Morningstar Announces Winners of 2015 Awards for Excellence in Investment
- 9 years 4 months ago
- Investment
Morningstar UK Limited, a subsidiary of Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: MORN), a leading provider of independent investment research, has announced the winners of this year’s Morningstar Awards for Excellence in Investment. The annual Morningstar awards took place at The Dorchester Hotel on 10th September, recognising individual fund managers and fund groups that have made a substantial contribution to the retail investment management industry. The... more
SIX iD, the next step in the evolution of Telekurs iD
- 9 years 4 months ago
- Investment, Infrastructure
Zurich - SIX Financial Information launched SIX iD, the evolution of its Telekurs iD product. More than a new name, the product features an intuitive user experience with numerous new features, which simplify information processing for investment decisions. SIX iD is now available worldwide.
Trunomi Completes $3Million Capital Raise
- 9 years 4 months ago
- Investment
Trunomi, a provider of consent-based Know Your Customer (KYC) data-sharing technology, announced that it closed a $3million capital raise, led by Saturn Partners with additional participation by Fenway Summer, Persistent Ventures and SenaHill Partners. Bill Guttman, a general partner at Saturn, will join Trunomi’s board.
NEW INNOVATIVE INVESTMENT PLATFORM LAUNCHES IN THE UK
- 9 years 4 months ago
- Investment, Infrastructure
WiseAlpha, a new online investment platform has launched successfully in the UK and offers investors annual returns in the range of 4-6%2. WiseAlpha members can earn attractive rates of interest on a selection of corporate loan based investments in blue-chip UK companies (often household names). These are the same companies major financial institutions lend to. WiseAlpha founder and CEO Rezaah Ahmad comments:
Leading P2P Property Lender LendInvest Unveils New Brand Identity
- 9 years 4 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
- 9 years 4 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
- 9 years 4 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
- 9 years 4 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 4 months 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 4 months 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 5 months 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 5 months 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 5 months 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 5 months 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 5 months 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.
