Global investment bank Drake Star Partners has reported a record first half 2017 when compared to its H1 2016. The firm has successfully closed 18 transactions in 2017 year-to-date against 14 deals closed over the same period in 2016 (on a total of 28 transactions in 2016). Drake Star focuses
Recovery in southern Europe’s markets and stronger performance by manufacturing exporters have delivered for Quaero Capital’s value-driven European Smaller Companies strategy in recent months. Corporate confidence indicators have continued to improve across Europe as the fears of political risk have given way to the resurgence of the political mainstream, supporting
Burford Capital Limited, a finance and investment management firm focused on law, has recorded its best ever results in the first six months of 2017 including a 151 pert cent increase in operating profit to a half-year record of USD155.0 million (H1 2016: USD61.7 million), and 170 pert cent increase
The London Stock Exchange has seen nine fund IPOs on its markets to date in 2017, raising GBP1.4 billion. London listed funds have also raised GBP3.6 billion in further capital in the first half of the year. London continues to be an attractive market for international fund managers, particularly from the
Peer-to-peer lending platform ViaInvest has reached the milestone of EUR10 million loans funded just seven months after launching. Listed consumer loans issued by the alternative financial services provider VIA SMS Group in Czech Republic, Poland, Latvia and Spain were funded by investors from more than 30 countries. “We are
The Guernsey funds sector enjoyed its largest growth in four years during the first quarter of 2017. The latest figures from the Guernsey Financial Services Commission show that the net asset value of funds under management and administration in the island grew by GBP10.6 billion (4.1 per cent) over the
European venture capital house Octopus Ventures is celebrating its tenth anniversary this month. Founded in 2007 with an initial fund of just GBP30 million, investing GBP10 million a year, Octopus Ventures now manages in excess of GBP660 million and invests GBP100 million per year. Octopus Ventures invests across a range
Global investment bank GCA achieved record revenues of GBP148 million and EBIT of GBP27 million in 2016, successfully completing 133 deals over the course of the year. This is GCA’s first set of results since its July 2016 merger with Altium. Recent high profile deals included advising JayZ on the
Foreign investment rules should be relaxed to encourage a new wave of offshore funding and quarterly R&D tax credits introduced to help innovative, cash-poor firms as part of a bold blueprint to develop a high-tech Australian economy. On the eve of the 2016 federal election, AVCAL, Australia’s peak body for
Since the global financial crisis in 2008 when an all-time high USD9.3 billion was raised, micro venture capital fundraising has seen six consecutive years of growth, increasing from USD6.5 billion in 2009 to reach USD8.5 billion in 2015, according to a report by Preqin. Furthermore, over the past decade micro
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