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Delivering asset-backed investment strategies to global investors

Our Heritage

Channel is a technology-first company, powered by Magic—our custom-built technology stack that seamlessly combining off-the-shelf components with proprietary in-house technology. Magic streamlines the investment process by automating data gathering, enrichment and analysis. It integrates open banking, real-time liquidity monitoring, reputational intelligence, and ESG evaluation enabling us to make smarter, faster, and more informed investment decisions.

Our platform’s flexibility allows us to tailor our approach to match our partners’ unique capabilities and needs, ensuring a seamless fit with their processes. By reducing friction at every stage of the investment journey—from opportunity assessment to risk management—we enhance efficiency, reduce costs, and deliver exceptional value for our partners.

Channel History

Financial and Social Achievements

2006
2006/07

Channel is founded and launches trading in credit default swaps contracts

2007
2007
2007

FCA approval to arrange and manage investments

2013
2013

Sells successful credit product asset portfolio London-based Blue Mountain Capital

2014
2014

Obtains FCA full scope AIFM approval; launches Luxembourg securitization franchise

2016
2016 – 18

Completes $700m of receivable securitizations across Europe, America, and GCC. Structures first inventory whole business securitization in EU/GCC region for $210m

2019
2019
2019

Channel establishes giving programs: ShelterThem, Children of the Mekong, Bowel Cancer UK, and GreenShoots, Launch of our first Sharia-compliant investment

2020
2020
Financial volumes exceed $6b Uplift Mental Health

Named Invoice Financing House of the Year at the RFIx 2020. Financial volumes exceed $6b Uplift Mental Health program a key success factor to weather lockdowns

2021
2021
Wins ESG Governance Transformation Award of the Year

Wins ESG Governance Transformation Award of the Year

2021
2021

Becomes a signatory to the UNPRI

2022
2022
Accelerated Payments, Factris, TessPay, and TP24

Crosses $10bn mark in financings to innovation economy companies such as Accelerated Payments, Factris, TessPay, and TP24

2023
2023
impact

Deployment across our private credit strategies. Three Impact 2023 awards including Private Debt House of the Year

2024
2024
2024

Crosses $12billion mark in funding the innovation economy: sectors in Q1/2. Launch of the Corniche I short term asset-backed fund strategy in July 2024 Completion of Sharia-compliant ABS warehouse for FlapKap in UAE

Awards

We are proud to announce Channel won x3 awards at the 2023 Environmental Finance’s annual IMPACT awards. These global awards seek to recognise and reward the work of impact investors everywhere and highlight emerging pockets of best practice, across all asset classes.

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Impact awards winner impact initiative of the year
Impact awards winner impact project/investment of the year
Impact awards winner private debt provider of the year