Leading P2P Property Lender LendInvest Unveils New Brand Identity
- 8 years 11 months ago
- Investment
LendInvest has today revealed an entirely new visual identity, including a new logo and website. The rebranding highlights the key strengths of the company while reaffirming LendInvest's position as the leading (and world's largest) peer-to-peer marketplace lender for property. For investors, the new branding highlights the fact that LendInvest's investments are secured against property; they are ‘investments you can touch'. For borrowers, the... more
Incentivise Savers To Boost Invsetment For Mid-Sized Firms – CBI/BDO
- 8 years 11 months ago
- Investment
Offering tax incentives to savers who commit to providing long-term finance for medium-sized businesses (MSBs) would help growing firms realise their full potential, according to a new CBI/BDO report. Stepping up: fixing the funding ladder for MSBs recommends ways the Government can encourage long-term debt and equity investment in these firms. The ‘forgotten army’ of Britain’s businesses, MSBs represent just 1.8% of companies, but generate... more
Aquiline to Invest in Fenergo
- 8 years 12 months ago
- Investment
Aquiline Capital Partners LLC, a New York-based private equity firm investing in financial services, announced today that is has made an investment in Fenergo, the leading provider of client lifecycle management software solutions for investment banks, capital market firms and private banks. Fenergo’s automated platform streamlines processes for both the front-office and back-office, enabling the efficient and compliant onboarding of clients... more
Scottish Investment Bank leverages record private sector investment of £99m
- 8 years 12 months ago
- Investment
Scottish Enterprise has today revealed that its investment arm, the Scottish Investment Bank (SIB), invested £66.5m into 155 Scottish companies during 2014/15, leveraging a record private sector investment of £99m.
Mooreland advises Proxibid on Growth Investment from Primus Capital
- 9 years 1 day ago
- Investment
Mooreland Partners (www.moorelandpartners.com), the leading independent investment bank providing M&A and private capital advisory services to the global technology industry, today announced it acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Proxibid on a growth equity financing led by Primus Capital.
MarketInvoice to expand access to retail investors with £6 million investment
- 9 years 2 days ago
- Investment, Retail Banking
MarketInvoice, a P2P platform for small business lending, has raised £6 million in its first round of financing as part of an effort to attract retail investors. Launched in 2011 and based in London, MarketInvoice has traded £475 million across the platform - which provides invoice-backed working capital to businesses - with £30m per month currently being raised. The £6 million investment in the firm comes from existing shareholders Northzone... more
Confluence Fortifies Its European Expansion with New Addition to its London Performance Analytics Team
- 9 years 1 week ago
- Investment, Data
Confluence, a global leader in investment data management automation for regulatory, financial and investor reporting, continues its expansion in Europe with a new addition to its London office: Katie Kiss takes the position of Director of Performance Analytics.
Intelliflo expands Wealthlink partners to include the Seven Investment Management platform
- 9 years 1 week ago
- Investment
Intelliflo has expanded its number of Wealthlink partnerships, which includes Cofunds and Zurich, to include Seven Investment Management, providing advisers with two-way integration between Intelliflo’s award winning business management system, Intelligent Office, and Seven Investment Management’s platform. Available now, the two-way integration allows users to send information between both Intelliflo’s and Seven Investment Management’s’ systems... more
ETFs Continue to Widen Growth Gap over Mutual Funds in Retail Investment Channels, According to Broadridge Financial Solutions
- 9 years 3 weeks ago
- Investment
Retail channels continued to drive exchange-traded fund (ETF) growth through the second quarter of 2015, increasing assets in absolute dollars by $265 billion over the past year, and outpacing the $200 billion in long-term mutual fund (LTMF) assets distributed by retail channels, according to data released today by Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc., (NYSE:BR) via its Fund Distribution Intelligence tool.
EIB approves EUR 10 billion of new EIB loans and launches European Fund for Strategic Investments with European Commission
- 9 years 4 weeks ago
- Investment
New investment for strategic infrastructure across Europe and around the world, including road, rail, ports, inland waterways, and airports, were amongst nearly EUR 10 billion of new lending approved this week by the Board of Europe’s long-term lending institution, the European Investment Bank. Financing was agreed, subject to final negotiation, for a total of 45 projects, including 5 schemes expected to get support from the EU budget guarantee... more
SimCorp Calls for Entries for the Annual Excellence Awards 2015
- 9 years 4 weeks ago
- Investment
SimCorp, a leading provider of investment management solutions and services for the global financial services industry, has announced the call for entries for the 2015 SimCorp Excellence Awards. The SimCorp Excellence Awards recognize innovation and outstanding performance across the global investment management industry.
Milestone Group sparks African expansion with new joint venture, pControl Africa
- 9 years 4 weeks ago
- Investment
Milestone Group, the global provider of optimised fund processing solutions, has announced the establishment of ‘pControl Africa’. Operating from a new office in Cape Town, pControl Africa is a joint venture between Milestone Group and domestic provider Global ASP, a leader in the provision of hosted member administration and asset management solution platforms, as well as technology, consulting, disaster recovery and business continuity... more
The 2015 level of VC investment in bitcoin companies exceeded investment in 2014
- 9 years 1 month ago
- Cryptocurrencies, Investment
The recent deal that saw $20 million of venture capital invested in Amsterdam-based bitcoin mining company BitFury pushed the 2015 total to $357 million thereby overtaking the $350 million raised during 2014. The cryptocurrency has enjoyed a steep rise in capital investment in recent years. But despite the fact that investment continues to grow, figures suggest that the growth is decelerating.
SS&C’s Advent Selected as “Best Accounting System Provider” in the 2015 Waters Rankings
- 9 years 1 month ago
- Investment
SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:SSNC), a global provider of financial services software and software-enabled services, today announced that its Geneva® portfolio management solution was named "Best Accounting System Provider" in the 2015 Waters Rankings. The winners were announced during a luncheon reception at The Metropolitan Club in New York City on July 16th and will be featured in the August 2015 issue of Waters magazine.
PGGM chooses SimCorp’s Data Warehouse solution
- 9 years 1 month ago
- Investment, Infrastructure
SimCorp, a leading provider of investment management solutions and services for the global financial services industry, today announced that Dutch PGGM Vermogensbeheer B.V. (PGGM) has selected SimCorp’s Data Warehouse solution to improve operations with detailed and near-real time information on performance, analytics and benchmarks.
