All articles by Christopher Marchant
Christopher Marchant
HSBC earmarks £12bn for UK SME lending fund
HSBC has launched a £12bn (€13.5bn) SME fund to support businesses in the UK, including through asset finance facilities.
Metro Bank provides £4m facility to NHS support provider
Metro Bank has supplied clinical services provider 18 Week Support Group with a £4m (€4.5m) invoice finance line, alongside a £400,000 working capital facility.
Invigors appoints senior consultant in the Netherlands
Asset finance consulting firm Invigors has appointed a senior consultant in the Netherlands.
Portman Asset Finance names managing director
Northampton-based broker Portman Asset Finance has made an internal hire to replace the outgoing managing director.
United Trust Bank appoints business development manager
United Trust Bank has appointed a BDM for asset finance, to support brokers across England and Wales.
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EIB provides DLL with €100m for Dutch and Belgian SMEs
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed an agreement with DLL establishing support for Dutch and Belgian SMEs.
Post-Brexit UK investment bank would require up to £10bn
A UK investment bank run by the UK government after Brexit to replace the shortfall left if the European Investment Bank funding is withdrawn after 29 March 2019 could cost up to £10bn to capitalise.
Henry Howard Finance makes senior appointments in vendor division
Two appointments have been made at independent funder Henry Howard Finance, as part of its drive to expand its equipment finance offering.
1pm year results: revenues increase 78% to £30m
1pm group results for the year to May 2018 have shown significant gains across finance categories, leading to a year-on-year revenue increase of 78% to £30m.
Are we entering another global subprime crisis?
The subprime crisis began around August 2007, when BNP Paribas froze three funds as it could not decide how to value its securities.