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Global investment solutions provider, Russell Investments, has been selected by French pension plan, Fonds de réserve pour les retraites (FRR), as transition management partner.
FRR will utilise Russell Investments’ deep capital markets expertise and extensive trading capabilities to reduce exposure risk and execution costs when restructuring its mandates, including changes to managers, strategies, benchmarks and investment styles.
7/10 of UK adults, with at least one investment outside of their pension, say they would be more likely to choose an investment in a fund or organisation if they knew it was having a positive social or environmental impact, according to research from Big Society Capital.
Paymob, Egypt’s market-leading omni-channel financial services platform, has raised $50 million in Series B funding.
The round was led by Kora Capital, PayPal Ventures, and Clay Point.
Other new participating investors included Helios Digital Ventures, British International Investment, and Nclude. All existing investors, including A15, FMO, and Global Ventures also participated.
The proceeds will be used to turbocharge the company to expand its product range, reinforce its leadership in the Egyptian market, and expand into new markets across the Middle East and Africa region.
This funding round is the largest ever fintech, Series B in Egypt, and brings the total
The UK Equity Trustees Fund Services Board has appointed Tim Callaghan as independent director.
He brings more than 30 years of experience in managing, marketing and oversight of investment strategies as an investment specialist. He was most recently the chief investment officer and lead manager of the Globersel Pactum Natural Resources Fund at Nextam Partners Ltd.
Callaghan is a Certified European Financial Analyst and holds a BSc (Hons) Chemistry with Management from King’s College London University.
Archangels, the angel investment syndicate, has appointed Ian Macleod as the new chair of its board.
The former investment analyst and fund manager takes over the role from Eric Young, who has held the position since 2014. Young will continue to sit on the Archangels board.
Previously, Macleod worked in London and Paris for many years as an analyst, specialising in the electronics and telecoms industries, initially with ANZ Capel Cure Myers and longer spells at both NatWest Markets and Jeffries.
Peakside Capital Advisors AG (Peakside) has appointed Frank Schäfer as a new partner in the company.
Acquisitions by UK private equity firms of European corporates jumped 80% from 245 in 2020 to 442 in 2021, shows research by Accuracy, the global independent financial and strategic consulting firm.
Redcliffe Lifetech (Redcliffe), one of India’s leading diagnostics platforms, has raised $61 million in a funding round led by LeapFrog Investments (LeapFrog).
Healthquad, Schroders, LC Nueva, Growth Spark Ventures and existing investors Chiratae Ventures and Alkemi Venture Partners also participated in the round.
The investment will be used to expand Redcliffe’s geographic reach across India, with a focus on expanding its low-cost but high quality Direct to Consumer Diagnostics into tier 2, 3 and 4 cities, providing affordable, rapid, and convenient pathology services from glucose to genetics in millions of households. Funding will also be used to scale
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IMB Partners, a middle market private equity firm specialising in utility and government agency services, has made a strategic investment in Carr & Duff, a southeastern Pennsylvania corporation that provides specialty electrical construction services to a range of mid-Atlantic customers.
The Duff brothers, Bob, Eddie and Jack, will remain with the business after IMB’s investment, will continue to work in leadership roles and will have meaningful ownership going forward. C&D customers include a range of commercial, industrial and other specialty industries along the East Coast. The company was founded in 1958, and is based in Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania.
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