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Hermance Capital Partners, a specialist in unlisted investments, is going digital by opening an online platform facilitating access, analysis and execution of transactions in private markets.
Hermance Capital Connect’s objective is to democratise access to private equity, private real estate and private debt funds, previously reserved for a certain elite, by offering far below average entry tickets. The company says the opening of this asset class to any investment professional is a real revolution for the sector.
The platform is aimed at as private banks, family offices, pension funds or even independent managers seeks to simplify access to unlisted investments
Calculus Capital portfolio company ActiveOps has completed a successful Initial Public Offering on the Alternative Investment Market, generating an impressive 6x return for Calculus EIS investors.
ActiveOps has placed 45 million shares with institutional investors, raising gross proceeds of GBP76 million for selling shareholders, including Calculus Capital. The placing price of 168 pence values the company at GBP120 million. Dealing commenced at 8am this morning.
Calculus invested in ActiveOps in 2014, acquiring approximately 30 per cent of the company’s equity. Revenues have grown significantly in that time, from GBP7m in the year to March 2015, to GBP20 million in the
Nordic Capital has signed an agreement to sell MFEX, a global independent fund distributor, to Euroclear. During Nordic Capital’s ownership, MFEX has successfully repositioned itself from a Nordic player to a pan-European leader with an emerging global presence.
The new owner Euroclear is a provider of financial market infrastructure services and believes it is ideally placed to support the next phase of MFEX’s growth and development.
The two companies are complementary and will build on each other’s strengths. The combination of MFEX’s innovative distribution platform with Euroclear’s FundSettle post-trade operations expertise will create a unique and compelling offering for
US Bank announced it is expanding services to include Irish Limited Partnership (ILP) funds, providing an end-to-end solution across loan administration, fund and investor services, depositary, custody and account banking.
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“We’re presently meeting with current and prospective US Bank clients about providing servicing solutions for ILP structures which they are currently forming. Our team has extensive experience in supporting regulated Alternative Investment Funds (AIF) in addition to closed-ended debt funds structured as partnerships in other domiciles,” says Linda Gorman, US Bank Global Fund Services. “We look forward to assisting our global clients as
The Solana Foundation has partnered with cryptocurrency exchanges, OKEx and MXC, to launch two strategic investment funds that will bring USD40 million of new capital to accelerate the growth and development of key projects in the Solana ecosystem.
Solana’s layer 1 proof of stake network has grown at an exponential rate, with 560+ active community validators around the world who have produced over 70 million blocks and processed over 14 billion transactions. Since the launch of its mainnet beta in 2020, Solana has attracted industry-leading projects like Serum, Chainlink, Terra, Audius, USDC, USDT, and more to deploy on its blockchain.
JTC, a specialist global fund administrator, has been appointed by Resolute Capital Partners (Resolute Capital), a San Francisco-based private equity firm, to administer its two new international feeder funds.
Resolute Capital actively invests in and manages investments in energy, real estate, and technology and structures its offerings with proven and flexible operational techniques. JTC Americas (formerly NES Financial) has been administering Resolute Capital’s private equity funds since 2018. When Resolute Capital decided to expand globally and researched available fund administrator options, they awarded JTC the opportunity to administer their international feeder funds in Guernsey, a well-established fund domicile and a
Lukka, a specialist enterprise crypto asset software and data provider, announced it has completed its USD53m Series D round of financing. Participants in the round include Soros Fund Management, S&P Global, and CPA.com (a subsidiary of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants). This fundraise follows Lukka’s recent Series C round, which was led by State Street just three months prior.
This investment will accelerate Lukka’s operations as a specialist institutional-grade middle and back office crypto asset software and data provider at a time when the rapid adoption of crypto assets by the traditional financial services industry requires more
CAPSLOCK Education, a cyber-security education institute based in Manchester, has secured GBP540,000 in a pre-seed funding round from GC Angels, the Ufi VocTech Trust, Tynton Group, private angel investors and the UK government to reskill adults across the UK.
Founded in 2019 by Jonathan Slater, Lorna Armitage and Dr Andrea Cullen, CAPSLOCK’s intensive training bootcamp reskills adults into cyber-security professionals within six months. Designed in collaboration with industry leaders including Lloyds Banking Group, BT and Dell, it provides students with opportunities to solve cyber-security problems practically, equipping them with the skills necessary to pursue high-paying, competitive careers in cyber-security.
Anchin, Block & Anchin LLP (“Anchin”), an accounting and advisory firm based in New York City, has opened an office on Long Island, in Uniondale, New York.
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