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Ivan Grech, Finance Malta

A favourable environment for start-up managers

Q&A with Ivan Grech, Chief Operations Officer, FinanceMalta What are the key trends currently driving growth and development within Malta’s funds industry? Malta has always been attractive in the alternative space for the small-medium sized managers, thanks to the introduction of the Professional Investor Fund Regime, alongside various advantages including cost

FCP, Abacus Capital and Big Cypress Capital acquire development land in Charlotte

FCP, with JV partners Abacus Capital (Abacus) and Big Cypress Capital (Big Cypress), has closed on the acquisition of 4.33 acres at 2213 and 2218 Toomey Avenue in Charlotte, NC. The parcels are currently occupied by one-story warehouse buildings totalling 63,034 square feet that will be repositioned as a creative commercial

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Pacer Ventures launches early-stage fund for African startups

Sub-Sahara African-based Pacer Ventures has launched a USD3 million fund for early-stage startups, with a focus on healthcare, financial inclusion, education and agriculture on the African continent. With offices in Lagos and Johannesburg, the firm has begun to support early stage founders by participating in seed rounds, including in financial

InvestiNation crowdfunding platform opens to accredited US investors

InvestiNation, an equity crowdfunding platform that provides access to some of Israel’s most promising startups, is now open to US accredited investors.The online platform offers proprietary investment opportunities with Israeli companies in fintech, proptech, contech, medtech, edtech, enterprise software, and other burgeoning fields. It also features in-depth research and market

US Bank expands global fund services offering with new Luxembourg office

US Bank has opened an office in Luxembourg office, provides fund accounting and administration, domiciliation, depositary and custody-related services for Luxembourg-domiciled funds.Didier Delvaux, who joined US Bank earlier this year as Luxembourg Country Head, will oversee the office. He has more than 25 years of fund administration and custody experience.

Global pandemic prompts 40 per cent of institutional investors to accelerate deployment of capital into European VC funds

Mountside Ventures and ALLOCATE, today released their inaugural annual report entitled, “Capital Behind Venture 2020.” The report provides insights on Venture Capital (VC) firms looking to raise funds from Limited Partners (LPs) such as pension funds, university endowments, government agencies, fund-of-funds, and high net worth (HNW) individuals or family offices

Griffin secures GBP6.5m in funding round led by EQT Ventures

London-based Banking-as-a-Service provider Griffin has secured GBP6.5 million in a funding round led by EQT Ventures. This new round follows the company’s previous £3m seed round announced earlier this year. Other participants in the round include Seedcamp, Tribe Capital, Paul Forster  (co-founder Indeed.com), Matt Robinson (co-founder Go-Cardless/Nested), and Carlos Gonzalez-Cadenas (COO

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