Credit, Collections & Insolvency News
The Credit Services Association (CSA), the voice of the UK debt collection and debt purchase sectors, has hailed the success of this year’s UK Credit and Collections Conference Gala Dinner (UKCCC). This year’s event took place at the newly refurbished four-star Crowne Plaza in Stratford-Upon-Avon on 13 September. The conference was divided into morning and…
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The winners of the second annual 2018 Credit & Collections Technology Awards have been revealed. There were sixteen winners from the eighteen Awards categories which are covered by four main headings of Credit, Collections, Credit & Collections services and Innovation. The awards ceremony was held at Credit Services Association’s (CSA) annual Gala dinner at the…
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Dutch real estate specialist Next Investments B.V. has announced the sale of its debt purchasing, collections and data businesses to UK debt purchaser Azzurro Associates for an undisclosed sum. The funding made available by this sale will be used by Next Investments to further expand the successful business activities of Solid Finance in order to…
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Debt purchaser,Arrow Global Group has announced its results for the period ended 30 June 2018. Commenting on the results, Lee Rochford, Group chief executive officer of Arrow Global, said “Momentum at Arrow remains strong. Our broad sourcing capabilities and operating platform have enabled the Investment Business to continue to achieve consistent returns, with unlevered net IRRs…
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Debt Purchaser, Lowell has announced its Q2 2018 Results, for the period ending 30 June 2018. The quarter has delivered continued growth across all key metrics – reinforcing the Group’s ability to achieve sustainable growth through strategic investment and diversification, unmatched data insight and customer focus. James Cornell, Group CEO, said: “I am very pleased…
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Debt Purchaser, Intrum has announced that it is reorganising its regional structure combining Spain, Portugal and its newly acquired unit in Brazil, communicated in the Interim Report 24thof July, into a new region to be called – Iberian Peninsula and Latin America. The new Intrum region takes shape based on the strong cultural, historically and…
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Personal insolvencies are on track to hit 105,000 per annum by 2022, breaking highs last seen six years ago, according to the latest econometric forecast from Arrow Global’s ‘Debt Britain 2018’ research. Analysis shows that personal insolvencies have been on the increase since 2015 and rising interest rates on the back of the Bank of…
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Debt Purchaser, Lantern has announced the appointment of veteran banking executive Gary Jennison as Non-Executive Chairman. William Ballmann, partner at Gateley PLC, who has been serving as Non-Executive Chairman of Lantern since 2016, will remain on the Board as a Non-Executive Director. With over thirty years’ experience in banking and lending, Jennison was most recently…
Read moreEuropean credit management specialist Cabot Credit Management (Cabot), has announced the financial results for the six months ending 30th June 2018. Commenting on the figure Ken Stannard, Chief Executive Officer, Cabot Credit Management, said As Encore announces the completion of its acquisition of the remaining interest in Cabot Credit Management, our company has yet again delivered…
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European Private Equity firm AnaCap Financial Partners has announced that it has acquired a corporate debt and loan portfolio from Slovenia’s second-biggest bank Nova KBM. The acquisition portfolio consists of semi-performing or non-performing credit assets comprising primarily consumer, small and medium-sized enterprises and mortgage debt across Europe. In a company statement Anacap said, “In addition to completing…
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Irish bank permanent tsb (PTSB) has announced that it has agreed to sell a Non-Performing Loan (NPL/) portfolio to retail credit firm Start Mortgages DAC supported by LSF Irish Holdings 97 DAC, both affiliates of the Lone Star Funds. Start Mortgages has been authorised by the Central Bank of Ireland since November 2008 and will become the…
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Arrow Global has announced that it is poised to acquire Norfin Investimentos S.A (“Norfin”), a manager of real estate investments in Portugal. The acquisition further strengthens Arrow Global’s asset management and investment capabilities, is highly complementary to Arrow’s existing Whitestar platform, and will allow the Group to offer a comprehensive set of servicing solutions to…
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Encore Capital Group has announced that it has completed its acquisition of the remaining interest in Cabot Credit Management (Cabot) meaning that Cabot is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Encore. The transaction is expected to be accretive to Encore earnings in 2018 and beyond, and Encore’s earnings per share growth are expected to accelerate to…
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