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Alternative investment and asset management firm Garrison Investment Group has selected iLEVEL to manage the firm’s portfolio data and streamline their reporting process.
Founded in 2007, Garrison Investment Group focuses on deploying capital in opportunities across corporate finance, financial assets, and real estate. Garrison will initially implement iLEVEL for their Business Development Company (BDC) and Corporate Lending funds.
“As our BDC and Corporate Lending businesses continue to grow, we recognise the need for a system to help us analyse portfolio data and report to our investors with greater efficiency and transparency,” says Michelle Rancic, Chief Accounting Officer, Garrison Investment
NeoXam has completed its carve-out from its former parent group Sungard Financial Systems, and acquires Nexfi with the support of BlackFin.
NeoXam is a provider of front, middle and back office software solutions dedicated to asset managers, asset owners and securities servicing platforms. It employs 300 highly skilled financial software developers and consultants in Europe, China, Africa, and the US. Neoxam’s clients include Tier 1 financial institutions such as Caceis Investor Services, BBVA Asset Management, UBS and Citic Securities. In January 2014, BlackFin acquired the GP3 and Decalog software programs from SunGard and constituted NeoXam together with buy-in manager Serge
Alternative investment manager Lexington Partners has renewed a three-year agreement, or "smartnership," with the Happy Hearts Fund to jointly rebuild three schools in Latin American countries.
This marks the second three-year pledge that Lexington Partners has made to Happy Hearts Fund. Lexington's initial pledge, in 2012, has resulted in the rebuilding of three schools for 1,086 children. In 2012, Lexington contributed toward the rebuilding of the Divino Nino Jesus School for 720 children in the region of Chincha, Peru. In 2013, Lexington contributed toward the rebuilding of the Jose Maria Pino Suarez School for 186 children in the region of
Victory Park Capital (VPC), an asset management firm focused on middle market debt and equity investments, has provided a USD50 million credit facility to The Credit Junction, an online provider of working capital financing to small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs).
The facility will allow the company to provide comprehensive capital solutions to SMEs across the United States, with the long-term vision of transforming the way SMEs finance their working capital needs.
In addition to providing The Credit Junction with its first institutional credit facility, VPC has provided an investment to fund working capital needs in advance of the company’s
SEKO Logistics (SEKO) a provider of supply chain solutions, has selected Greenbriar Equity Group, a private equity firm focused exclusively on the global transportation industry, as its new equity partner to help spearhead the next stage of its growth.
Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Founded in 1976, SEKO provides complete supply chain solutions specialising in forwarding, transportation, logistics, software and warehousing. Central to SEKO’s customer centric solutions are innovative and customisable technology tools that provide a seamless flow of information and give customers truly global supply chain visibility. With over 120 offices in 40 countries worldwide, SEKO’s
China Information Technology (CNIT) has entered into a strategic agreement with Shenzhen Capital Group Co.
Under the terms of the agreement, Shenzhen Capital will collaborate with the Company in exploring new investment opportunities in the cloud computing technology space. It will also assist the Company on an as-needed basis with its market expansion throughout China.
As a leading venture capital firm in China, Shenzhen Capital has RMB10.0 billion (USD1.6 billion) of assets under management. Shenzhen Capital has helped over 500 portfolio companies grow in sectors ranging from information technology and telecommunication to pharmaceutical and new material. The Shenzhen Capital investment
Firm Capital has held the closing of the initial capital raise of Firm Capital Private Equity Realty Corp (FCPERC), a real estate merchant banking and private equity investment corporation focused on opportunistic, tactical and distressed real estate debt and equity investments in Canadian public and private entities.
Investments will be heavily focused on the following investment platforms: Activist Strategies, High Yield Structured Debt, Distress Debt Acquisitions, and Real Estate Joint Ventures & Capital Partners.
FCPERC has raised its initial capital and its growth capital will come from both future equity offerings and possibly an Initial Public Offering.
FCPERC employs an
Space Ape Games, the developer behind the successful mobile title Samurai Siege, has secured GBP4.25 million in growth capital from Silicon Valley Bank.
The business will use the additional capital to continue its growth, with a second game – Rival Kingdoms: Age of Ruin – set to launch globally on iOS and Android in May 2015.
Samurai Siege, Space Ape’s first game, has seen global success, with more than 11 million downloads and aggregate revenues of more than USD23 million since its launch in 2013. Rival Kingdoms will offer an accessible, high-quality experience for mid-core gamers on mobile platforms,
China Everbright Limited (CEL) and Sinowel Enterprise Group (Sinowel) have signed a strategic partnership agreement to start their co-operation towards the secondary market of trust beneficiary rights.
CEL and Sinowel plan to maximise their value, as well as leveraging their respective experience and advantages in the asset management sector to build a marketing platform for the trust industry.
CEL, a member of China Everbright Group, is a diversified financial services enterprise operating in Hong Kong and mainland China. It leverages a "Macro Asset Management" strategy with specific focuses being placed on fund management and investment businesses, namely Primary Market Investment,
Octopus Investments has completed a development with Transact to enable shares in its Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs) to be bought and held on a financial adviser platform for the first time.
Previously VCTs were unable to be purchased on adviser platforms or by a nominee account as they needed to be bought by the individual directly in order to qualify for the tax reliefs.
The launch of the service from Transact, which is an adviser-facing only platform, follows the change announced in the Finance Bill 2014 last year that allows shares in VCTs to be bought by a nominee
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