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Flutter Entertainment
(The Times) UK regulators might be “tightening their grip” on the sports-betting industry, but “the US is going the other way”. Flutter Entertainment is in “pole position” thanks to its FanDuel brand, which boasts a 40% share of the US online sports-betting market. “There are reasons to be cautious”: the firm is in the middle of a legal dispute with Fox Corporation over its purchase of a stake in Flutter. But despite its ongoing spat with the media conglomerate, the outlook is positive.
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Hargreaves Lansdown
(The Daily Telegraph) Investment platform Hargreaves Lansdown managed to attract 220,000 new customers last year, despite tarnishing its reputation by recommending Neil Woodford’s chronically underperforming fund. And “there is every reason to expect more customers to sign up”. With fewer workers benefiting from final-salary pension schemes each year, more must “save for their own future”. Only three million people us
By Susanna Rust2021-04-29T11:15:00+01:00
Local authority pension pooling vehicles Brunel Pension Partnership and London CIV have launched new private market funds with commitments from their pension fund clients totalling £1.7bn (€1.96bn).
Brunel is working with Aksia, a specialist research and advisory firm, to build a bespoke portfolio of funds targeting corporate direct lending strategies in Europe and North America.
Pension funds served by Brunel have committed £945m to the pooled fund.
Brunel will make six to eight primary fund commitments to specialist direct lenders. The “Cycle 2” vehicle has already made one commitment to a Europe-focussed fund, ICG Senior Debt Partners IV, and Brunel said a second commitment, to a US-focussed manager, “is expected to follow close on its heels”.
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FURTHER SPACE pods By Scott Wright A LUXURY pod accommodation provider is poised to ramp up its presence in Scotland after securing a £1.25 million investment deal. Glamping company FURTHER.SPACE helps landowners move into the growing agri-tourism sector – and take advantage of the expanding staycation trend – by installing and operating high-end pods on their properties. Since forming in 2019, the company has placed 50 pods in 10 sites across Scotland and Ireland. Now it plans to increase that number even further after being backed by Foresight Group, the listed infrastructure and private equity investment manager. FURTHER.SPACE has hired two Scottish-based business development managers as part of plans to install more than 100 pods in Scotland over the next five years and take advantage of a strong pipeline of potential landowner venues.