Sainsbury CFO keeps the faith as shares slide
13th Jun 2012 15:41
Sainsbury's Chief Financial Officer John Rogers bought £50,000-worth of shares in the firm on the same day the company unveiled a disappointing period of trading. Like-for-like (LFL) sales in the 12 weeks to June 9th were up 1.4% on the corresponding period of last year, below market expectations
Read moreAviva boss sells shares
8th Dec 2011 16:08
Leslie Van de Walle, a non-executive director at Aviva, has sold £42,659-worth of shares in the insurance giant. Van de Walle, 55, who joined the board in 2009 and is also the director of SIG, sold 12,826 shares at 332.60p each. Last month Aviva announced that it is to raise $400m in capital sec
Read moreMan bosses rally round
29th Sep 2011 15:06
Weakness in the share price of Man Group has prompted directors to splash out on big stakes in the hedge fund manager. Man Group, which sponsors the Man Booker literary price, saw a return to form of its flagship fund AHL in the second quarter of its financial year, as its 'alternative style' polic
Read moreXP Power founder trims holding
4th Aug 2010 16:28
XP Power deputy chairman James Peters raised £1.47m from a share disposal two days after bumper interim figures from the power control products supplier. Peters sold 200,000 shares at 735p each. Peters founded XP in 1988 and still owns nearly 2.7m shares, which is equivalent to 14%. That still mak
Read moreMid Wynd International FY Net Asset Value 1,008.7P Vs 777.0P
2nd Aug 2010 08:41
LONDON (Dow Jones)-- Mid Wynd International Investment Trust PLC (MWY.LN), announced today it had a net asset value per share of 1,008.7 pence for the year to June 30, compared with 777.0 pence. MAIN FACTS: -In the year, net asset value per share rose by 29.8% compared to a 19.9% rise in the
Read moreRockhopper directors add to holdings
6th Jul 2010 16:46
Shares in Falkland Islands oil and gas explorer Rockhopper Exploration have risen by 779% over the past year but two directors still believe they are worth buying. Executive chairman Dr Pierre Jungels and non-executive director Chris Walton have both added to their shareholdings the week after Roc
Read moreMid Wynd International Investment Trust Buys Back 40,000 Shares
29th Jun 2010 13:02
LONDON (Dow Jones)--Mid Wynd International Investment Trust PLC (MWY.LN), an open-ended fund of fund mutual fund launched and managed by Baillie Gifford & Co., said Tuesday it purchased for cancellation 40,000 ordinary shares at a price of 940 pence per share on June 29. Shares at 1159 GMT down
Read moreNon-exec's firm cashes in at Lancashire
28th Jun 2010 16:33
Lancashire Holdings non-executive director Barry Volpert is chief executive of private equity firm Crestview, which has raised more than £4.7m from the sale of shares in the property, aviation and marine insurer. The share prices of the five separate disposals varied from 497p to just over 500p. C
Read moreWetherspoon chief exec sells
14th Jun 2010 16:36
John Hutson, the chief executive of pub operator JD Wetherspoon, has sold nearly one-third of his shareholding in the company. Hutson sold 30,000 shares at 429p each, which leaves him with 61,628 shares. This is the second sale in less than three months. He sold 20,000 shares at 516.8p a share e
Read moreMid Wynd NAV up by 20.6%
7th Oct 2009 15:53
Mid Wynd the investment trust focused on international quoted equities, saw its net asset value per share rise by more than a fifth in the third quarter. Net asset total return in the three months to 30 September was 22.8%, slightly beating the 21.8% return achieved by the trust's benchmark compari
Read moreExperian non-exec sells
12th Aug 2009 16:13
Fabiola Arredondo, a non-executive director of Experian, has sold £350,000 worth of shares in the credit checker. Arredondo, who was appointed to the board on 1 January 2007, sold 70,000 ordinary shares at a price of 500.0179p each. Experian announced last month that a slump in the UK and Irelan
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