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We exploit dislocations in markets and unlock value from complex situations using a Get Rich and Stay Rich strategy. This strategy has given rise to returns over 23 years of 28% p.a. Net IRR
02/09/2024
A £175 million communications network connecting 163 remote radio sites across 11,000 miles of UK coastline is now operational ensuring His Majesty’s (HM) Coastguard’s effective frontline emergency response continues for thousands of distress calls from the UK’s waters.12/06/2024
LS EcoEnergy (CEO Lee Sang-ho) announced on the 12th that the company has entered into negotiations to secure the land for a submarine cable project in the UK. LS EcoEnergy is actively engaged in negotiations toleaseland atthe Port of Tyne in the northeast. The size of the project site, including the port, is approximately154,711㎡.LS EcoEnergy […]12/06/2024
More than 30,000 students and staff at the University of Bristol will soon have access to a new and improved Wi-Fi experience thanks to a major new wireless network project that will be delivered by Telent. It will be one of the largest education networks outside of North America, with the capacity to support over […]04/06/2024
As part of Telent’s Environment and Sustainability vision, Telent’s dedicated Green Solutions team have been exploring and developing a range of innovative Green Solutions to benefit the environment, customers and it’s supply chain to improve sustainability and reduce its carbon footprint. Click the link in the title to read more29/05/2024
PIC, a specialist insurer of defined benefit pension schemes, has concluded a £204 million full buy-in of the Arqiva Defined Benefit Pension Plan (“the Plan”). The transaction secures the pensions of both deferred and pensioner members of the Plan, which is sponsored by Arqiva Limited (“the Company”), a British telecommunications company, comprising 589 current pensioners […]27/05/2024
Multiple updates announced from Global Interconnection Group Limited, including: Global InterConnection Group negotiations to build HVDC cable factory at Port of Tyne In Joint Venture with one of the subsidiaries of LS Group, Korea Global InterConnection Group to appoint new CEO Click the link in the title to read more24/04/2024
PIC, a specialist insurer of defined benefit pension schemes, has launched a streamlined service for small pension schemes looking to complete a buyout. The service, called Mosaic, offers price monitoring as well as standard processes and contracts to give schemes a straightforward, efficient way of securing their members’ benefits with PIC. Mosaic includes dedicated resource […]16/04/2024
PIC, a specialist insurer of defined benefit pension schemes, has concluded a full scheme buy-in of the Epson Telford Limited Pension & Assurance Scheme (‘the Scheme’) for £50 million. The transaction secures the pensions of all 368 pensioners and 493 deferred members employed by Epson Telford Limited (‘the Company’), which is wholly owned by Seiko […]02/04/2024
PIC, a specialist insurer of defined benefit pension schemes, has concluded an £870 million full buy-in of the De Beers UK Pension Scheme (‘the Scheme’). The transaction secures the pensions of both deferred and pensioner members of the Scheme, which is sponsored by De Beers UK Limited (‘the Company’), comprising 1,464 current pensioners and 473 […]27/03/2024
Pension Insurance Corporation Group Limited (‘PICG’), ultimate parent company of Pension Insurance Corporation plc (‘PIC’), the specialist insurer of UK defined benefit pension schemes, today announces the Group1 final results for the 12 months to 31 December 2023. A presentation for investors and other stakeholders on the 2023 Group results will be available from 9.00am GMT, […]25/03/2024
How CAREFUL coordination works with machine learning and AI to help practitioners anywhere communicate securely and easily and improve patient outcomes. AI is now ubiquitous; going by the challenges healthcare practitioners face every day in and across care settings the world over, care coordination is not. Click the link in the title to read more04/03/2024
Telent Technology Services, the rail industry’s leading technology specialist, is preparing for the upcoming National Innovation Conference organised by the Railway Industry Association (RIA). A Strategic Partner of RIA’s Unlocking Innovation programme and Platinum Sponsor for the event, which is titled ‘Inspired by Innovation’, Telent will be introducing delegates to its use of Artificial Intelligence […]09/01/2024
As a healthcare professional, you understand the importance of providing top-tier care to your patients. In the dynamic field of healthcare, this necessitates staying abreast of the latest advancements and working collaboratively across various disciplines. Interprofessional collaboration (IPC) – the cooperative effort of different healthcare professionals – plays a crucial role in elevating patient-care quality. […]17/11/2023
The healthcare industry faces numerous challenges, including increasing patient demands, budget constraints and the need for improved communication and collaboration among healthcare professionals. CAREFUL, a digital health platform and clinical collaboration app, has been designed to address these challenges by improving hospital efficiency, clinician communication and patient safety. Click the link in the title to […]02/11/2023
Exclusivity Agreement with Multi-National Energy Company Global Interconnection Group (GIG) is delighted to have signed an exclusivity agreement with a major UK energy company to explore collaboration on the Atlantic SuperConnection interconnection project. Click the link in the title to read more02/11/2023
Pension SuperFund Capital, which oversees UK commercial pension consolidator Pension SuperFund, has reached an agreement to acquire the parent group of Options Pensions, STM Group, for £35.6m. The purchase was made through the Pension SuperFund Capital acquisition arm Bidco. It is expected that if the full value is delivered by the deferred consideration units (DCU), the […]02/11/2023
ViroCell’s manufacturing operations are housed within Great Ormond Street Hospital’s state-of-the-art GMP accredited unit for manufacturing cell and gene therapies, the Zayed Centre for Research London, UK and New York, US, 1 November 2023 – ViroCell Biologics (“ViroCell” or the “Company”), a specialist contract development and manufacturing organisation (“CDMO”) for cell and gene therapy (CGT) clinical […]02/11/2023
ViroCell Biologics has secured approval from the U.K.’s healthcare regulator to begin manufacturing and exporting the viral vector products it makes at a leading children’s hospital. The London- and New York-based CDMO was given the green light by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to produce viral vectors from a manufacturing facility at […]02/11/2023
ViroCell said MHRA’s manufacturing approval will allow it to produce viral vectors at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) for CGT clinical trials. Contract development manufacturing organization (CDMO) ViroCell Biologics said the viral vector manufacturing license granted by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) enables it to produce and globally distribute viral vectors for […]01/11/2023
Viral vector manufacturer ViroCell Biologics is leasing its first-ever facility — located at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London — so it can offer its services for clinical research. ViroCell worked with the hospital for about 18 months to secure the GMP certificate for the London facility, which was granted in January this year, CEO […]
07/07/2023
Euronext today congratulates Global InterConnection Group, a UK based firm, on its listing on Euronext Amsterdam (ticker code: CABLE). The listing of Global InterConnection Group is the result of the business combination of Global InterConnection Group SA and Disruptive Capital Acquisition Company Limited (DCAC). Click the link in the title to read more
02/06/2023
An experienced team of Private Markets analytics specialists supporting the industry renowned work of Professor Oliver Gottschalg of HEC Paris is delighted to announce the launch of Gottschalg Analytics as an independent second-generation provider of performance intelligence services for the Private Markets.
30/03/2023
Pension Insurance Corporation Group Limited1 (‘PICG’ or the ‘Company’), ultimate parent company of Pension Insurance Corporation plc (‘PIC’), the specialist insurer of UK defined benefit pension schemes, today announces its final results for the 12 months to 31 December 2022.
13/03/2023
DCAC announced proposals to form the Advanced Cables Business Combination in the press release issued by the Company on 20th February 2023. The DCAC Board has now decided to expedite the proposals, and DCAC has therefore agreed an exclusive option to acquire the holding company of Advanced Cables, Global InterConnection Group SA (“GIG” or the […]
11/11/2022
Long Term Assets Limited (“Long Term Assets” or “LTA”), a Guernsey investment company, today announces its intention to admit its shares to trading (“ITF”) on the Specialist Fund Segment of the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange. LTA will then launch a 12-month placing programme, aimed in particular at UK pension funds and other long-term savers. […]
10/11/2022
Cyro Cyber has been created to address the dynamic and expanding cyber security requirements of Telent’s core markets across critical national infrastructure, telco service providers and other highly regulated sectors.
01/04/2022
Pension Insurance Corporation Group Limited (“PICG” or the “Company”), ultimate parent company of Pension Insurance Corporation plc (“PIC”), the specialist insurer of defined benefit pension schemes, today announces its final results for the 12 months to 31 December 2021.
17/01/2022
The Pension SuperFund (“PSF”) today announces the appointment of Michael Clark as its Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”). Michael joins PSF from Shell where he has been Global Head of Pensions, responsible for the governance and administration of all the Group’s pension arrangements.
28/12/2021
Telent has announced that it has acquired the Harlequin Group, a specialist technology services company. Complementing Telent’s existing business operations, building telecom infrastructure for mobile network operators (MNO) and service providers, the acquisition significantly enhances its professional services capability in the site acquisition and design arena.
04/10/2021
London, 4 October 2021 – Pension Insurance Corporation plc (“PIC”), a specialist insurer of defined benefit pension funds, has signed a £2.2 billion pension insurance buy-in with the Trustee of the Metal Box Pension Scheme…
10/08/2021
The Pension Superfund has announced the makeup of its asset and liability management (ALM) committee – unveiling names including Aberdeen Standard Investments chairman Martin Gilbert and former Railpen chief executive Chris Hitchen as part of its team…
25/06/2021
As Armed Forces Day on 26th June fast-approaches, Telent remains committed to helping service leavers transition successfully out of the forces and thrive in the next chapter of their lives.
25/06/2021
Telent Infrastructure Services (TIS) has been successful in winning a further 106 Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) build locations amounting to almost 950,000 premises which will receive ultra-fast broadband as part of the latest wave of Openreach tenders. This builds on the 53, Falcon 1a exchanges, locations awarded in August 2020.
21/06/2021
The board of Tungsten Network announces that Andrew Lemonofides, Chief Executive Officer, having overseen the recent transformation of the Company, will be leaving Tungsten at the end of June and will step down from the board with immediate effect.
17/06/2021
Tungsten Network today announces the launch of Universal Workflow, a cloud-based solution that provides customers the flexibility to connect to any and multiple ERP systems.
15/06/2021
The benefits of Regtech adoption to enhance regulatory processes and streamline due diligence are profound. However, the advantages of the software are not just central to improvements in your governance and oversight. Businesses as a whole have noted improvements on a holistic scale.
14/06/2021
Pension Insurance Corporation plc (“PIC”), a specialist insurer of defined benefit pension schemes, has provided £175 million (€203 million) of senior secured debt funding, as sole investor, for a further 18 solar parks.
14/06/2021
Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics said Monday it has executed a letter of intent to buy Novellus Therapeutics, a company developing mesenchymal stem cell therapies.
10/06/2021
As a leading digital infrastructure specialist, Telent is committed to matching the UK’s climate targets to deliver ‘net zero’ by 2050. We have long taken into consideration the impact of our work on the environment as we help keep the country’s roads, rail, emergency services and national telecoms networks running.
09/06/2021
Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics, Inc. (NYSE American: BTX) (“Brooklyn”), a biopharmaceutical company focused on exploring the role that cytokine and gene editing/cell therapy can have in treating patients with cancer, blood disorders, and monogenic disorders, today announced Brooklyn’s addition to the Russell 3000 Index. This milestone will take place at the conclusion of the 2021 Russell Indexes’ […]
07/06/2021
Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics (BTX), Inc. (NYSE American: BTX) (“Brooklyn”), a biopharmaceutical company focused on exploring the role that cytokine and gene editing/cell therapy can have in treating patients with cancer, blood disorders, and monogenic disorders, today announced the appointment of Kevin A. D’Amour, Ph.D. as its Chief Scientific Officer.
02/06/2021
Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics, Inc. (NYSE American: BTX) (“Brooklyn”), a biopharmaceutical company focused on exploring the role that cytokine and gene editing/cell therapy can have in treating patients with cancer, blood disorders, and monogenic disorders, today announced it has established a research and development center in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to pursue its mRNA-based gene editing and cellular therapies.
26/05/2021
BROOKLYN, N.Y.– Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics, Inc. (NYSE American: BTX) (“Brooklyn”), a biopharmaceutical company currently focused on exploring the role that cytokine and gene editing/cell therapy can have in treating…
25/05/2021
Pension Insurance Corporation plc (“PIC”), a specialist insurer of defined benefit pension schemes, is forward funding a 15-storey, 278 apartment development in Ealing, West London, its second fully-owned and self-funded Build to Rent (“BTR”) scheme.
21/05/2021
Brooklyn, NY – May 21, 2021 – Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics, Inc. (NYSE American: BTX) (“Brooklyn”), a biopharmaceutical company focused on exploring the role that cytokine and gene editing/cell therapy can have in treating patients with cancer and blood disorders, today announced…
18/05/2021
Warwick, U.K., 18 May 2021 – Critical digital infrastructure specialist Telent has been awarded a contract to maintain West Yorkshire’s traffic signals, the largest contract of its kind. Telent is responsible for the maintenance, fault rectification and repair of 1,600 sites over a geographical area covering 2,029 km². The sites include assets such as traffic […]
11/05/2021
BROOKLYN, N.Y. – May 11, 2021 – Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics, Inc. (NYSE American: BTX) (“Brooklyn”), a biopharmaceutical company focused on exploring the role that cytokine and gene editing/cell therapy can have in treating patients with cancer and blood disorders, today announced…
03/05/2021
Brooklyn Immunotherapeutics (BTX) entered into a Purchase Agreement and a Registration Rights Agreement on April 26, 2021 with Lincoln Park Capital Fund…
29/04/2021
Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics Acquires License for mRNA Technology Platform to Develop Genetically Edited Cells to Treat Multiple Cancers, Blood and Other Disorders…
28/04/2021
Telent to support major communications refresh in ambulances across England…
26/04/2021
London, 26 April 2021 – Pension Insurance Corporation plc (“PIC”), a specialist insurer of defined benefit pension funds, has completed a debt investment totalling £37.5 million in Welsh housing association Wales and West Housing...
19/04/2021
CityFibre and Telent Start Blackpool’s Gigabit Broadband Rollout…
12/04/2021
Edi Truell leads financing of gene therapy start-up Virocell Biologics…
07/04/2021
Telent lands 10-year traffic signal contract in Solihull, UK, with promise of local STEM career promotion…
08/03/2021
Telent women Choose to Challenge industry stereotypes. At Telent, we recognise that a strong workforce is a gender-diverse workforce. For International Women’s Day this year, we’re taking part in the ‘Choose to Challenge’ theme…
23/02/2021
benefit pension funds, has been re-awarded the Institute of Customer Service’s (“the Institute”) ServiceMark Accreditation with Distinction and is one of only 16 companies in the country with this accolade...
09/02/2021
Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics Announces Initiation of Phase 2 Trial of IRX-2. Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics LLC (“Brooklyn”), a biopharmaceutical company focused on exploring the role that cytokine-based therapy can have in treating patients…
01/02/2021
Designed to make it easier and more cost effective for Local Authorities to check that traffic signal junctions and pedestrian crossings are functioning correctly, RMS was first brought into use in West Sussex…
13/11/2020
Each generation of technology opens new opportunities and challenges for communication service providers. Rising demand for faster connectivity…
12/10/2020
Telent is proud to support Rail Week 2020. Like so many others, the event has gone virtual this year, but it has still been nurturing and supporting new rail talent through a number of online initiatives that have been held over the past week…
03/08/2020
Telent Technology Services Ltd. (Telent), a leading UK technology and network services company, has secured a new ten-year agreement with the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) to design, build and operate a next-generation mission critical network…
18/06/2020
Barry Zielinski, Operations & Services Director at Telent, provides a question and answer session on how the emergency services sector can implement digital transformation flexibly and cost effectively using ICT Managed Services…
24/04/2020
Telent Technology Services Limited has been awarded the prestigious 2020 RoSPA Gold Fleet Safety Award for management of occupational road risk for the second successive year. The award recognises Telent’s practices and procedures to help keep its staff safe on the road and get home safely at the end of the working day…
18/12/2019
Edmund Truell, the founder of the Pension SuperFund and former chairman of the London Pension Fund Authority, has told Sky News that the European Court of Justice’s (ECJ) judgment could be “catastrophic to the wider UK economy”.
17/12/2019
THE SUNDAY INTERVIEW: ZILLAH BYNG-THORNE ‘The key to Future? We always look to add value’ Media company boss tells Christopher Williams how it emerged from wreckage of print to make money in digital publishing.
19/11/2019
Private equity and credit firms have elbowed their way into everything from real estate to corporate lending. Now they’re cracking open Britain’s growing pension-transfer market.
18/11/2019
Falling Bond yields, upon which so many pension schemes rely, is particularly problematic for “defined benefit” pension plans, which promise members a specific payout. They use high-grade bond yields to calculate the value of their future liabilities, and every small move downwards deepens their funding challenges.
08/11/2019
The chief executive of The Pension SuperFund has hit out at the government, over its failure to agree a regulatory framework for defined benefit consolidation despite ministers having encouraged the creation of the sector in the first place.
31/10/2019
Disruptive has passed a major milestone in its development of the Commune d’Evolène between Zermatt and Verbier in Switzerland. Disruptive’s property portfolio company, Ptarmigan, has taken control of the Grand Hôtel & Kurhaus, Arolla. The Kurhaus is an iconic member of the Swiss Historic Hotels group and sits between glaciers and forests at 2,100 metres on the famous haute route.
31/10/2019
By George Koch - Photos by Martin Soderqvist MADAM, I’M STOPPED UNDER A SNOWSHED, um, you know, tunnel. The car was skidding around in all the new snow, and I would have gotten stuck.” “You are stuck? In zee toonelle? How is zis possible!?”
22/07/2019
Businesses operating within regulated industries face continually evolving challenges, from their regulatory and legal responsibilities to progressively competitive commercial tests. In the drive to remain competitive, businesses are increasingly turning to technology solutions for a range of operational areas and not just product distribution.
18/06/2019
Tantalum, a specialist in connected car software and payments, has sold Tracker, its UK stolen vehicle recovery business, to CalAmp.
18/06/2019
Reg UK (REG), the provider of a range of data analytics and risk management solutions to insurance intermediaries globally, has completed a GBP2.4 million funding round.
03/06/2019
Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company focused on exploring the role that cytokine-based therapy can have in treating patients with cancer, today announced the presentation of an ongoing trial poster at the 2019 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting on May 31 – June 4, 2019 at the McCormick Place in Chicago, IL.
21/05/2019
The Pension Superfund, founded by industry veteran Edi Truell, and Clara Pensions, whose chief executive is former hedge fund manager Adam Saron, both have deals under review by the Pensions Regulator, the firms said, without naming the company schemes
12/10/2018
The Pension Superfund, a new defined benefit (DB) consolidation scheme, is in “well-developed conversations” with a dozen pension funds, its chief executive has said.
12/10/2018
HARMAN collaborated with Tantalum, an automotive software company, to enable HARMAN Spark with a rich set of features, an ecosystem of services and a payment platform.
17/05/2018
Future plc (LSE: FUTR, “Future”, “the Group”), the global platform for specialist media, today publishes results for the six months ended 31 March 2018.
01/05/2018
Back in December it was Lloyd’s of London; now it’s PIB Group’s turn to tap REG (UK) Ltd’s online due diligence and regulatory compliance platform.
21/03/2018
Tantalum Corporation announced it has partnered with AutinGO to deliver an automotive repair and maintenance services platform to wireless carriers and auto manufacturers in Europe.
20/03/2018
Responding to the challenges from both Government and Industry of finding new ways of ensuring sufficient funding to meet promises made by defined benefit pension schemes, The Pension SuperFund offers a solution for those employers who need a more affordable way to fulfill their pension promises while also providing improved security for their pension scheme members.
27/02/2018
Tasker takes on newly created role after leaving Tasker Insurance Group in August last year.
15/01/2018
Tantalum Corporation extends its ecosystem partnerships for the connected car via On-Demand Road Assistance Services with market leaders Agero.
15/01/2018
Tantalum Corporation, axitech, and RapidSOS announce partnership to deliver the world first fully automated post-accident experience in connected car
11/01/2018
Tantalum Corporation announced it has partnered with Openbay to deliver an automotive repair and maintenance services platform.
11/01/2018
Tantalum Corporation teams up with leading scientists from Imperial College London, to build Air.Car to produce highly accurate, real-time NOx feedback.
08/01/2018
Tantalum's innovative Air.Car project was featured in The Times on the 2nd January, as a trial of the system begins with Oxford University and Bristol Waste Management.
14/12/2017
Lloyd’s will utilise the REG platform to help reduce the administrative burden on UK coverholders
13/12/2017
Disruptive Capital company Tantalum Corporation was highly commended for its innovative Air.Car project at the 3rd Business Green Technology Awards in early December.
03/10/2017
Since October 2017 the senior management team of Disruptive Capital has 2 new members.
02/10/2017
ruptive Capital Finance, Tantalum Corporation's majority shareholder, has invested further in the Connected Car technology leader to support the company's global rollout.
22/08/2017
Future (FUTR.L), www.futureplc.com the global platform for specialist media, acquired the Home Interest division of Centaur Media plc, a portfolio of market leading and differentiated brands in the home building segment, for cash, at an enterprise value of £32 million.
04/08/2017
Sale of Gentoo Fund Services to TMF
02/08/2017
Further investment into Tantalum has been made by a Strategic Investor alongside Disruptive Capital.
14/07/2017
Tantalum Corporation picks up Innovation award at TechXLR8
28/04/2017
Disruptive Capital has acquired a controlling stake in fast growing big data InsurTech REG, backing their expansion into the US market
24/04/2017
Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics announce new Senior Management hires as they begin the next chapter of development.
24/04/2017
Tantalum announces significant investment from Handysoft, part of the Dasan group.
20/04/2017
Disruptive Capital Director Edi Truell was quoted in The Telegraph on the topic of renewable energy as Britain faces an energy ‘crunch’.
18/04/2017
REG UK win Technology award at Commercial Insurance Awards 2017 Portfolio company REG UK, the innovative solution for Broker/Agency Compliance and Management Processes, won top prize in the Technology category at the recent Commercial Insurance Awards 2017. REG UK, which has grown exponentially since its inception in 2014, was also shortlisted for the Insurance software […]
12/04/2017
Disruptive company Tantalum corporation won a £1m grant from the Government’s Innovation Agency, Innovate UK.
01/03/2017
Cédriane de Boucaud – Managing Partner, Disruptive Capital GP Limited and Tantalum CEO speaks at BVCA High Growth 2016 Conference.
01/03/2017
Cameron wants sea cable to bring lava power from Iceland
01/03/2017
Samsung Electronics is helping drivers embark on a new journey through its ground-breaking connected car solution
01/03/2017
Osborne Ignoring ‘Threats’ Caused by the EU, Says Truell
01/03/2017
Leading City financier Edi Truell has confirmed he will make a bid for Tata Steel’s UK assets…
01/03/2017
Future plc (LSE: FUTR, “the Group” or “Future”), the international media group and leading digital business, has agreed terms to acquire Miura (Holdings) Ltd…
01/03/2017
The effect of an UK withdrawal from the European Union on Atlantic Superconnection Corporation.
01/03/2017
alum Corporation, a leading company in the connected car space, took the “Fastest Growing Larger Company” award...
01/03/2017
Cedriane Boucaud, CEO, Tantalum Corporation, speaking at the BVCA High Growth conference 2016 at the Hilton Park Lane, London
01/03/2017
Mr Truell, giving us the frustrations of investment and potential improvements