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Asset Manager of the Month

Strategic Industrial Capital Partners (SICP LLP) offers a bespoke alternative to traditional blind pool fund investments. We got in touch with James Mills and Jonas Jonhede, Co-Managing Partners at SICP, to learn more about their business and find out the philosophy behind their success as specialist energy investors.

April 05, 2016
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Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Publishes Annual Business Plan

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Business Plan published today outlines seven priority themes which will guide how the they will use its flexible resources and provide additional focus for the core activities of the organisation.

April 05, 2016
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Allied Wallet Next Gen Payment Gateway with Flexible, New API Platform

Allied Wallet announced earlier this year that it has recently released their new “Next Gen Payment Gateway” for online payment processing.

April 01, 2016
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Financial Services Sector Aims for Cultural Change

Companies in the financial services sector are increasingly investing in specialists to help them drive cultural change in their organisations. Leading talent mapping and pipelining specialist Armstrong Craven is working with a number of clients in the sector which are keen to widen their focus beyond gender diversity targets.

March 24, 2016
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The Waitrose Effect: A Waitrose Supermarket Can Double Your Property Price

Leading online estate agent, eMoov.co.uk, has released research into the Waitrose effect on house prices surrounding each of the supermarket’s 300+ UK stores. eMoov’s research found property surrounding Waitrose stores costs £456,000 on average, more than double that of the UK overall (£221,254), having increased 7% over the last year.

March 21, 2016
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8% tax cut for Residential Property Funds Following UK Budget

As has been well reported, yesterday’s annual Budget established that all corporate investors and individual buy to let landlords will now face a 3% Stamp Duty increase on additional properties purchased from April.

March 17, 2016
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Response to the UK Budget by EQ Investors

John Spiers, Chief Executive Officer of EQ Investors, the boutique wealth manager, provides his thoughts in response to the Chancellor’s Budget announced today.

March 16, 2016
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How Property Crowdfunding Could help Address the Homeownership Crisis

Nigel Keohane, Research Director, Social Market Foundation co-author of the report, Locked Out: How property crowdfunding explains how this could help the next generation of homeowners.

March 07, 2016
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CEO of the Month Ermanno Santilli

MagneGas Corporation is a highly innovative technology company that counts among its inventions, a patented process that converts liquid waste into hydrogen based fuels. We spoke to Ermanno Santilli, CEO of MagneGas, to find out more about his company and learn more about the truly game-changing technology they have created.

March 03, 2016
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Infrastructure Fund Manager of the Year 2015 – Germany

Founded in 2005, Deutsche Finance Group is based in Munich with offices in Zurich and Paris.We spoke to Symon Hardy Godl, Manging Director of the firm, to find out more about their practice and how their fund of funds consistently achieves results.

March 03, 2016
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Asset Manager of the Year - France

Eiffel Investment Group is an independent group, owned by the team alongside former Louis Dreyfus group Chairman & CEO Jacques Veyrat (the company started end 2008 as an asset management division of the Louis Dreyfus group and spun-off mid-2011).

March 02, 2016
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Cyber Security Risks to Fund Managers

LookingGlass can assist by providing intelligence across the fund and its portfolio companies to provide proper guidance on risks and threats that may be impacting the business or future portfolio companies.

March 02, 2016
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City of Bellevue, Nebraska - Opportunities for all

The City of Bellevue is a city of the First Class located in Sarpy County, Nebraska, United States. We invited Larry Burks, Bellevue’s Assistant City Administrator and economic development point of contact, to provide us with an insight into this growing city and the developments which are making it an increasingly attractive investment opportunity.

March 02, 2016
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Infrastructure Fund Manager of the Year - 2015

Golding Capital Partners is one of Europe’s leading independent investment managers and advisors for investments in private equity, private debt and infrastructure. We spoke to Jeremy Golding, Founder and Managing Director of Golding Capital Partners, to find out more about the company and how they orchestrated the largest diversified infrastructure fund of funds ever raised in the German-speaking area.

March 02, 2016
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CEO of the Month USA

Norwegian American Hospital is a 200 bed mission-driven safety net hospital. Their patient population is primarily Latino with about 75% of revenue coming from Medicaid. Their patients are mainly minorities facing various health issues like diabetes, cancer and substance abuse. The challenge is to keep the population healthy, and we have focused on creating programs that reflect the needs of the community.

March 01, 2016
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Brexit Could See UK House Prices Drop By 5%

With an EU referendum in the UK still looking probable despite Prime Minister David Cameron’s best efforts this week, leading online estate agent eMoov.co.uk, has predicted an EU exit could see UK house prices drop by 5%.

February 19, 2016
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