Intermediate Capital Group Explained

Intermediate Capital Group plc
Type:Public
Traded As:
FTSE 100 component
Location:London, England, UK
Industry:Financial services, asset management
Revenue: £949.6 million (2024)[1]
Operating Income: £554.8 million (2024)
Net Income: £474.4 million (2024)
Aum:$101 billion (Q1 FY2025)[2]

Intermediate Capital Group is a private equity 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, England, with offices in a further 16 countries, and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.

History

The business was founded by six investment professionals in 1989 and was first listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1994. In 2010 it was reported that the credit crunch was driving its growth.[3] Intermediate Capital listed a new bond on the London Stock Exchange's Order book for Retail Bonds (ORB) in 2011.[4]

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.[5] It hired an infrastructure investment team in 2018 and, in 2019, announced plans to build a private equity business in North America.[6] 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.[7]

In November 2022, it was announced ICG had acquired the Madrid-headquartered renewable energy platform, Dos Grados on behalf of its €1.5 billion ($1.56 billion) debut Infrastructure Fund (ICG Infra).[8]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Annual Results 2024. ICG. 28 May 2024.
  2. Web site: Trading Statement for the Three Months Ending 30 June 2024. ICG. 17 July 2024.
  3. Web site: Credit-crunch boost for Intermediate Capital Group. The Independent. 29 March 2015.
  4. Web site: Specialist Investment Firm Intermediate Capital Group PLC Launches First Retail Bond on ORB. December 22, 2011. London Stock Exchange Group. May 1, 2018. July 25, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210725063732/https://www.lseg.com/media-centre/news/news-across-group/specialist-investment-firm-intermediate-capital-group-plc. dead.
  5. Web site: Graphite Capital sells fund investment business to Intermediate Capital Group. December 24, 2015. Private Equity Wire. May 1, 2018.
  6. Web site: Architect of Morgan Stanley's business moves to Intermediate Capital Group. www.institutionalinvestor.com. 17 September 2019 . 2019-10-11.
  7. Web site: Intermediate Capital See Record Inflows In "Excellent Year". 22 May 2019. Morning Star. 3 March 2020.
  8. Web site: 2022-11-17 . ICG Infra acquires Spain-based renewable platform Dos Grados . 2022-11-17 . Power Technology . en-US.