Development capital on the southern coast
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Development capital has had a negative reputation among UK venture capitalists, despite showing consistent investment rates of around 500 million pounds sterling a year. Most significantly, development capital has traditionally been seen as complicated and expensive to raise. Many different types of businesses actually wish to raise development capital, but there is little awareness of the best potential investor for an independent, privately-owned company. 3i's operation in Southampton, England, has seen many businesses express interest in development capital. All of these are very ambitious about growing and improving.
Publication Name: Acquisitions Monthly
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0952-3618
Year: 1997
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Direct financing arrives
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The European mezzanine finance industry took off at the end of the 1980s when it became more widely used in UK management buyouts (MBOs), but its use has now spread both geographically and beyond the MBO market. On a geographical level, many leading venture capitalists are now integrating their investment strategies across western Europe and are therefore providing mezzanine in more regions. Mezzanine is also increasingly being used to finance firms without acquisitions taking place: for example, in refinancings or providing interim or development capital.
Publication Name: Acquisitions Monthly
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0952-3618
Year: 1995
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Back to the future
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The UK senior debt market has changed significantly since the early 1990s, with competition growing as more banks, particularly foreign banks, seek to increase their involvement in the UK management buyout (MBO) market. Former market leaders Bank of Scotland and NatWest have lost their dominance as other UK-based institutions have expanded rapidly at the top end of the market. One of the greatest changes in the debt market has been in debt structuring.
Publication Name: Acquisitions Monthly
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0952-3618
Year: 1995
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