Operating as a global alternative asset manager, ICG Plc provides customized financial solutions to facilitate the development and expansion of businesses. With a history spanning over three decades, the firm possesses significant expertise in deploying capital across various layers of a company's financial structure. Its operations are divided into two principal segments: the Fund Management Company (FMC), which delivers comprehensive investment management services and accounts for the bulk of the group's operational expenses; and the Investment Company (IC), responsible for recognizing changes in the fair value of its hedging instruments. The company was established on March 23, 1988, by Andrew Jackson, Thomas Hugh Bartlam, Jean-Loup Brousse de Gersigny, James Odgers, Andrew Coventon Phillips, and Paul J. Piper, and is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.