Altimapa Capital, the London based private debt specialist, has launched a dedicated insurance-linked securities (ILS) unit to take advantage of the growing interest in this area from institutional investors.

Sandfield Capital, a lendtech company that provides loans to individuals pursuing legal claims, has secured a £20m credit facility via Ampla Finance to enable it to significantly expand its operations. The funding is the first tranche of a £100m fundraise being led by private debt finance specialist Altimapa Capital, which is transforming the way SMEs secure funding by engaging directly with a network of over 600 institutional investors.

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play a vital role in the economy of Scandinavia, accounting for a significant portion of the region's GDP and employment. However, despite their importance, SMEs in Scandinavia challenges when it comes to funding their operations and growth.

Like most crisis before, this time is completely different and completely the same. But one aspect of the predicament we and the markets find ourselves in is clear already - it is not a crisis of liquidity as was the case in the late 00's. Instead liquidity is plentiful, the question being where will that liquidity find a home in the face of heightened uncertainty and a shifting geopolitical and economic landscape?

Altimapa led a £42 million lending facility to support the expansion of a UK-based commercial real estate portfolio

Altimapa Capital led the R$50 million (US$10 million) FIDC securitisation facility for Click Cash, a new-generation alternative lender targeting Latin American markets, and CDP Capital, a multi-family office based in Fortaleza, Brazil.

Xpediator (LON:XPD), a leading provider of freight management services across the UK and Central and Eastern Europe, is pleased to announce that the Company has entered into a new £18 million financing facility with Investec Bank Plc.

In the past few weeks, the Private Debt market and its participants were a frequent subject to headlines in the business and financial news. Does that mean that this market, now about a decade old in Europe and two decades old in the US, is becoming mainstream?

Altimapa worked with a UK company looking to finance a municipal LED lighting project in the Caribbean.

In recent months, the Altimapa Capital team has welcomed aboard four new team members. This expansion demonstrates not only the private debt broker’s current strength but its diversity too with the culturally rich team hailing from all corners of the world.