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Mar 15, 2018
What would a Corbyn-led Labour Government Mean for Tax-Advantaged Investing?
This was not even a question that was taken seriously until the election debacle of 2017. It could be argued that Labour’s Election...
Mar 12, 2018
Symvan in The Times
The EIS market has long been characterised by relatively poor investment performance and high fees, which are two sides of the same...
Mar 9, 2018
Symvan on the Adviser Hour with GrowthInvest
GrowthInvest, the tax efficient investment platform for advisers and high net worth and sophisticated investors, is delighted to present,...
Jan 29, 2018
Carry back with SEIS or EIS?
Earlier this month I received a call from my IFA to arrange an appointment to meet during February. Like so many others in my position,...
Jan 23, 2018
Exeter - Lessons in Disruption
Symvan was one of eight fund managers presenting in Sandy Park, Exeter on 5th December on the joys of tax-efficient fund investing. Upon...
Nov 23, 2017
EIS & VCT Showcase: Interview with Kealan Doyle
Intelligent Partnership's Guy Tolhurst interviews Kealan Doyle at this year's EIS & VCT Showcase at the London Stock Exchange. Kealan...
Nov 23, 2017
The "Spirit of EIS"
On Monday, I discussed the UK Productivity Puzzle that has bedevilled the UK for a decade (Beyond The Usual Headlines), but did not quite...
Nov 20, 2017
Beyond The Usual Headlines - Will this be the Chancellor's Venture Capital Budget?
There is something else that will be a hallmark of this week’s budget, even if it gets scant attention in the general press, and that is the
Oct 9, 2017
Tech's fight for the upper hand on open data
There was an interesting FT article today entitled “Tech’s fight for the upper hand on open data”. Rana Foroohar’s article reminds me of...
Sep 25, 2017
RightIndem wins Best Use of Tech Award
Symvan Capital congratulates RightIndem for winning ‘Best Use of Technology for Customer Experience – Claims’ at the recent Insurance...
Aug 7, 2017
New data protection laws will accelerate the shift to people power
Savy.io is part of a thriving culture of innovation in Britain that is seizing the opportunity to go beyond policy and to build the...
Jul 18, 2017
Cognisess shakes the recruitment market
Humans hire people in their own image, but can machines do any better? Cognisess, an investee company of Symvan's SEIS and EIS funds, was...
Apr 19, 2017
Bath-based Cognisess selected for Microsoft Global Startup Roadshow 2017
Many are called, few are chosen. 15 startups from China, Israel, India, Europe and the USA will head to Seattle next week. Selected...
Mar 28, 2017
EIS & VCT Showcase: Interview with Kealan Doyle
Earlier this year, together with seven other leading fund managers, Symvan participated in Intelligent Partnership's first EIS & VCT...
Mar 27, 2017
Government reform of tax reliefs
Kealan Doyle, co-founder of Symvan Capital was part of a recent delegation that met with the Treasury where the following issues were...