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Following a request from the Latvian Alternative Financial Service Association (LAFPA), on 3 November 2016, Sorainen associate Edvîns Draba attended a discussion on “Peer-to-peer lending regulation: Latvia’s opportunity to be competitive in Europe” organised by the LAFPA at the premises of development finance institution ALTUM in cooperation with peer-to-peer lending platforms – Mintos, Twino, and […]
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Robotics is a goldmine and investors are getting the message – this is the learning of Day 1 at the Baltic M&A and Private Equity Forum 2016 in Riga. By 2025, the robotics and automation market may be worth over USD 10 trillion, according to McKinsey Global Institute. Robotics means nothing short of a new […]
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‘The banks will disappear if they do not act!’ said Jürgen Ingels, speaking at the Baltic M&A and Private Equity Forum in Riga. Ingels became well-known as the founder of Clear2Pay, which was sold to FIS for EUR 400 million. Ingels foresees large internal shocks for banks, and considerable losses in the banking market in the […]
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“Small countries can be the birthplace of very large companies. Scalability can be achieved through software.”Yael Elad, CFO of Aleph (Israel) “There is no good reason why the Baltic countries shouldn’t open joint embassies in foreign countries.”Kristjan Kalda, Investment Director of BaltCap (Estonia) “People speak of Brexit more in the EU than they do in […]
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Investment in commercial litigation finance is now global with the number of players who offer litigation financing rapidly growing, Graeme Mackenzie, Partner at TonKom and Director at Pyrenees Energy Company, and Agris Repšs, Partner and Head of the Sorainen Dispute Resolution Team, told the audience. Litigation finance is becoming available not only in traditional common […]