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Foresight Williams Technology EIS Fund Invests £1.5 million into Industry 4.0 Metrology Experts INSPHERE

1st October 2019
Foresight Group LLP has announced a £1.5 million investment from the Foresight Williams Technology EIS Fund into INSPHERE Ltd., experts in measurement and automation using innovative value-added metrology.
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FNZ Acquires EBASE

1st October 2019
FNZ Group has completed the acquisition of leading German investment platform company ebase (European Bank for Financial Services) from Comdirect Bank in a transaction worth €154 million.
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Chinese Fund Neng Yang Acquires Israeli Dicing Equipment Company ADT

1st October 2019
Chinese fund Neng Yang has acquired Israel-based electronics dicing equipment company Advanced Dicing Technologies Ltd. (ADT) for an estimated sum of $35 million.
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Sino-American Trade War: What Could This Mean for the Markets

1st October 2019
The ongoing economic stand-off between China and the United States is enough to worry anyone involved in the financial sector. There are real concerns that the ongoing spat will degenerate into a deep and prolonged trade war, and recent actions of both sides will have done nothing to dispel these fears.
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What Type of CFO are You?

1st October 2019
A CFO’s ability to implement change, whether that be introducing new accounting software, negotiating discounts with key suppliers, or changing the business’ capital structure, can be greatly dependent on how they approach decision making.
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General Partners Must Sharpen Diligence to Survive a Possible Downturn

1st October 2019
The global private equity (PE) market has been remarkably buoyant over the last five years. It continued to raise capital, conduct deals and find exits at a significant pace. Limited partners (LPs) remain bullish and continue to bring fresh capital to market.
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Integrated M&A Transaction Management 4.0 – Key for (Cost) Efficient and Successful Transactions

1st October 2019
In periods of growth, but especially during an economic downturn, integrated M&A Transaction Management (iTM) is crucial for cost-efficient transactions and maximising the probability of a successful transaction - valid for all different kinds of M&A transactions (e.g. add-on investments, De-investments, Carve-outs, Capital raise).
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Investment Banks - Masters of the New Universe

1st October 2019
The global investment banking landscape is shifting, with institutions cutting jobs, banks diversifying and regulators introducing new requirements while redefining older ones. Hina Chowdhary, Head of Research at independent equities research firm Kalkine, considers investment banks’ options if they are to remain the all-powerful entities they once were.
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Five Tips to Effectively Procure the Ideal Secured Business Loan

1st October 2019
In today’s hyper-competitive and dynamic market, businesses need to keep a sharp eye on managing cash flows and controlling costs. Undoubtedly, companies from time-to-time need working capital, and often look to secured loans as one of the primary means of providing the cash necessary to fund operations. Secured loans (loans in which a borrower pledges collateral as security for repayment and performance) generally offer distinct advantages over unsecured loans; most notably, there appears to be significantly more secured lenders than unsecured lenders in the market today, and the cost of capital (loan rate) tends to be less with secured loans compared to unsecured loans.
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FCA Extends PSD2 Strong Customer Authentication Deadline, Putting Consumers at Risk

1st October 2019
As part of the revised Payment Service Directive (PSD2) published in 2018, Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) was incorporated to make online payments more secure. The rules, which were set to be applied on September 14th, mean consumers will have to approve online payments through a second level of authorisation, if the cardholder’s bank and the business accepting the transaction are located in the European Economic Area. In other terms, when consumers make an online payment of over £28, extra levels of authentication will be required at the time of the transaction. Shoppers will have to provide two of the following: something they know, like a password, who they are, through biometrics such as fingerprint or facial scan, or receive a code through their mobile device.
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Do You Take Cards? Payment Cards Still Rule in a Cashless Society

1st October 2019
The banking industry needs to future-proof payment cards as UK consumers are still not ready to give up their bank cards.
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Your Most Common Mortgage Queries Answered

1st October 2019
From lenders going bust to getting a mortgage with bad credit, Dilpreet Bhagrath, Mortgage Expert at online mortgage broker Trussle, explains how to tackle the things the UK worries about the most when it comes to their mortgage.
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