Institutional Investment & Trading

Victory Park Capital Advisors, an established credit manager and global alternative investment firm, has closed a refinancing agreement for a $225m debt facility with Zip, a renowned player in the digital retail finance and payments industries.

As COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc in the global economy, FinTech companies have continued to raise capital. Here's what the rounds from the past seven days tell us.

IntellectAI Partner & Senior Vice President, Hari Menon, and esteemed CIO, Investor, and Advisor Laura Meyer, recently discussed the future of WealthTech. The event, hosted by the Collaboration, Innovation, Technology Forum (CITF), marked a significant milestone in the journey of wealth management firms towards integrating AI, Entrepreneurship, and Visionary Leadership.

Andreessen Horowitz is making a move in the robo-investment space backing trading algorithm platform Quantopian in its $25m Series C round.

Alpaca, a stock brokerage platform that offers APIs for FinTech apps to connect and trade in US stocks, raised $50m and plans to launch cryptocurrency trading.

Fledgling fintech company West African Derivatives Exchange has raised nearly ?13.5m ($17.8m) in equity since it launched in December.

In the dynamic world of wealth management, the confluence of impeccable client service and innovative technology is reshaping the industry's landscape, particularly in Switzerland and beyond.

OpenGamma, which is on a mission to transform treasury within financial markets, has closed a $21m in funding.

Carta, a company which helps to manage the equity of private and public companies and investors, pulled in $80m during 2018, alongside the close of its Series D.

Asset broker Vantage has partnered with Supercar Blondie for the launch of its global ESG programme.