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The Innovative Finance ISA (IFISA) is attracting new investors to peer-to-peer (P2P) investing, and potentially opening up access to billions of pounds of financing for UK SMEs, according to Crowdstacker.
The data is taken from a six-month summary of Crowdstacker, one of the few P2P platforms authorised to offer an IFISA since the product was introduced in April 2016.
It shows that for every 10 IFISA investments made, nine come from investors who have not invested with the platform before. The average amount invested using the IFISA is GBP7,700. Just under one in five (18 per cent) have used their
Asian healthcare provider Columbia Pacific Management is partnering with Temasek, an investment company based in Singapore, on a joint venture that will provide China’s growing middle-class population with affordable, patient-centred care across healthcare and senior services.
Temasek is investing about USD250 million in Columbia China, the China healthcare arm of Seattle’s Columbia Pacific Management, which will result in a 50/50 joint venture with Columbia Pacific.
Columbia China currently has a 220-bed orthopaedic hospital, two multi-specialty clinics and three senior living facilities in Shanghai and Beijing. The company is also developing three multi-specialty hospitals of 300-500 beds, in Wuxi, Jiaxing and Changzhou,
Baird Capital’s UK-headquartered BCPE II portfolio company SGX Sensortech has completed the sale of its Air Quality Sensors (AQS) division to US-based Amphenol Corporation.
Baird Capital invested in SGX Sensortech in 2012 as part of an investment initiative targeting safety products.
AQS manufactures and supplies advanced gas sensing products for automotive, industrial and indoor air quality applications. The company's product portfolio includes MEMS, infra-red and pellistor based technologies. From its manufacturing facilities in Switzerland and Poland, the company serves a global customer base of blue chip OEMs and tier 1 suppliers across its core markets.
During Baird Capital's
Qube Financing, a portfolio company of Principal Company, has launched a programme to provide EUR300 million in receivables finance for the SME market segment.
The initiative is part of a broader Euro mandate providing working capital finance to the SME sector as well as to multinationals.
It is supported by Insight Investment, a global investment manager, which will deploy capital through its secured finance strategies.
Qube Financing is a fully automated, front-end to back-end, receivables financing platform, supported by PRI inside, Principal Company’s receivables financing infrastructure.
The platform includes a credit underwriting process and operational data exchange
Clarus Risk, an institutional risk solutions firm, is to acquire the private equity risk measurement practice and methodologies of Laven Partners, a consultancy and regulatory software publisher servicing the financial services industry.
The deal, completed on 5 October 2016, will see Laven Partners offer compliance and due diligence solutions to Clarus Risk’s client base.
The deal enables Laven Partners to continue focusing on innovation for its compliance and due diligence offering including the development of its regulatory technology software. Its risk clients will benefit from the risk reporting solution RiskMonitor, which Clarus Risk has been developing since its inception
Cinven has agreed the sale of Avio Space Propulsion, an international operator in space launchers and space propulsion, to Space2 and Leonardo-Finmeccanica together with Avio’s management.
This represents a full realisation for Cinven from its shareholding in Avio Group.
Cinven originally acquired Avio from Carlyle in December 2006, alongside Finmeccanica as a minority shareholder, for EUR2.57 billion.
At the time of the acquisition, the group comprised both aviation and space businesses.
Avio’s aviation business was sold to GE in August 2013 for a total consideration of EUR3.3 billion, generating around EUR1 billion of value for the fourth
Centaur Fund Services has launched an enhanced fund services offering, which focuses on providing services to funds specialising in private equity, real estate, venture capital and fund of private equity strategies.
The announcement comes in response to a dramatic rise in the number of private equity firms outsourcing the administration of their operations. This trend is driven by many factors, such as an increased regulatory environment, more complex structures and market pressure on firms to deliver better reporting.
Centaur’s private equity team customises its service to meet the needs of each client, considering the legal structure, investment
Technology distributor Avnet has completed its acquisition of Premier Farnell in an all cash merger for GBP1.85 per share, which equates to an equity value of approximately GBP691 million.
The acquisition was approved by Premier Farnell shareholders representing 99.9 per cent of the votes cast and has received all regulatory approvals.
The transaction is expected to be immediately accretive to earnings and, once the integration is complete, generate annual synergies of approximately USD70 million to USD80 million.
"The combination of Premier Farnell with Avnet's components business will create a truly unique distribution model that supports customers at every
Principal has hired Suresh Singh as head of funds distribution for Asia, based in Singapore.
Singh will be responsible for introducing the capabilities of Principal’s investment boutiques, covering specialities in equities, fixed income, real estate and alternatives, to key intermediaries, fund selectors and investment platforms.
Singh reports to the firm’s global head of wealth advisory services Nick Lyster and head of the south-east Asian region Celestine Khoo.
Prior to joining Principal, Singh was at BlackRock where he was responsible for the build-out of the dedicated wealth and asset management relationship management team for iShares ETFs, covering clients in
The Managed Funds Association (MFA) will host Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) chair Timothy G Massad at the Outlook 2016 Conference.
Massad will make a keynote address at the association’s annual leadership conference in New York on 21 October.
More than 400 investors, policymakers and other stakeholders are expected to attend this year’s conference, which will focus on public policy, institutional investors, global markets and key trends that foster change in the alternative investment industry.
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