Burford Capital Limited provides legal finance products and services worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Principal Finance, and Asset Management and Other Services. The Principal Finance segment provides capital against the underlying value of high-value single or multiple litigation and arbitration matters at any stage of the process from before filing to after a final judgment has been entered; and to a law firm that has agreed to take a case on a contingent fee or alternative fee basis, as well as directly to the client. This segment also offers legal risk management and adverse legal cost insurance services. The Asset Management and Other Services segment manages legal finance assets on behalf of third-party investors, as well as provides other services to the legal industry. The company was incorporated in 2009 and is based in Saint Peter Port, Guernsey.
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Burford Capital Limited is an asset management company headquartered in London, United Kingdom, founded in 2014. It is publicly listed (BUR) with a market capitalisation of $722.5M. Xcout tracks 22 named people at Burford Capital Limited, including Christopher Bogart (Chief Executive Officer).
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Brookfield Wealth Solutions Ltd. engages in the provision of capital-based solutions to insurance companies. It offers annuity-based reinsurance products such as fixed index and payout annuities. It operates through the following business segments: Annuities, Property and Casualty, Life Insurance, and Corporate and Other. The Annuities segment includes both retail and institutional annuities, and is operated primarily through subsidiaries of ANGI as well as BAC and NER Ltd. The Property and Casualty segment refers to a subsidiary of ANGI and Argo. The Life Insurance segment focuses on the subsidiaries of ANGI. The Corporate and Other segment performs various corporate functions that support core insurance operations and primarily includes investment income from temporarily warehoused investments. The company was founded on December 10, 2020 and is headquartered in Pembroke, Bermuda.
Brooks Macdonald Group plc, operating through its subsidiaries, delivers a comprehensive array of investment and wealth management solutions. These services are provided to private clients, pension funds, professional intermediaries, and trustees across the United Kingdom and the Channel Islands. The company's operations are divided into two main segments: UK Investment Management and International. Among its specific offerings are tailored financial planning advisory services for high-net-worth individuals, families, and businesses, in addition to multi-asset and specialized fund products catering to the retail sector. Brooks Macdonald Group plc, founded in 1991, maintains its headquarters in London, United Kingdom.
Duke Capital Limited operates as a private equity firm primarily engaged in Management Buyouts (MBOs), buy-and-build strategies, mid-market investments, minority buyouts, restructuring endeavors, and royalty financing for small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The firm explicitly avoids investing in early-stage ventures, businesses with inherently tight profit margins, and does not provide venture capital funding. While its investment scope spans all sectors, Duke Capital exhibits a distinct preference for companies in manufacturing, services, healthcare, and IT services. Equity investments typically range from £5 million (approximately $6.36 million) to £30 million (around $38.18 million), targeting businesses with an EBITDA between £2 million ($2.54 million) and £10 million ($12.72 million). Additionally, the firm offers debt financing, with loan sizes generally falling between £10 million (approximately $12.72 million) and £30 million (roughly $38.18 million). Key investment criteria include a strong emphasis on intellectual property assets and financially stable, cash-generating businesses. It also favors companies with minimal or no existing debt, and partnerships with owners who wish to retain significant control or with management teams pursuing buyout opportunities. A core strategy involves providing capital in exchange for a modest share of future revenues, via royalty agreements. The firm shows a preference for businesses operating under government or regulatory licenses and generally seeks board representation within its portfolio companies, where it typically acquires minority stakes. Established in 2015, Duke Capital Limited is headquartered in Guernsey, with additional operational bases in both Guernsey and London, United Kingdom.
Hercules Capital, Inc. is a business development company. The firm specializing in providing private equity, venture debt, and growth capital to privately held venture capital-backed companies at all stages of development from mid venture to expansion stage including select publicly listed companies and select special opportunity companies that require additional capital to fund acquisitions, recapitalizations and refinancing and established-stage companies. The firm provides growth capital financing solutions for capital extension; management buy-out and corporate spin-out financing solutions; company, asset specific, or intellectual property acquisition financing; convertible, subordinated and/or mezzanine loans; domestic and international corporate expansion; vendor financing; revenue acceleration by sales and marketing development, and manufacturing expansion. It provides asset-based financing with a focus on cash flow; accounts receivable facilities; equipment loans or leases; equipment acquisition; facilities build-out and/or expansion; working capital revolving lines of credit; inventory. The firm also provides bridge financing to IPO or mergers and acquisitions or technology acquisition; dividend recapitalizations and other sources of investor liquidity; cash flow financing to protect against share price volatility; competitor acquisition; pre-IPO financing for extra cash on the balance sheet; public company financing to continue asset growth and production capacity; short-term bridge financing; and strategic and intellectual property acquisition financings. It also focuses on customized financing solutions, emerging growth, mid venture, and late venture financing. The firm invests primarily in structured debt with warrants and, to a lesser extent, in senior debt and equity investments. The firm generally seeks to invest in companies that have been operating for at least six to 12 months prior to the date of their investment. It prefers to invest in technology, SaaS Finance, energy technology, sustainable and renewable technology, and life sciences. Within technology the firm focuses on advanced specialty materials and chemicals; communication and networking, consumer and business products; consumer products and services, digital media and consumer internet; electronics and computer hardware; enterprise software and services; gaming; healthcare services; information services; business services; media, content and information; mobile; resource management; security software; semiconductors; semiconductors and hardware; and software sector. Within energy technology, it invests in agriculture; clean technology; energy and renewable technology, fuels, and power technology; geothermal; smart grid and energy efficiency and monitoring technologies; solar; and wind. Within life sciences, the firm invests in biopharmaceuticals; biotechnology tools; diagnostics; drug discovery, drug platform, development, and delivery; medical devices and equipment; surgical devices; therapeutics; pharma services; and specialty pharmaceuticals. Within sustainable and renewables, it invests in Vehicle Technology, Energy Generation and Storage, Ag Technology, Advanced Materials, and Industry 4.0. It also invests in educational services. The firm invests primarily in United States based companies and considers investment in the West Coast, Mid-Atlantic regions, Southeast and Midwest, particularly in the areas of software, biotech, and information services. The firm prefers to invest between $5 million and $500 million in equity per transactions. It invests in debt between $1 million and $40 million in companies focused primarily on business services, communications, electronics, hardware, and healthcare services. The firm invests primarily in private companies but also have investments in public companies. For equity investments, the firm seeks to represent a controlling interest in its portfolio companies which may exceed 25% of the voting securities of such companies. The firm seeks to invest a limited portion of its assets in equipment-based loans to early-stage prospective portfolio companies. These loans are generally for amounts up to $3 million but may be up to $15 million for certain energy technology venture investments. The firm allows certain debt investments have the right to convert a portion of the debt investment into equity. It also co-invests with other private equity firms. The firm seeks to exit its investments through initial public offering, a private sale of equity interest to a third party, a merger or an acquisition of the company or a purchase of the equity position by the company or one of its stockholders. The firm has structured debt with warrants which typically have maturities of between two and seven years with an average of three years; senior debt with an investment horizon of less than three years; equipment loans with an investment horizon ranging from three to four years; and equity related securities with an investment horizon ranging from three to seven years. The firm prefers to invest through its balance sheet capital. The firm formerly known as Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc. Hercules Capital, Inc. was founded in December 2003 and is based in San Mateo, California with additional offices in North America and Europe.
Onward Opportunities Ltd. operates as a closed-ended investment vehicle, primarily targeting smaller UK enterprises that are publicly listed on the London Stock Exchange. The company commenced operations on January 31, 2023, and is officially based in Saint Peter Port, United Kingdom.
Managed by Ruffer AIFM Limited, Ruffer Investment Company Limited is a closed-ended balanced fund of funds. It strategically allocates capital across global public equity and fixed income markets, seeking exposure to a diverse range of sectors. The fund primarily invests, either directly or through other pooled investment vehicles, in publicly traded equities, equity-linked securities, and debt instruments issued by corporations, supranational bodies, or government entities. Its performance is evaluated against the FTSE All Share Total Return Index. This Guernsey-domiciled entity was established on June 1, 2004.
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