Assured Guaranty Ltd. offers credit protection products primarily in the public finance and structured finance markets, both in the United States and internationally. The company operates through two main segments: Insurance and Asset Management. Its Insurance segment provides financial guaranty insurance, which safeguards holders of debt instruments against defaults in scheduled payments. This includes insuring a variety of debt obligations, such as municipal bonds, infrastructure financing, and structured finance securities like mortgage-backed and consumer receivables securities. The Asset Management segment delivers investment advisory services, focusing on managing collateralized loan obligations and opportunity funds for external investors. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda, Assured Guaranty markets its insurance products directly to issuers, underwriters, and investors involved in public and structured finance. The majority of the company’s revenue is generated from its Insurance segment.
UrbanFootprint is an urban intelligence platform that provides critical insights for rebuilding and managing urban and social infrastructure. It integrates climate, environmental, urban, and socio-economic data into a cohesive web-based geospatial software system. This allows governments, utilities, financial institutions, and urban planners to make informed decisions regarding resource allocation, investment opportunities, and risk management. The platform offers parcel-level location insights, spatial and policy analytics, and user-friendly map-making tools, streamlining the urban planning process and helping organizations optimize their strategies for resilience and community development.
Blue Mountain Capital Management
Acquisition in 2019
Blue Mountain Capital Management LLC is a private investment firm with locations in New York and London. The company specializes in identifying investment opportunities by analyzing market inefficiencies stemming from artificial investor segmentation, behavioral biases, and unique events. Through its strategic approach, Blue Mountain seeks to capitalize on these factors to achieve attractive returns for its investors.
Rubicon Infrastructure Advisors
Corporate Round in 2018
Rubicon Infrastructure Advisors is a full-service infrastructure advisory firm. The firm’s partners are industry experts who collectively have over 100 years of experience in the infrastructure and financial services industries and who have advised or structured over €200 billion worth of infrastructure transactions across multiple sectors and jurisdictions.
Wasmer, Schroeder & Company
Funding Round in 2017
Wasmer, Schroeder & Company, LLC is an employee-owned investment manager based in Naples, Florida, with additional offices in Exton, Pennsylvania, Cleveland, Ohio, and Portland, Oregon. Founded in 1987, the firm specializes in fixed income portfolio management, serving a diverse clientele that includes private funds, high net worth individuals, endowments, foundations, corporations, and various financial institutions. It focuses on the U.S. fixed income markets, investing primarily in short and intermediate-term taxable and tax-exempt securities, such as investment-grade corporate bonds, taxable municipal bonds, government agency debt, and agency-guaranteed mortgage-backed securities. The firm employs a combination of fundamental and quantitative analysis, leveraging both in-house and external research to inform its investment decisions. Its approach is supported by a team of trained research analysts, portfolio managers, and traders, utilizing advanced technology systems to provide clients with comprehensive macroeconomic insights.
MBIA UK Insurance
Acquisition in 2016
MBIA UK Insurance Limited offers financial guarantee writing for insurance policies. The company was founded in 2002 and is based in London, United Kingdom.
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