Category: Blog
finnCap Tech Chat | A Spoonful of Sugar
Categories: BlogfinnCap Tech Chat | A Spoonful of Sugar Today we are exactly one third of the way through the year. As years go, I have far fewer holiday snaps than I’d like to have had by this stage – and yet the year has actually been rather too remarkable so far. May 1st has connotations…
Fund managers and exchanges likely winners post-COVID-19
Categories: BlogFund managers and exchanges likely winners post-COVID-19 Figures show that recurring revenue, high ROCE, economies of scale and active management put fund managers and exchanges at an advantage when it comes to recovery. Overall the wider financial services sector is in a strong position to recover despite initial losses. Fund managers and exchanges are likely…
Is now a good time to raise institutional capital?
Categories: BlogIs now a good time to raise institutional capital? It’s probably fair to say that in the immediate days of lockdown, few were looking to transact. But as we continue through this period, particularly to the point now where we are beginning to see an easing of restrictions, funds are considering new investments. So, for…
finnCap Tech Chat | Emotional Investment
Categories: BlogfinnCap Tech Chat | Emotional Investment So sport is coming back. Football is coming home (the German Bundesliga kicks off tomorrow). Golfers are teeing up their tournaments and anglers are preparing to cast off. The world is tiptoeing back towards normality, sportsmen are taking their socks off to dip a toe in the water and…
Webcast – ECommerce: Sustaining the 2020 Boom
Webcast – ECommerce: Sustaining the 2020 Boom Recovery through 2021 will be predominantly consumer-led and its speed and extent will be determined by the willingness to spend. Employment levels and real wage growth will be key, but consumers are unlikely to start spending heavily until confidence has recovered. Online retailers have performed strongly, with sector…
finnCap Tech Chat | Checking the conditions
Categories: BlogfinnCap Tech Chat | Checking the conditions finnCap Tech Chat | Checking the conditions TA lot of us are now needing to cut hair as a month of lockdown is taking its toll. Unbelievably, if you trust your dexterity, you can now get a virtual haircut with an actual barber/hairdresser guiding you through what to…
Global pharma and biotech’s fight against COVID-19
Categories: BlogGlobal pharma and biotech’s fight against COVID-19 Perhaps it’s time for some good news. First of all, just today biotherapeutics developer Avacta has announced its partnership with Cytiva, formerly known as GE Healthcare Life Sciences, to develop and manufacture a point-of-care (POC) rapid test to diagnose COVID-19 infection. Meanwhile, finnCap Group recently helped raise £14m…
finnCap Tech Chat | March goes out like a lion, too
Categories: BlogfinnCap Tech Chat | March goes out like a lion, too Now I understand there is something called a lockdown occurring. It’s a very strange thing but having spent the last few weeks of March buried in prelims, Excel spreadsheets and Word documents, as reporting season comes to an end every April the Lesser-Spotted Equities…
finnCap Tech Chat | Escaping rural isolation
Categories: BlogfinnCap Tech Chat | Escaping rural isolation Apocalypse movies often start out in remote areas, and then see all sorts of strange things happen to the unfortunate people who happen to be trapped there. While the current situation bears some resemblance to this for those in rural areas, there are, thankfully, more enjoyable things for…
finnCap Tech Chat | Every silver lining has the cloud
Categories: BlogfinnCap Tech Chat | Every silver lining has the cloud [Geordie accent] Day 2 in the big brother house, and Andy is in the study……. Self-isolation for the household is going to feel far longer than 2 weeks I fear. In fact, the BBC says that government advisors have suggested a period of social distancing…
