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Amigo fails to find cornerstone investor for capital raise

Amigo won court approval in May for a compensation scheme for past customers and a rescue plan for the business
Amigo won court approval in May for a compensation scheme for past customers and a rescue plan for the business

Amigo Holdings has failed to find a cornerstone investor for its planned capital raise, and is looking for a syndicate of investors to pull together £45m, the UK sub-prime lender said today.

Amigo won court approval in May 2022 for a compensation scheme for past customers and a rescue plan for the business.

The company ceased lending in November 2020 and has been scrambling for survival after a deluge of customer complaints of mis-selling loans.

It received approval from Britain's financial regulator in October 2022 to return to lending under certain conditions.

Amigo said in a statement it "has been unable to secure a commitment from a cornerstone investor to underwrite the whole of the capital raise".

It "is therefore assessing whether there is sufficient interest for a syndicate of such investors to be formed in order to support a 45 million pound capital raise," it added.