Bank of America posts better-than-expected Q1 profits, but shares decline
16th Apr 2019 11:58
(Sharecast News) - Bank of America posted record quarterly net income driven by a jump in the profitability of its consumer banking arm.
Read moreCarclo directors top up after posting jump in profit
18th Jun 2014 15:50
The Chief Executive (CEO) and Chief Financial Officer of plastics firm Carclo have purchased a combined 64,273 shares in the group following the publication of its results a week earlier. CEO Christopher Malley has purchased 23,773 shares at 114.29p for a total cost of £27,170. CFO Robert Brooks
Read moreDialight Finance Director sells shares to cover vesting costs
19th Sep 2013 15:39
The Group Finance Director of Dialight this week sold 21,284 shares in the group, less than a week after it warned of contract delays and flat profits. Mark Fryer sold the shares at 1,150p each in a transaction that was made in order to meet his tax and national insurance liabilities, which crysta
Read moreAVEVA CEO raises nearly two million pounds through share sale
18th Jun 2013 15:56
The long-running Chief Executive Officer of engineering software group AVEVA has dumped almost two million pounds-worth of shares in the company with the stock trading close to its all-time high. AVEVA said on Tuesday that Richard Longdon had sold a total of 85,000 shares the day before at a price
Read moreDiploma directors sell shares post exercise
15th May 2013 16:19
Three directors at Diploma have exercised options over shares which previous vested under the company's long term incentive plan. Bruce Thompson, the company's Chief Executive Officer, traded in 214,613 shares at 572p each for a total of £1.2m, taking his holding in the company 1.04m. Group Fina
Read moreWessex Exploration directors keep the faith
23rd Apr 2013 16:26
Three directors at Wessex Exploration have demonstrated their support for the oil and gas group after it said no hydrocarbons were found at the GM-ES-3 well in French Guiana. Drilling activities have been terminated and the well is being plugged and abandoned, the firm said. The biggest purchase
Read moreNon-exec at Lancashire Holdings sells quarter of stake
6th Mar 2013 16:11
Non-executive Director Neil McConachie sold 25,000 shares in Lancashire Holdings this week, it was announced Wednesday. Neil McConachie disposed of the shares at 913.00p each for a total of £228,250. The transaction comes two weeks after the insurance group announced that it will return $170m to
Read moreLow & Bonar Chairman buys 50,000 shares following strong year
6th Feb 2013 16:29
Martin Flower, the Chairman of industrial fabric maker Low & Bonar, announced Wednesday that he had bought 50,000 shares in the company, just one day after the group announced plans to increase its dividend payment by 14.3 per cent. Flower, who has held his role at the company since January 2007,
Read moreImmuPharma non-exec reduces stake
28th Jan 2013 16:06
Dr Ajay Agrawal, Non-Executive Director of ImmuPharma, sold a stack of shares in the AIM-listed drug company, it was announced Monday. Agrawal traded in 62,169 shares at 57p a time on January 24th, pocketing £35,436 before tax. The deal was announced the same day the group said its key scientific
Read moreShanks Chairman buys shares as profits fall
9th Nov 2012 16:30
The Chairman of Shanks Group, the FTSE 250 waste management firm, has bought 60,000 shares in the firm following the company's announcement that half year profits fell by 29 per cent. Chairman Adrian Auer purchased the shares at 82.93p each for a total of £49,758. On Thursday the company revealed
Read moreWife of Admiral CEO buys 1.6m pounds-worth of shares
5th Sep 2012 16:16
The wife of Admiral's Chief Executive Officer (CEO) bought a staggering amount of shares in the car insurance giant on Tuesday, worth nearly 1.6m pounds. Diane Briere de l'Isle, the partner of CEO Henry Engelhardt, snapped up 144,348 shares in Admiral at average price of 1,107p - this cost her a to
Read moreFidessa Chairman tops up after share price tumble
14th Jun 2012 16:11
Shares in Fidessa Group have fallen by almost a pound from 1540p at the end of May, prompting Chairman John Hamer to have a little nibble. Hamer spent £15,631 buying 1,078 shares at 1,450p each, a day after FMR LLC, a part of fund management group Fidelity Investments, said it had reduced its stake
Read moreGlencore's Glasenberg buys another round
11th Jun 2012 15:49
Ivan Glasenberg, the Chief Executive Officer at Glencore International, has stayed true to his word and made another significant share purchase using part of the money he received from the firm's latest dividend payout. The director bought 2.83m shares at an average price of 356.65p for a total of
Read morePearson Financial Director ups his stake
16th May 2012 16:20
Robin Freestone, Financial Director of FTSE 100 publishing giant Pearson, has added another 8,560 shares to his already sizeable stake. Freestone bought the shares on May 15th at 1,168p each for a total of £99,981 in a transaction that takes his total number of shares to 367,649. He made the pur
Read moreCentral Asia Metals founder drops 640,000 shares
14th May 2012 15:31
A founder and Non-Executive Director of Central Asia Metals, Robert Cathery, together with his wife, sold a total of 640,000 shares at 96.00p in the exploration and development company. The £614,400 transaction takes the Catherys' collective stake to 3,631,445 shares. The sale comes about a mont
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