KBW Bolsters European Investment Banking Franchise
January 13, 20234 min
Alistair McKay Named Head of European Investment Banking; Additional Managing Director Hires Announced
Xceedance, a global provider of strategic operations support, technology, and data services to insurance organisations, announced the appointments of industry veterans Isabelle Clausner and Tracy Harrington Cloud to develop and manage the company’s interactions with insurers in the European region. Isabelle Clausner joins Xceedance as vice president, client executive for southern Europe and is based in Paris. She will leverage her more than 20 years of experience in European insurance markets to introduce Xceedance capabilities...
Getsafe receives European Insurance License
October 25, 20215 min
The digital insurer Getsafe received its insurance license from Germany’s financial regulator, BaFin. The license will allow Getsafe to accelerate its expansion to the rest of Europe. “The license is a significant milestone – especially when considering that the German regulator has set out stricter rules for new registrations following the Wirecard scandal”, Christian Wiens, CEO and founder of Getsafe, states. The company that started in 2017 as an MGA has high ambitions of becoming Europe’s leading digital insurer, and has...
SitusAMC Expands European Servicing Business to Include Direct Debt
August 10, 20214 min
Alfonso Pagano hired as director to lead the expansion to service non-CRE corporate debt SitusAMC, one of the largest independent, rated commercial real estate primary and special servicers in Europe, announced the expansion of the firm’s servicing business in Europe to include corporate direct debt, infrastructure and social housing loans. SitusAMC currently services 67 billion euros in commercial real estate loans with assets located in 18 countries through Europe for banks, insurance companies, funds, and private equity firms. Alfonso Pagano has been hired as...
Series C investment to accelerate international expansion and product development The investment round is the largest to date in the spend management category The Series C funding will be used to accelerate international expansion and product development Soldo, the leading European pay and spend automation platform, today announces that it has closed a $180m oversubscribed Series C funding round, a European record for the spend management category. The fundraise was led by Temasek, a leading global investor...