Many UK mid-market companies are failing to recognise the benefits of non-bank lending as a source of long-term funding, according to a panel of industry participants at an event hosted by Standard & Poor's Ratings. "Bank deleveraging and tightening regulation are creating a scarcity of finance for many companies in
21 Partners is branching out into Poland with an additional local team and mid-market private equity fund, 21 Concordia. This extension of existing private equity hubs in Italy, France, and Switzerland marks a new chapter in the development of 21 Partners in association with four Polish partners benefiting from investment
Alliance Automotive Group, with the support of its shareholder Weinberg Capital Partners, has issued a EUR185m private bond. The financing was arranged by Goldman Sachs and was syndicated to a small group of institutional investors. The seven-year bond with bullet repayment, provides the group with the financial flexibility to
Despite signs of an initial recovery in the UK economy, it is imperative that more liquidity and finance reaches small businesses if the country is to achieve sustainable economic growth, according to TradeRiver Finance. TradeRiver Finance, an online funding solution for SMEs, says that while the government is working hard
R Capital Management, a subsidiary of the Rothschild group, is becoming independent under the name Keensight Capital. The Keensight Capital team, led by Jean-Michel Beghin, Jérôme Pujol and Pierre Rémy, will execute the same strategy it has pursued over the past ten years and will continue helping entrepreneurs to implement
Silk Road Capital assesses the implications of Iran’s nuclear deal with the West… Landmark Deal. Iran and world powers have reached an agreement that freezes key parts of Iran’s nuclear activities in return for about USD7bn worth temporary sanctions relief. The hard-fought deal, the first such agreement in 10 years, has
Jersey Finance has welcomed the awarding of a AA+ Long Term Issuer Default Rating – one of the top international credit ratings – to The States of Jersey by Standard and Poor’s (S&P). In addition, S&P has also given Jersey a stable outlook and a short term rating of A-1+,
1650 Wealth Management, a private wealth management firm located in Fort Lauderdale and Miami, Florida, has published an investment guide looking at how the wealthy invest. The guide reveals investment strategies used by not only the ultra-wealthy, but major institutions and endowments that create total diversification strategies, using alternative investments
The growing role of retail investors in the management of their own retirement assets is driving alternative asset managers, including most large private equity (PE) firms, to expand capital-raising strategies. Fitch Ratings sees the development of new retail-oriented investment vehicles as a key source of asset manager growth, but over
HarbourVest Global Private Equity’s (HVPE) estimated net asset value per share at the end of October was USD13.13, a USD0.08 per share increase from the 30 September 2013 estimate of USD13.05 and a USD0.67 per share (five per cent) increase from 31 January 2013. This change mainly reflects increases for
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