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At Bancorp, we don’t stay on the outside looking in. We are investors in our own right, co-investing in all the opportunities that we offer our clients.
Our Services
Bancorp offers private equity funds that present carefully constructed opportunities with high returns relative to risk. You can have confidence in our advice because we are co-investors, which means we’ve got skin in the game.
Private equity funds
Frequently valued
Liquid investment
Pre-tax income
Regular distributions
Residential Property
Residential co-ownership programme
Impact investment
Strong financial returns
Castlerock Partners is a private equity investment fund that has been structured specifically to provide pre-tax distributions. Castlerock provides a frequently valued, liquid investment that delivers regular quarterly distributions.
Castlerock targets businesses with a strong market position within an industry that demonstrates strong long-term prospects. We focus on establishing a diversified portfolio of businesses that have an existing track record of profitability and success.
Castlerock is backed and managed by Bancorp and the portfolio includes investments in leading horse transport business, Majestic Horse, Floats, The Depths LP, the master franchisor of quick service restaurants under the HELL brands, New Zealand’s largest hair salon network, Vivo, leading tile company the Tile Depot, pet specialty product importer and wholesaler Brooklands Pet Products, one of the world’s leading providers of impact, adventure, and educational travel, HQ Travel Group, a leader in fishing tackle and equipment Black Magic Tackle, and one of the world’s most recognised manufacturers of spinning wheels and weaving looms, Ashford Wheels & Looms.
Bancorp offers YouOwn as a limited partnership, impact investment opportunity that delivers both a measurable, beneficial social impact and a financial return for investors. A shared equity, co-ownership programme, YouOwn enables home buyers in New Zealand to purchase a home they would otherwise be unable to afford.
How it works for investors
YouOwn provides investors with a fully commercial, low risk residential property investment in New Zealand. Since risk is limited to the investment itself, YouOwn provides a good risk/reward balance. YouOwn offers cash distributions semi annually and provides comparable returns to a five year Term Deposit.
Find out more about investing in Youown, talk to Nigel Spratt
How it works for buyers
By investing between 20% and 25% of the property value at the time of purchase, YouOwn becomes a joint tenant in common with the homeowner. The homeowner pays an equity charge on YouOwn’s investment and retains full responsibility for the bank loan. After five years the owner can opt to buy out YouOwn at the property’s current market value. If not bought out, the equity charge is reset for a further five years.
YouOwn has worked with a range of banks and brokers to secure a position where YouOwn home loan products can be offered to suitable customers. YouOwn is a co-ownership programme designed to help home buyers who are looking for a hand up not a hand out.
Our Experience
In excess of $100 million in New Zealand assets
Aligned, co-invested capital strategies
Over 160,000 contracts serviced
Bancorp manages $100 million+ in New Zealand assets
Our private equity funds are not prospectus-based, retail-targeted investments but carefully constructed opportunities that provide high returns relative to risk. Investors can have confidence in our advice because we co-invest in all the opportunities that we offer our clients. We also manage our own asset securitisation programme, servicing over 160,000 contracts.
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