Sunday share tips: Restaurant Group, Alnwick Garden Trust, Scottish Mortgage
8th Mar 2020 20:56
(Sharecast News) - The Sunday Times's Sabah Meddings told readers that shares of Restaurant Group were best avoided given the issues surrounding its legacy operations.
Read moreMurray International struggles into 2016
14th Mar 2016 07:17
(ShareCast News) - Murray International Trust reported on a year of depressed returns on Monday, with net asset value total return of -7.8% in 2015, down from 3% a year earlier. Share price total return was -15.2% in the calendar year, compared with 1.7%, and benchmark total return was 2.6%, down fr
Read moreLondon pre-open: FTSE seen touch higher; rate decisions in focus
14th Mar 2016 07:14
(ShareCast News) - London stocks are set open just a touch higher on Monday, despite a positive session in Asia, following solid gains at the end of last week. The FTSE 100 is seen starting six points higher than Friday's close at 6,145. There are no major UK data due on Monday but this week, inves
Read moreMurray International Trust portfolio declines in first half
17th Aug 2015 07:33
(ShareCast News) - Murray International Trust said its net asset value declined by 2.6% in the first half of the year compared with the company's benchmark of 2%. The investment trust said the current financial environment for investors was "uncomfortable" and the sterling's strength had constrained
Read moreLondon pre-open: Stocks tipped to follow US higher
17th Aug 2015 07:18
(ShareCast News) - City sources predict the FTSE 100 will open 36 points higher than Friday's close of 6,550.74. European equities are set to start with gains this morning, tracking a modest finish higher in the US on Friday, London Capital Group night dealer Jonathan Sudaria said. "European market
Read moreJupiter finance chief reduces stake amid controversy at AGM
22nd May 2014 15:57
Jupiter Fund Management's Chief Financial Officer, Philip Johnson, traded in 63,588 shares, making only a small dent in his holding, which was reduced to 1.32m. Johnson, who took up the role in 2009, paid 383.80p per share, giving the deal a trade value of £244,051. The purchase was made the day
Read moreQuindell non-exec celebrates Q4 success with share purchase
23rd Jan 2014 16:45
Vice Admiral Bob Cooling, who sits on the board of Quindell in a non-executive capacity, has continued to build his stake in the company just a week after it said it expected its profits to meet the upper end of market expectations for the full-year. The outsourcing company said Cooling had added
Read moreMurray International Trust secures new bank loan facility
4th Jun 2013 11:51
FTSE 250-listed Murray International Trust has reached an agreement with the Royal Bank of Scotland under which a new aggregate 120m pound loan has been made available to the company and the existing 10.7bn Japanese Yen loans with the bank have been confirmed. The independent investment trust said
Read moreMurray International posts net asset value total return of 14 per cent
27th Feb 2013 08:47
FTSE 250-listed Murray International Trust has reported a net asset value (NAV) total return of 14 per cent in the year ended December 31st. The company further recorded a benchmark total return of 11.4%. The total ordinary dividend increased by 9.5% compared with 2011 and shares traded at a premi
Read moreMurray International issues 2.0m pounds-worth of shares
28th Jan 2013 07:25
Murray International, the FTSE 250-listed independent trust, has issued 2.0m pounds-worth of shares through an issue of equity. According to a statement issued by the trust on Monday, it issued 190,000 new ordinary shares of 25p each for a cash price of 1090.0789p per share under its ordinary share
Read moreCentamin director stocks up following increased gold production
29th Aug 2012 16:08
Senior Independent Non-Executive Director at Centamin, Gordon Edward Haslam, purchased 52,056 shares in the Egypt-focused gold miner on Wednesday. Haslam purchased the shares at 76p each for a total of £39,563, taking his total holding to 102,056 shares. The transaction comes two weeks after the
Read moreMurray warns of choppy seas ahead
22nd Aug 2012 08:05
Murray International Trust beat its benchmark in the first half of the year, while complaining of 'extremely harsh investment conditions'. The firm was decidedly downbeat on the outlook going forward, saying that securing positive financial returns could prove difficult in the near term. Net asset
Read moreAsian investments a winner for Murray Intl
22nd Aug 2012 07:30
The first half of 2012 saw Murray International Trust outpace its benchmark index, while the company's share price premium to net asset value (NAV) per share widened. The net asset value total return, with net income reinvested, for the six months to June 30th was 6.1% compared with a total return
Read moreMurray International keeps head above water despite euro storm
29th Feb 2012 09:26
Murray International Trust (MIT) beat its benchmark at the end of 2011 with its net asset value flat on the previous year. The net asset value total return was 0.1% down on the previous year, while the benchmark index, to which Murray International compares its results, fell 4.6%. The company cert
Read moreMurray International sticks to southern hemisphere
6th Aug 2010 08:11
Investment trust Murray International is sticking to its southern hemisphere strategy as it expects deflationary pressures to make life very difficult for companies in the developed world. NAV at the Aberdeen Asset-managed trust rose to 786.5p at end June, from 772.9p at end December. Total return
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