Lending Works, a peer-to-peer lending platform which has insurance protecting lenders against certain borrower default risks, is now fully authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). As with all platforms in existence prior to April 2014 which held consumer credit licenses under the Office of Fair Trading, Lending Works had
Former NVCA chairman Dixon Doll has teamed up with Eric Ball and Jack Crawford to launch a venture capital firm named Impact Venture Capital, with investment offices in Burlingame and Sacramento, California. Impact Venture Capital will host a large-scale global venture summit event this year in California at the new
AXA Investment Managers – Real Assets has acquired a 958 hectare forest known as “Domaine de Saint Augustin” in the Allier and Cher departments, France, for EUR21.5 million from a private vendor. The transaction has been undertaken on behalf of an AXA Insurance Company and brings AXA IM – Real
Monroe Capital has held the final close of Monroe Capital Private Credit Fund II with USD800 million of limited partner commitments, eclipsing the fund’s target of USD600 million. When combined with target fund leverage, the fund will have approximately USD1.5 billion of total investable capital or buying power, the largest
Investec Corporate & Acquisition Finance, KBC and Rabobank have jointly provided debt finance facilities to support Waterland’s acquisition of a stake in energy supplier Scholt. The acquisition is being made alongside the original founder, Jan Scholt, and Scholt’s management. The deal marks Investec’s eighth recent financing transaction in the
Crestline Investors, a credit-focused institutional alternative asset manager, has created a private equity credit and fund restructuring team to actively pursue niche financing opportunities in the private equity markets. The group will focus on providing bespoke capital solutions, including preferred equity and flexible debt structures, to mature private equity funds
East African-focused private equity firm Catalyst Principal Partners has acquired a controlling stake in Zenufa Laboratories in Tanzania. Zenufa is a pharmaceutical manufacturers with its factory recognised by the Tanzania Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) as being fully compliant with Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) conforming with international guidelines and systems
Adams Street Partners has appointed Jeff Akers, who joined the firm in 2006, as head of secondary investments. In this role, Akers will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of the secondary business, including strategy, investments, fundraising and portfolio construction. Akers will succeed Jason Gull, who recently announced that he
Maples Fund Services, a division of MaplesFS, has invested in its technology and personnel to support an enhanced private equity fund services offering. This includes the implementation of Investran, a portfolio and partnership accounting system, and the appointment of industry veteran Robert Wolfe as head of private equity solutions.
Lower middle-market private equity firm Blue Sage Capital has completed its acquisition of Magnum Systems. Headquartered in Kansas City, with an additional manufacturing facility in Parsons, Kansas, Magnum, through its Taylor Products and Smoot brands, is a designer and manufacturer of branded packaging and material handling solutions. The company’s
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