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IW Capital leads GBP625,000 debt investment in Discovery Yachts

IW Capital has successfully facilitated a GBP626,000 loan to Discovery Yachts to support the company’s acquisition of Southerly Yachts – a manufacturer of cruising yachts based in the UK. Discovery Yachts was founded in 1998 in a bid to create a superior cruising yacht that boast luxurious high-end furnishings. Nearly

Callcredit acquires Spanish fraud and anti-money laundering software solutions business

Callcredit Information Group, backed by private equity firm, GTCR, has acquired the Spanish Confirma group of companies, comprising Confirma Sistemas and Soluciones Confirma, which specialise in fraud prevention and anti-money laundering (AML) software solutions. The strategic acquisition, sees Callcredit take a majority shareholding in the Madrid-headquartered business which is a

EnteroBiotix secures GBP500,000 seed finance

EnteroBiotix, a privately held Scottish biotechnology company focused on using the body’s own microorganisms to prevent and treat disease, has raised GBP500,000 in an oversubscribed seed round of investment. The financing was led by Equity Gap and supported by the Scottish Investment Bank, the investment arm of Scottish Enterprise.  

Independent Growth Finance delivers GBP650k funding package to The History Press

IGF has delivered a GBP650k combined invoice discounting and asset based lending facility to specialist publisher, The History Press. The Gloucestershire-based firm recently underwent a management buyout from its previous owner, private equity firm Octopus Investments. Following its acquisition by The History Press’ management team – managing director Gareth Swain,

Omnes Capital announces the final closing of its Capenergie 3 fund at EUR245 million

Omnes Capital announces the final closing of its Capenergie 3 fund for a total amount of EUR245 million. The third-generation fund, dedicated to European renewable energy infrastructure investments, has exceeded its target size of EUR200 million. Omnes Capital received support from its historic investor base as well as new French

Sverica Capital Management acquires iWave Information Systems

Private equity investment firm Sverica Capital Management, along with Ross Beattie and Gerry Lawless, has acquired iWave Information Systems (iWave) from Jamie Hill of Charlottetown PEI. This acquisition marks Sverica’s third investment made from its fourth fund. iWave is a Software as a Service (SaaS) company that offers fundraising intelligence

Mike Delano, PwC

Luxembourg has the tools to support global distribution ambitions

Luxembourg is one of the world’s leading onshore domiciles where, over the last 30 years, it has become the default option for managers wishing to establish UCITS funds. It is, by size, the world’s second largest fund centre after the US, and, from a funds expertise perspective, offers managers everything

Andrew Frost

The ‘plug and play’ fund solution

Typically there are three options for managing external money: using managed accounts, setting up a dedicated fund structure or launching a fund on a regulated fund platform. The latter is best thought of as a halfway house option and is particularly suitable to those launching with EUR10 to EUR30 million

Williams Jones, MPL Management

The ‘Anti-ManCo’ ManCo

MPL Management (Luxembourg) SA is a third-party `Super Management Company’ providing fund governance, operational support and oversight to both UCITS funds and AIFs. It is part of MPL Group, founded by William Jones in 2006, who has, over the past 26 years, helped set up more than 100 funds in

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