cent stake in ProService Agent Transferowy was concluded on 23 February 2016. The company will be
SS&C Technologies Holdings has completed the acquisition of Citi's Alternative Investor Services Business, a provider of hedge fund and private equity fund administration services. SS&C acquired the business unit from Citi for approximately USD321 million. Citi's Alternative Investor Services Business is a top 10 fund administrator and through the acquisition
Justworks has raised USD33 million in a Series C funding round led by Redpoint Ventures with participation from existing investors Bain Capital Ventures, Thrive Capital and Index Ventures. The round brings Justworks’ total funding to USD53 million. The company will use its current funding to invest in its core technology and
EZBob Ltd, which trades as business e-lenders Everline and EZBob, has closed a Series C investment round with a GBP20 million equity investment from Leumi Partners, the investment banking arm of Israel-based Bank Leumi, and funds managed by existing investor Oaktree Capital Management. This latest investment round provides EZBob Ltd.
Wise SGR has closed Wiseequity IV at the fund’s hard cap of EUR215 million in equity commitments. The fundraising was completed in under 6 months following strong demand from both existing and new investors. Italian institutional investors accounted for approximately 25% of the total commitments, while international investors, both from
SPARK Impact, an stage venture capital specialist has been selected, subject to the necessary regulatory and contractual confirmation, as the manager of the Isle of Man Enterprise Development Scheme (EDS. SPARK Impact will run the Accelerator and Relocator elements of the GBP50 million Scheme approved by the Isle of Man
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