We've raised £150 million in a new funding joint venture

We are delighted to announce that we have secured £150 million of initial funding for our Development Finance product from Nomura, Asia’s global investment bank, and Magnetar, the multi-strategy alternative investment manager.

Who are the funders?

Founded in 2005, Magnetar Capital is a $13.7B multi-strategy alternative investment manager that seeks to achieve stable risk-adjusted returns by opportunistically employing a wide range of fixed income, energy, quantitative and fundamental investment strategies. Magnetar Capital invests across public and private markets, geographies and company structures.

Nomura is an Asia-headquartered financial services group with an integrated global network spanning over 30 countries. By connecting markets East & West, Nomura services the needs of individuals, institutions, corporates and governments through its four business divisions: Retail, Asset Management, Wholesale (Global Markets and Investment Banking), and Merchant Banking.

Nomura and Magnetar now join a broad range of institutional investors investing in our secured property loans, including Merseyside Pension Fund, a UK listed fund manager, Citigroup and a number of other banks which include a UK challenger bank.

This funding brings our total capital for lending to approximately £1 billion.

What will this investment fund?

This £150 million will be funding our residential Development Finance loans. This product caters for property developers looking to fund their next project.

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