Origo Sino-India invests $5m in risk management solutions business

IGH, which completed its first full year of operation in 2008, produces risk management products and services for the public sector and mining, power, construction and manufacturing industries. The company comprises a network of 15 subsidiaries across five continents, including operations in China.

The investment will initially be in the form of new convertible loan stock to be issued by IGH, which will be split between OSI and ORP on a 30:70 basis, in accordance with their shareholding in IGH. Assuming the loan stock is converted, the $1.5m investment by OSI will result in its equity interest increasing to a maximum of 19.2 per cent.

The capital will be used to fund a proposed acquisition by IGH and to complete another, both within the next month. The acquisitions will provide scope for expanding IGH's operations in Asia Pacific, South America and the Middle East.

Chris Rynning, CEO of OSI, said, "I am delighted that Origo has been able to play such an important role in the development of IGH. This transaction provides IGH with significant growth opportunities and underlines how our strategy of investing and working with promising companies, in our chosen sectors, can deliver value to shareholders."

OSI is a private equity investor and strategic consultancy business focusing on core economic growth opportunities in China and India. Last year the firm made a £3m deal with global investment manager GLG Partners to provide research on investment opportunities in the Chinese and Indian markets.

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