Newstead Capital Limited

Overview

Newstead Capital Limited is a UK-based private investment firm specializing in asset-backed direct lending strategies. The firm offers management and advisory services to institutional investors, focusing on real estate debt, structured lending, whole loan acquisition, and liquid credit. Newstead Capital is the manager of the Newstead Real Estate Lending Fund, which launched in September 2022 with commitments of £80 million. The fund received a cornerstone investment of £30 million from Homes England, alongside Greater Manchester Pension Fund and other institutional investors, aiming to provide loan capital to the SME residential housebuilding sector. The firm's team comprises professionals with complementary skills ranging from origination and credit analysis to capital markets. They have overseen £800 million of deployment into bridging and development finance and small balance commercial real estate in the UK and Ireland. Newstead Capital focuses on delivering superior returns by accessing illiquid private markets, with a strategy that includes acquiring loans via forward flow agreements from specialty finance companies and non-bank lenders. Since 2014, the team has acquired and securitized over £3 billion of consumer and SME loans, invoice receivables, and mortgages in the UK and USA. Newstead Capital places a strong emphasis on responsible investing, integrating Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors into its operations. The firm is a signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment and uses the UN Sustainable Development Goals to guide its investment activities. Their Responsible Investment Policy outlines how they create a direct link between financing costs and compliance with ESG standards, structuring project funding to reward significant positive impact and providing financial incentives to originators and developers that share their ESG commitments and goals.

Investment Focus

• Institutional investors
• Asset-backed direct lending strategies
• Real estate debt
• Structured lending
• Whole loan acquisition
• Liquid credit
• ESG compliance

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