Director dealings: Great Portland, EAT board members make purchases
15th Jun 2023 11:41
(Sharecast News) - Great Portland Estates was among the companies on the list of buys on Thursday, after an executive director was linked to a near-£30k share purchase.
Read moreKate Swann buys first Babcock stake
14th Jun 2011 15:45
Kate Swann, the chief executive of newsagent chain WH Smith, has opened her account at Babcock International soon after joining the board of the engineering support services company. She spent nearly £35,000, taking 5,000 shares at 688p a time. Ahead of Swann's appointment, Babcock chairman Mike T
Read moreComment: High yielding investment trusts
4th Feb 2011 15:31
With most bank and building society savings accounts offering derisory interest rates these days it is tempting to look to other forms of investments to boost income. If you want higher returns, however, then you usually have to accept higher risk of losing your capital, though there are ways of re
Read moreEuropean Assets in positive territory
15th Oct 2010 15:44
European Assets Trust, the investment trust that invests in medium sized European companies outside of the UK, saw its returns for the year move into positive territory in the third quarter. Net assets in euro terms rose to €112.5m at the end of September from €105.7m, while, in percentage terms, t
Read moreEuropean Assets Trust Declares EUR0.1473/Share Dividend >EAT.LN
2nd Aug 2010 08:43
LONDON (Dow Jones)--European Assets Trust NV (EAT.LN) said Monday it has declared a gross dividend of EUR0.1473 per share for August which will be paid on Aug. 27. MAIN FACTS: -This will result in total gross dividends paid for the year of EUR0.4613 per share. -Shares at 0740 GMT up 0.5
Read moreEuropean Assets Trust NAV up
22nd Oct 2009 14:42
European Assets Trust reported a rise in net asset value per share but said its portfolio did not match the pace of the benchmark index in the third quarter. The group said the underperformance can be attributed largely to the Managers' decision to focus stock selection on companies with strong fin
Read moreSmall caps round-up: Filtronic, EMED, Coe Group ...
27th Jul 2009 08:31
Telecommunications technology group Filtronic saw a sharp fall in revenues in the year to May 31 as demand slumped. Revenue from continuing operations fell to £28.8m from £40.1m, but the group posted a pre-tax profit. However, the group moved into a pre-tax profit of £2.3m from a loss of £16.2m
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