http://www.ipgl.co.uk IPGL's Website Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:22:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.ipgl.co.uk/bordeaux-index/ http://www.ipgl.co.uk/bordeaux-index/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:36:26 +0000 Chris http://www.ipgl.co.uk/?p=432 Sector Fine wine merchant, broking and investment advice Initial Investment Date November 2011 Investment Stage Late stage, minority Investment Director Michael Spencer Description Established in 1996 Bordeaux Index has rapidly grown to become a leading fine wine merchant with offices in London, Hong Kong and Singapore. It has introduced a number of innovations to the industry including LiveTrade, an on-line trading platform and The Bordeaux Index, a live index that tracks the prices of the most liquid traded fine wines. Website www.bordeauxindex.com ]]> http://www.ipgl.co.uk/bordeaux-index/feed/ 0 http://www.ipgl.co.uk/cyprotex/ http://www.ipgl.co.uk/cyprotex/#comments Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:37:32 +0000 admin http://www.ipgl.co.uk/?p=187 Sector Healthcare Initial Investment Date November 2003 Investment Stage Post-IPO Investment Director Chris Clothier Description Cyprotex is a specialist out-source provider of in-vitro and in-silico assessment of Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, Elimination and Toxicity (ADMET) properties of potential drugs. It has over 170 pharmaceutical and biotech clients. The company is quoted on AIM (code: CRX). Website www.cyprotex.com ]]> http://www.ipgl.co.uk/cyprotex/feed/ 0 http://www.ipgl.co.uk/turftrax/ http://www.ipgl.co.uk/turftrax/#comments Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:28:28 +0000 admin http://www.ipgl.co.uk/?p=90 Sector Gaming Initial Investment Date May 2004 Investment Stage Early Stage Description Turftrax is the holding company for a group of companies that originate and distribute data associated with horse racing. The major product that Turftrax developed is a technology solution, installed at racing tracks, to allow in-running betting. Exit Despite its excellent technology, Turftrax struggled to gain critical mass. IPGL’s investment has been written off. ]]> http://www.ipgl.co.uk/turftrax/feed/ 0 http://www.ipgl.co.uk/new-star-asset-management-ltd/ http://www.ipgl.co.uk/new-star-asset-management-ltd/#comments Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:27:58 +0000 admin http://www.ipgl.co.uk/?p=88 Sector Fund Management Initial Investment Date August 2003 Investment Stage Expansion / Pre-IPO Description Founded in 2000, New Star quickly established itself as one of the leading brands in the retail fund management industry as well as a significant player in fund  management of institutional funds and alternative investments. Exit After the IPO in November 2005, IPGL sold its stake during February and March 2006 ]]> http://www.ipgl.co.uk/new-star-asset-management-ltd/feed/ 0 http://www.ipgl.co.uk/rab-capital-plc/ http://www.ipgl.co.uk/rab-capital-plc/#comments Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:27:38 +0000 admin http://www.ipgl.co.uk/?p=86 Sector Fund Management Initial Investment Date March 2004 Investment Stage IPO Description RAB is a focussed, specialist asset manager with a 10 year track record and 5 years as a publically traded concern on London’s Alternative Investment Market. Exit IPGL gradually sold its stake, exiting completely in September 2008 ]]> http://www.ipgl.co.uk/rab-capital-plc/feed/ 0 http://www.ipgl.co.uk/numis-plc/ http://www.ipgl.co.uk/numis-plc/#comments Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:27:24 +0000 admin http://www.ipgl.co.uk/?p=84 Sector Broking / Financial Advisory Initial Investment Date June 2003 Investment Stage Post-IPO Description Numis is a leading independent investment banking and institutional stockbroking business. Numis focuses on high quality companies quoted in the UK. For the last three years, Numis has been rated in the top two in the Extel survey for small capitalisation UK stocks. Exit IPGL sold its stake in Numis in February 2009 ]]> http://www.ipgl.co.uk/numis-plc/feed/ 0 http://www.ipgl.co.uk/online-finance/ http://www.ipgl.co.uk/online-finance/#comments Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:27:08 +0000 admin http://www.ipgl.co.uk/?p=82 Sector Specialist Lending Initial Investment Date October 1997 Investment Stage Expansion Capital Description On:line Finance was an internet lender that focused primarily on auto finance. Exit On:line Finance was sold to GMAC in March 1999. ]]> http://www.ipgl.co.uk/online-finance/feed/ 0 http://www.ipgl.co.uk/blue-square/ http://www.ipgl.co.uk/blue-square/#comments Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:26:34 +0000 admin http://www.ipgl.co.uk/?p=78 Sector Gaming Initial Investment Date October 1999 Investment Stage Start-up Description Blue Square has grown to become one of the largest interactive betting services in the UK. The product suite offered by Blue Square has grown from its traditional bookmaking business to now offer all aspects of the gaming market including casino, slots and poker with a goal to increase the product range in the near future. The fixed odds betting services covers many channels including the Internet, Interactive TV, WAP and telephone. Exit Blue Square was a wholly owned subsidiary of the IPGL Ltd until January 2003 when it was acquired by Rank, one of the UK’s leading leisure and entertainment companies. ]]> http://www.ipgl.co.uk/blue-square/feed/ 0 http://www.ipgl.co.uk/trading-screen-inc/ http://www.ipgl.co.uk/trading-screen-inc/#comments Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:26:03 +0000 admin http://www.ipgl.co.uk/?p=74 Sector Fintech Initial Investment Date August 2000 Investment Stage Expansion capital Description TradingScreen is a global provider of multi-asset class, multi-broker electronic trading solutions. TradingScreen seeks to break through the traditional boundaries that have come to make the capital markets complex to navigate for the buy-side. Exit IPGL exited in August 2007 through a recapitalisation ]]> http://www.ipgl.co.uk/trading-screen-inc/feed/ 0 http://www.ipgl.co.uk/icp-holdings-ltd/ http://www.ipgl.co.uk/icp-holdings-ltd/#comments Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:22:40 +0000 admin http://www.ipgl.co.uk/?p=72 Sector Insurance Initial Investment Date November 2006 Investment Stage Buy-out Investment Director Chris Clothier Description ICP Holdings is a group of insurance companies operating in the Lloyd’s market. It includes a corporate member of Lloyd’s, ICP Capital, which owns underwriting capacity of c. £70 m, and a members agent, ICP General Partner Ltd, which acts as fund manager for a group of investors, placing capital into the Lloyds market. Website www.inscap.co.uk ]]> http://www.ipgl.co.uk/icp-holdings-ltd/feed/ 0