Entertainment One exec sells 1.8m pounds of shares
9th Dec 2013 16:18
Patrice Theroux, President of the Film division of Entertainment One has sold nearly 1.8m pounds-worth of shares in the company via two separate transactions, it announced on Monday. Theroux disposed of 665,462 at a price of 240.1p on December 5th and offloaded a further 75,000 at 240p the followin
Read moreThursday broker round-up UPDATE
5th Dec 2013 08:15
AMEC: Canaccord Genuity raises target price from 1125p to 1300p upgrading from hold to buy. AZ Electronic Materials: Canaccord Genuity increases target price from 354p to 404p, while downgrading from buy to hold. BAE Systems: Deutsche Bank takes target price from 415p to 425p keeping a hold recomm
Read moreNew non-exec celebrates excellent results at Thomas Cook with purchase
28th Nov 2013 16:39
Warren Tucker, who was recently appointed as a Non-Executive Director of travel group Thomas Cook, on Thursday acquired a stake in the group the same day it unveiled an impressive set of full-year results. The purchase of 30,800 shares at 169p each set him back £52,052. The FTSE 250 travel congl
Read moreDiploma directors sell post-exercise, Alent stakeholder continues to stock up
22nd Nov 2013 16:08
Three Diploma directors have all disposed of a number of performance related shares post-exercise. The shares, which vested at the end of September, were sold at 676p each. Chief Executive Officer Bruce Thompson traded in 110,000, earning £743,600, Chief Operating Officer Iain Henderson sold 30,0
Read moreBig Yellow non-exec buys 10,000 shares
19th Nov 2013 16:30
Storage giant Big Yellow Group has announced that Georgina Harvey, one of its Non-Executive Directors, on Tuesday purchased 10,000 shares, marking her first holding in the company. Harvey, who joined the company at the start of July, bought the shares at 470p each on the same day the group posted
Read moreFriday broker round-up UPDATE
15th Nov 2013 07:38
Amlin: Berenberg raises target price from 398p to 434p, but still recommends selling. Barclays cuts target price from 481p to 453p and retains an overweight rating. Antofagasta: Numis raises target price from 750p to 850p and reiterates a hold recommendation. AstraZeneca: Liberum Capital upgrades
Read moreLondon close: Financials lead markets lower as RSA sinks
5th Nov 2013 16:22
- UK services growth accelerated in October - European Commission downgrades Eurozone growth - RSA leads financials lower after gloomy update techMARK 2,647.46 -0.14% FTSE 100 6,746.84 -0.25% FTSE 250 15,367.61 -0.65% UK markets finished slightly lower on Tuesday as upbeat domestic economic data w
Read moreRPS exec reduces stake by nearly a quarter
5th Nov 2013 16:19
Energy and engineering consultant RPS Group said Tuesday that Executive Director, Phil Williams, had that day traded in 100,000 shares, reducing his stake to 318,439. Williams earned £289,500 from the sale, which comes just one week after the FTSE 250 company treated investors to a third quarter u
Read moreSector movers: Financials fall as RSA gives gloomy update
5th Nov 2013 13:45
The insurance and banking sectors were out of favour on Tuesday, providing a drag on markets with RSA the standout faller after disappointing the market with a third-quarter update. In a earlier-than-expected statement, the company warned that weather-related losses would be greater than expected t
Read moreTuesday broker round-up UPDATE
5th Nov 2013 08:57
Afren: FinnCap ups target price from 130p to 140p keeping a hold recommendation. African Barrick Gold: Westhouse Securities raises target price from 115p to 170p, while downgrading to sell. Associated British Foods: Numis downgrades to reduce with a target price of 1845p. Panmure Gordon ups target
Read moreLondon pre-open: FTSE to move higher ahead of HSBC Q3 results
4th Nov 2013 07:24
City sources predict the FTSE 100 will open around 18 points higher than Friday's close of 6,735, tracking gains seen in the US at the end of last week and ignoring losses across parts of Asia this morning. The rise comes ahead of HSBC's results later today, which are widely expected to show a 10%
Read moreHiscox delivers double-digit rise in gross written premuims
4th Nov 2013 07:12
- Gross written premiums up over 10 per cent - Solid growth at its insurance business - Sees good opportunities for 2014 and beyond Bermuda-based specialist insurance and reinsurance group Hiscox said gross written premiums increased over 10 per cent year-on-year, driven by solid growth in its ins
Read moreHiscox and Restaurant Group CEOs sell up
27th Sep 2013 16:11
Chief Executive at Hiscox, Bronek Masojada, has sold 10,000 shares at 650.50p a piece in the insurance provider. The sale generated £65,050 for Masojada, who joined the company in 1993. For the first half of the year the group posted a pre-tax profit of £180.7m (2012: £125.8m), helped by low ex
Read moreFriday broker round-up UPDATE
27th Sep 2013 08:48
Admiral Group: Berenberg ups target price from 1060p to 1080p, but still recommends selling. Amlin: Berenberg reduces target price from 422p to 398p and downgrades to sell. Atkins (WS): JP Morgan increases target price from 1298p to 1348p and maintains an overweight rating. AZ Electronic Material
Read moreWednesday broker round-up UPDATE
18th Sep 2013 08:28
African Minerals: Canaccord Genuity reduces target price from 410p to 330p, while its buy recommendation remains unaltered. Amlin: Goldman Sachs moves target price from 405p to 420p and reiterates a neutral rating. Andor Technology: Investec takes target price from 360p to 410p leaving its buy rec
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