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Malta will benefit more than any other financial centre in Europe from Brexit, according to international asset management firm Managing Partners Group (MPG).
While Malta offers financial firms wishing to operate in the European Union several benefits, the alternatives all have serious flaws that make them comparatively less attractive, MPG says.
MPG’s capital markets team will be expanding on the company’s views at The Malta Solution – Ahead of the Curve seminar in London on 30 March.
Jeremy Leach (pictured), chief executive officer at MPG, says: “Malta will be the biggest beneficiary following Brexit. After London, it should
Aurelius Equity Opportunities, a pan-European mid-market investor, has made four appointments in its London office.
Karun Dhir and Thomas Pinks have joined the group’s London-based investment team and will assist in the sourcing and execution of Aurelius’ UK investments.
Timothy (Tim) Spillane and Amar Gulati have both joined Aurelius’ UK operational taskforce.
Dhir has over 12 years’ of M&A and Investment experience and specialises in distressed and turnaround situations. Dhir joins Aurelius from Gordon Brothers, where he was responsible for originating and executing investments from across the UK and Europe. Dhir has previously held positions at Lloyds Banking
ZEDRA, an independent fund specialist in trust, corporate and fund services, has placed an order with Sovos – the tax compliance software experts – for its AEOI Reporting solution.
Once implemented, the solution will help ZEDRA meet the demands of its tax, compliance and reporting obligations.
More than 100 tax jurisdictions have committed to the OECD’s global standard on Automatic Exchange of Information (AEOI) with 54 early adopters undertaking their first exchanges this year. The remaining 47 jurisdictions will exchange in 2018.
The OECD’s AEOI initiative lifts the burden associated with tax compliance with a solution that enables
Independent Growth Finance (IGF), a commercial finance provider for SMEs, has provided a GBP2 million asset based lending line to Insite Contracts Ltd, a high-end office fit out and refurbishment company based in Scotland.
Based in the north of Glasgow, Insite has a client portfolio spanning the public, commercial fitout/refurbishment, industrial and retail markets.
Founded in 2004, Insite began its operations providing refurbishment and fit out services primarily within the office and healthcare sectors. Initial success saw the company introduce an additional maintenance/FM service for a number of its key clients, followed recently by the formation of a subsidiary company, Insite Cladding and Roofing Ltd. which also predominantly operates in the refurbishment sector effectively complimenting their existing services. Working
Madrona Venture Group, an early-stage venture capital firm, has made two additions to its team.
Maria Karaivanova is joining Madrona as a principal to focus on sourcing and evaluating new investment opportunities, and Alice Ryder as director of investor relations and business development.
She will work with Madrona’s investors, as well as continue to develop Madrona’s programme for connecting C-level executives with portfolio companies for partnerships, customer relationships and advisory roles.
Each brings a deep background of business, technology and finance experience to the firm, and has helped rapidly scale very successful businesses like Cloudflare, King Digital and
HIG Capital has appointed Daniel Nader as principal in the HIG Latin America team, as part of a strategy to expand its investment activity into real estate assets in the region.
HIG has been investing in Latin America since 2012 when it established operations in Brazil. The firm subsequently raised a dedicated Latin America Fund in 2016.
HIG’s real estate platform, which has been investing in the US and Europe since 2007, targets opportunistic real estate investments with a focus on adding value, improving performance and achieving attractive risk adjusted returns. With the ability to invest in all parts
Brazilian investment manager Captalys has launched its first offshore fund with the support of Apex Fund Services as administrator.
Captalys has BRL1.5 billion in AUM and invests in Brazilian private credit.
The onshore fund has a six-year track-record (returning 20.2 per cent last year and 19.3 per cent in 2015) and started 2017 positively, gaining 1.7 per cent in January.
The recently launched offshore fund, Captalys Private Credit USD, is registered in the Cayman Islands and will operate a credit vehicle with a partial currency hedge to protect against the Brazilian real.
Running the new fund, which
Gro Solutions, a provider of digital growth solutions for banks and credit unions, has closed a USD4.25 million round of funding led by Atlanta-based TTV Capital with additional investments from BIP Capital, C&B Capital and BLH Venture Partners.
The investment is TTV Capital’s first from its fourth fund in the State of Georgia.
Invest Georgia, a long-term investment programme backed by the State of Georgia, is an investor in TTV Capital’s fourth fund.
“Invest Georgia is thrilled to see TTV Capital’s leadership bringing together multiple Georgia-based institutional investors into a local company that operates in fintech, one of the fastest growing, most innovative
Institutional alternative asset manager Crestline Investors has appointed Chris Golio as a managing director in the firm’s business development and client partnership group based in New York.
He will be focus on the Northeast and Midwest US regions and report to Frank Jordan, head of business development and client partnerships.
Prior to joining Crestline, Golio (pictured) was a partner for Constellation Associates providing private credit third party institutional marketing services primarily to direct lending and opportunistic managers. While there he specialised in direct lending, opportunistic and other illiquid strategies.
Before that, he was a managing director and the COO
Scottish-based business angel syndicate Archangels has appointed Shaolei McKie as its investment executive.
McKie will support Archangels’ executive team in undertaking due diligence, business performance analysis, legal and investor liaison both for Archangels’ existing portfolio of investee companies and for new investment opportunities.
A Chartered Accountant, Shaolei joins Archangels from Edinburgh-based Corran Properties where she has been financial controller since 2012. Her previous career has spanned the financial investment and banking sectors.
McKie says: “I really enjoy assessing and evaluating businesses and this role enables me to provide essential analysis for Archangels that will support their investment strategy
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