Ireland Government Talks with GLI Regarding Fund Management Said to Hit Snag

January 31, 2016 @ 10:49 pm By JD Alois |

GLI Finance, an alternative finance portfolio company, was apparently queued up to aid the Irish government in its creation of a fund that would boost non-bank lenders. According to a report in the Independent, negotiations were “unsuccessful”. GLI apparently declined to comment. The Ireland Strategic… Read More

Access Granted: Ireland’s Small Businesses Soon To Access Low-Interest, Asset-Backed Loans, Funded By The State

July 27, 2015 @ 3:35 am By Midori Yoshimura |

Asset-backed finance has been chosen as the next round of lending for the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI), which was set up in 2014 to offer low-cost loans to lenders, according to a recent story in the Independent. The SBCI, led by Scotsman Nick… Read More

Ireland Strategic Investment Fund to Target Peer to Peer Loans

April 5, 2015 @ 7:03 pm By JD Alois |

The Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF) is sizing up the opportunity of investing in peer to peer loans following the lead of other global institutions. ISIF is a sovereign fund that was established in December of 2014 with a statutory mandate to invest on a commercial… Read More