Kernel Capital has led an investment into Datactics Limited, a Belfast-based provider of RegTech solutions for the banking and financial services sector. Full details of the investment round, which includes investment from the Bank of Ireland Kernel Capital Growth Fund (NI), have not been disclosed. 

NN Investment Partners has released its full investor sentiment report looking at Alternative Credit.

Shieldpay has increased its global footprint by launching in the US by partnering with the car classified site, AutoClassics.com. 

The Enterprise Investment Scheme Association, representing the many companies and investors that have benefited from over £16bn of EIS investment since the scheme was created, has signed the Government's Women in Finance Charter.

The Q2 2018 SME Growth Tracker, published today, reports that amongst small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) the Confidence Index score for their business has deteriorated from -6 earlier this year to -8. Confidence in business conditions has remained negative for all SMEs since the UK general election in 2017, when it was at its lowest point (-11), and has not been positive since March 2017.

Mediolanum Asset Management, the Irish asset management company of the Mediolanum Banking Group, has announced the appointment of Christophe Jaubert as its new Head of Investment Performance.

Bregal Investments has secured a €400 million capital commitment for Bregal Milestone’s maiden private capital fund. 

Guernsey has launched a world-first regulated green fund product.  The move is part of Guernsey’s plans to become the ‘go-to’ international finance centre for green finance, and the Guernsey Green Fund has the objective of seeking a return for investors while mitigating environmental damage.  Andy Sloan, Acting Director of Strategy at Guernsey Finance, said: “Guernsey has already been highlighted as an ‘emerging global contender’ in the inaugural Green Global Finance Centres index, launched by the think tank Z/Yen. 

The London office of international law firm Winston & Strawn represented Mind Gym PLC on its £145 million listing on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange. 

The timing of the publication of a draft Finance Bill is a welcome change to previous rushed and sometimes ill thought out means of introducing new tax rules says Nimesh Shah a partner at leading accounting, tax and advisory firm Blick Rothenberg.

ClearlySo, Europe’s leading impact investment bank, announced today that client capital raising activity has increased 200 percent since 2016 

iBAN, a UK-based company which raised funds on Seedrs in 2017, plans to launch iBAN Wallet - a digital alternative to traditional banking. iBAN Wallet aims to bring all the key banking services into one digital platform that can be securely accessed via a smartphone. Users will be able to access a wide range of financial services via the app, which will be available on Google Play and the iTune Store.