British Empire Trust swings to earnings in full-year report

11th Nov 2016 07:39

(ShareCast News) - British Empire Trust posted its annual report for the 12 months to 30 September on Friday, with net asset value per share total return for the year of 31% and share price total return of 34.3%. The FTSE 250 company reported investment income of £20.69m, down marginally on the £20.

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Monday broker round-up UPDATE

18th Feb 2013 08:09

AMEC: Deutsche Bank cuts target price from 1350p to 1250p and stays with its buy recommendation. HSBC lowers target price from 1225p to 1200p keeping an overweight rating. Anglo American: Deutsche Bank moves target price from 2260p to 2290p and maintains a buy recommendation. HSBC upgrades to overw

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British Empire conquers benchmark

22nd Jan 2013 08:00

British Empire Securities and General Trust said its investments had outstripped its benchmark in the final quarter of 2012. Over the three months the trust's net asset value rose by 7.9%, compared to an increase of 2.8% for its benchmark, the Morningstar Global Growth Index, resulting in an outper

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Filtrona director sells shares after strong half year results

10th Aug 2012 15:32

Russ Rogers, the president of Porous Technologies at Filtrona, the FTSE 250 speciality plastic, fibre and foam products supplier, has sold 101,739 shares in the company. Rogers was awarded the shares under the group's long term incentive plan on August 9th and on the same day he sold 23,616 of the

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British Empire going more liquid

24th May 2012 11:07

Value focused investment trust British Empire Securities and General Trust has much work to do in the second half of its financial year if it wants to outperform its benchmark index. Net assets at the end of March stood at £761.9m, up 2.9% from the end-September figure of £740.4m. Net asset value (

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