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Funding Circle Raises £150m for the First P2P Investment Trust

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Funding Circle Raises £150m for the First P2P Investment Trust

The fund will invest in small business loans in UK, US and Europe.

Peer-to-peer lending platform Funding Circle has become the first business in the sector to launch an investment trust, raising its full target of £150 million in equity from investors.

The Funding Circle SME Income trust, which entered trading today, will operate from ...

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Disclosure of Beneficial Ownership of Companies in the EU Member State Public Registers

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Disclosure of Beneficial Ownership of Companies in the EU Member State Public Registers

The article is kindly provided to us by the Bulgarian office of Wolf Theiss - Central & Eastern Europe’s largest and also one of its most successful business law firms.

On 20 May 2015 the European Parliament adopted on second reading the fourth directive addressing the threat of money laundering, i.e. the Directive of the ...

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The Economic Impact of the 2012 Olympic Games

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The Economic Impact of the 2012 Olympic Games

As a host of this year’s Olympic Games London was the world’s hottest spot over the last month. Being in charge of such an important and massive event that brings together athletes, visitors, politicians and media from all parts of the world is definitely a prestigious role a city should be proud of ...

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Uncle Bulgaria (Short Introduction in City A.M.)

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Uncle Bulgaria (Short Introduction in City A.M.)

This is a short article released on January 10th in City A.M., London.

Petko Karamotchev doesn’t see Made in Chelsea entrepreneur Francis Boulle as a competitor. He just contacted The Capitalist from Bulgaria to let it be known that his investment network Merar.com operates in “different markets” from Boulle’s investment platform ...

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Impact of the UK Bribery Act for CEE Investors – Managing Local Advisors & Consultants

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Impact of the UK Bribery Act for CEE Investors – Managing Local Advisors & Consultants

What are the implications of the UK Bribery Act 2010 for funds, companies and organizations operating in Central & Eastern Europe? The report is kindly provided to us by the Bulgarian office of Wolf Theiss - Central & Eastern Europe’s largest and also one of its most successful business law firms.

Failure to prevent advisors & consultants

The ...

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4 Main Principles for Buying Real Estate in Albania

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4 Main Principles for Buying Real Estate in Albania

All necessary information for obtaining real-estate in Albania including Basic Principles regarding the Real Estate Cadastre, General Requirements of the Purchase Contract, Necessary Permits, and Taxes. The article was kindly provided to us by the Bulgarian office of Wolf Theiss.

1) Basic Principles regarding the Real Estate Cadastre

Similar to other European countries, the acquisition ...

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Key Issues with Mergers & Acquisitions in Bulgaria

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Key Issues with Mergers & Acquisitions in Bulgaria

This publication was provided to Merar by our friends from DLA Paper back in 2010 and is intended to provide a brief overview of certain key issues likely to affect the structure and timing of mergers and acquisitions in Bulgaria.

It does not cover tax, EU or national competition issues (a wall-chart setting out merger ...

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Deloitte VC Industry Survey Supports Merar’s Smart Choice of Geographical Focus (Part 1)

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Doing business in emerging markets is no longer just an option. It is a must, given the lackluster expectations of western VC firms about growth in their home markets. Merar, with its emerging-market focus, is serving this wave of investor interest that will keep washing around the world in the coming decades.

The 2010 Global ...

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Ernst & Young's 2010, European Attractiveness Survey

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The below presented Ernst & Young's 2010 European attractiveness survey is based on an original two step methodology that reflects Europe's real attractiveness for foreign direct investors. The analysis takes into account the economic recession in Europe and the rise of the BRIC countries, and discusses the related challenges and opportunities Europe is facing ...

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Carrying Out Cross-Border Mergers in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe

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Guide on how to successfully carry out multi-jurisdictional mergers and acquisitions in Central, Southern and Eastern Europe, kindly provided to us by Wolf Theiss, the leading law firm in Central and Eastern and Southeastern Europe.

After advising a client on merging a group of companies across a number of countries, we realised there was a ...

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