Intermediate Capital Group is a
private equity
Private equity (PE) is stock in a private company that does not offer stock to the general public; instead it is offered to specialized investment funds and limited partnerships that take an active role in the management and structuring of the co ...
investment firm focused on providing capital to help companies grow through private and public markets and provides a number of strategies and funds aimed at institutional investors. It is headquartered in
London
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, England, with offices in a further 17 countries, and is a constituent of the
FTSE 100 Index
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.
History
The business was founded by six investment professionals in 1989 and was first listed on the
London Stock Exchange
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in 1994. In 2010 it was reported that the
credit crunch
A credit crunch (a credit squeeze, credit tightening or credit crisis) is a sudden reduction in the general availability of loans (or credit) or a sudden tightening of the conditions required to obtain a loan from banks. A credit crunch generally ...
was driving its growth. Intermediate Capital listed a new bond on the London Stock Exchange's Order book for Retail Bonds (ORB) in 2011.
ICG has diversified its business away from its origins in private debt and equity, buying the real estate business Longbow in 2014, and taking over management of the Graphite Enterprise Trust, which is now known as the
ICG Enterprise Trust, in 2015. It hired an infrastructure investment team in 2018 and, in 2019, announced plans to build a private equity business in North America.
The then $42.6 billion firm had a “strong ambition” to expand in the continent.
ICG has been a beneficiary of the trend for institutional investors to allocate assets to alternative investments, raising over €10bn during the year ended 31 March 2019.
In November 2022, it was announced ICG had acquired the
Madrid
Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...
-headquartered renewable energy platform, Dos Grados on behalf of its €1.5 billion ($1.56 billion) debut Infrastructure Fund (ICG Infra).
References
External links
ICG official website
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Financial services companies based in the City of London
Financial services companies established in 1989
Private equity firms of the United Kingdom
Mezzanine capital investment firms
Companies listed on the London Stock Exchange
Companies in the FTSE 100 Index