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London, 1 July 2021

Investec Fund Solutions has hired six new people as it continues to build its presence in NAV, secondary financing and fund hedging. This brings the UK Fund Solutions team to 26 professionals, demonstrating Investec’s commitment to helping fund managers seize opportunities as they arise.

10 June 2021

Investec Wealth & Investment (IW&I) is pleased to announce the appointment of Michelle Holgate and Sarfraz Hafeji (Saf) as Co-Heads of its Wealth Advisory business.  This will incorporate the Financial Planning division as well as the recently formed Wealth Planning service.

18 May 2021

Investec Wealth & Investment (IWI) is pleased to announce that it will no longer charge up-front fees or commission for its Alternative Investment Market (AIM) Inheritance Tax Plan.

17 May 2021

Building on its long-term relationship with Bluewater, Investec’s Fund Solutions team arranged and underwrote the agreement, structuring it to offer reduced interest payments when specific ESG goals are met, with the cost savings to be ring-fenced for further ESG initiatives.

12 Apr 2021

Investec Real Estate (“Investec”), a leading provider of residential and commercial finance to corporate, institutional and private clients, announces that it has agreed to provide a newly formed Joint Venture (the “JV”) between leading purpose built student accommodation (“PBSA”) investors CA Ventures and Harrison Street, with four-year facilities that will fund the development of PBSA schemes in prime London, Edinburgh, Leicester and Belfast locations.

25 Mar 2021

Investec in Australia today announced it had reached agreement to sell its local corporate and acquisition finance (CAF) loan portfolio to Metrics Credit Partners.

1 Feb 2021

Investec has advised Blue Chip, the UK's leading IBM maintenance and managed services provider, on its sale to US-based, private equity backed Service Express.

11 Jan 2021

Investec Bank plc (“Investec”) is pleased to announce the first close of its inaugural debt fund, Investec Private Debt Fund I (“PDFI”), a discretionary direct lending fund with capital commitments of €165m.

6 January 2020

Investec Bank is pleased to announce the acquisition of two Boeing 737-800 aircraft by its managed equity fund, Investec Aircraft Syndicate 2. Each aircraft is subject to an operating lease, one with Xiamen Airlines and one with Shandong Airlines of China.

10 Nov 2020

Capitalmind International, Investec Bank plc, Regions Securities and its M&A Arm BlackArch Partners, announce partnership for Global Financial Advisory. Leading middle market firms Capitalmind International BV (“Capitalmind”), Investec Bank plc (“Investec”), and Regions Securities LLC (“Regions” and together with its advisory arm, BlackArch Partners, “BlackArch”) (“the Partners”) announced today that they have entered into a strategic partnership (“the Partnership”) in relation to their respective corporate finance and M&A advisory operations.

27 Oct 2020

Investec Fund Solutions (“Investec”) has provided a new uncommitted four year €40m master facilities loan agreement for Aberdeen Standard European Logistics Income PLC (“ASELI”).

16 Oct 2020

Investec Power and Infrastructure Finance UK (“Investec”) has today announced the successful structuring of a €72.5m bridge facility for WElink to re-finance existing debt and fund construction completion of Solara4, a 220MW Solar PV farm located in southern Portugal, ahead of an expected sale.

24 Jul 2020

Investec Bank plc (“Investec”) has provided a €600m ESG-linked facility to Investindustrial, a leading European investment group, in respect of Investindustrial Fund VII. The facility is one of the first European mid-market ESG-linked subscription lines.

09 Nov 2020

• 83 per cent do not expect to make an exit within next 12 months
• A third have suspended marketing for their next fund or expect to do so
• Industry enters buyer’s market, with 73 per cent expecting returns from 2020 vintage deals to be at least as strong as the 2010 vintage