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Maven Capital Partners (Maven) has announced plans for two of its VCTs to raise up to GBP30 million in aggregate (with an aggregate over-allotment facility of GBP10 million) for the 2017/18 and 2018/19 tax years.
Since Maven was formed in 2009 it has managed nine successful VCT fundraisings, with three of the most recent offers having closed early due to being oversubscribed.
Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 and Maven Income and Growth VCT 4 are benefitting from Maven’s strong and varied pipeline of private company investment opportunities, sourced by one of the largest and most active VCT investment
By George Ralph (pictured), RFA – In these turbulent times, it sometimes feels like we need to be armour plated to protect ourselves against the relentless barrage of attacks against our families, our businesses, our economy and our political stability.
Risk management, and cybersecurity have never felt more important than right now, in light of global events.
Our clients; alternative investment firms, private equity firms, prime brokers and insurance firms have a specific set of risks that they need to manage, and the list continually shifts in order of importance.
Top of the risk list is business continuity. Making sure you
Amicus Commercial Finance has provided a confidential invoice discounting facility to The Taunton Cider Company Ltd, one of the most famous British cider brands. The financing is set to help the century-old cider company make a return to the shelves.
Confidential invoice discounting is invoice financing that can be organised confidentially, enabling a business to receive capital against sales invoices before payment is received.
The Taunton Cider Company can trace its roots back to 1911 where a local churchman began making cider from locally produced apples at the Heathfield Rectory. In 1911 the Reverend Cornish joined forces with the
Accountancy firm Saffery Champness has appointed Eunice McAdam as a partner in the firm’s Inverness office.
McAdam joins Saffery Champness after 26 years at EY, 16 of which she spent as an Executive Director.
McAdam provides assurance and advisory services to private companies, entrepreneurs and not-for-profit entities across Scotland and the wider UK, including those with overseas subsidiaries or ownership. She has worked with entrepreneurs and corporates across a variety of sectors, including education, oil services, manufacturing, retail and tourism.
McAdam has also worked with the not-for-profit sector, serving as a secretary or treasurer to several smaller local
Private equity firm Stirling Square Capital Partners has invested inthe Isoclima Group (Isoclima) as part of a management buyout co-led by Isoclima co-founder Alberto Bertolini and industry veteran Bill O’Gara.
Isoclima is the global solutions leader in transparent armour and high-performance glass products. It is headquartered in Este, Italy and employs more than 700 staff in operations across Italy, Croatia and Mexico. Since its founding in 1977 by Augusto Gasparetto and Alberto Bertolini, Isoclima has emerged as the best-in-class producer of high-quality, high-complexity and high-performance glass solutions. For decades, Isoclima has shaped the industry’s leading technical boundaries of ballistic protection,
Flybits has raised USD6.5 million in a Series B funding round led by Information Venture Partners. New investor Portag3 Ventures LP and existing investors Robert Bosch Venture Capital and Trellis Capital also participated.
Robert Antoniades and David Unsworth, Co-founders and General Partners at Information Venture Partners, will join Flybits’ board of directors.
Flybits has raised a total of USD14 million in funding since launching in 2013 and has experienced sizeable month-over-month growth this year. Today’s announcement comes soon after the conclusion of a number of new global partnerships and the release of Flybits’ new Experience Studio, an intuitive visual interface that hides the complexity of
Noerr has advised US private equity fund Lexington Partners on the acquisition of a large part of the media-for-equity portfolio of SevenVentures, the investment arm of ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE. London partner and office head Dr Thomas Schulz led the transaction.
Up to 16 minority interests held by SevenVentures and other companies in the ProSiebenSat.1 Group will be transferred to the newly founded fund Crosslantic Capital in the course of the transaction.
Lexington will acquire a majority share in the fund, and SevenVentures will continue to be involved as a media partner holding a minority interest of 24.5 per cent.
Ocorian is to acquire MAS International (MAS), an independent fund administration and corporate services provider. The business operates in Luxembourg and Mauritius in addition to representation in the US.
Expected to close towards the end of 2017, the transaction, which is subject to regulatory approvals, will realise the next stage of the progressive trajectory for Ocorian, following the management buyout and successive rebranding of Bedell Trust in 2016. The acquisition expands Ocorian’s international presence and service capabilities, providing further depth for their existing jurisdictions.
All staff from MAS’s administration and corporate services business will join the combined operation to
Broadhaven Capital Partners, an independent investment bank serving the financial services sector, has appointed Todd G Owens as a Partner.
Owens was most recently the Chief Executive Officer of Fifth Street Finance Corp, a specialty finance company with overUSD3 billion in assets that invests in private middle-market companies.
Previously, Owens spent over 20 years at Goldman Sachs in the Investment Banking Division, where he was a Partner and served as both Head of the West Coast Financial Institutions Group and Head of the Specialty Finance Group.
His expertise spans a broad range of financial industries, including commercial finance,
The PRI, supported by the United Nations and the leading proponent of responsible investment, is working to standardise the way in which investors source and allocate capital to hedge funds who base their investment strategies on environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors.
This concept of responsible investing, which also goes by the name of Impacting Investing, is becoming increasingly important to investors as they consider the long-term consequences of how and where they invest.
Yet while many global corporations are signatories to UN PRI (Principals of Responsible Investment), the number of hedge fund signatories remains extremely low. According to Marisol
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