Numis lifts dividend as revenue, profits grow
7th Dec 2016 14:04
(ShareCast News) - Numis Corporation - the holding company of independent corporate advisory and stockbroking business Numis Securities - announced preliminary results for the year to 30 September on Wednesday. The AIM-traded firm posted revenue growth of 15% to £112.3m, the highest level in the gro
Read moreNumis full-year revenue up 14%
3rd Oct 2016 09:45
(ShareCast News) - In a trading update for the year ended 30 September, Numis said revenue from its core activities was up 14% from the previous year, hitting record levels and comfortably above £100m for the first time in the group's history. Numis said that while activity in the UK equity mar
Read moreNumis H1 profit up; CEO to step down
6th May 2016 09:07
(ShareCast News) - Stockbroker Numis reported a rise in first-half pre-tax profit as revenue grew, and announced the departure of its chief executive. First-half pre-tax profit rose to £16.8m from £11.9m in the same period last year, as revenue grew to £56.8m from £45.7m and the company kept its int
Read moreFriday newspaper share tips: Panmure Gordon, Grainger
1st Apr 2016 18:00
(ShareCast News) - Panmure Gordon has a tough road ahead of it, the Financial Times´s Lex column believes. The pool of banking fees which the UK´s small stockbrokers and investment banks can opt for is simply not large enough to sustain all of them given the decline in broking margins. About £5.4bn
Read moreNumis first half revenue grows despite market volatility
2nd Dec 2015 11:23
(ShareCast News) - Numis Corporation posted a rise in pre-tax profit for the year as the broker's revenue reached record levels. In the year to the end of September, revenue from equity issuance and advisory activities was up 22% to a record high of £55.6m as total revenue grew 6% to £98m. Adjusted
Read moreBetter second half boosts Numis' core revenues
1st Oct 2015 08:19
(ShareCast News) - Numis Corporation has said full-year revenues from core activities have risen 5% year-on-year thanks to a better second half. In a trading update, the AIM-listed company said client activity was strong in the second half of the year, enabling it to complete a further 15 equity rai
Read moreNumis buys 8.5% take in crowd-funding platform Crowdcube
30th Jul 2015 15:24
(ShareCast News) - Numis has acquired an 8.5% stake in crowd-funding platform Crowdcube for an undisclosed amount. The stockbroker said Crowdcube has raised nearly £100m of investment through its platform since its launch in 2011, and amassed a 200,000 strong investor community. Numis said Crowdcub
Read moreSunday newspaper round-up: Tesco, AstraZeneca, Asos
22nd Jun 2014 13:02
Some of Tesco's biggest shareholders have complained to the retailer's senior independent director (Sid) about its strategy and management, the Sunday Times said. An unidentified top 10 shareholder said it expressed its concerns with the Sid, Patrick Cescau, and not Tesco's Chairman, Sir Richard Bro
Read moreNumis Chief reduces stake with sale of 3m shares
11th Jun 2014 15:50
Oliver Hemsley, the Chief Executive Officer of Numis, has traded in three million shares, reducing his stake by almost a quarter to 9.4m. The 270p-a-share disposal generated £8.1m. The sale comes around one month after the group posted a 59% jump in first half revenue at £51.5m. Adjusted pre-t
Read moreOcado CFO builds stake after fifth of shareholders oppose remuneration report
8th May 2014 15:45
Duncan Tatton-Brown, the Chief Financial Officer of Ocado Group, has acquired 145,988 pounds-worth of shares in the grocery delivery group. The CFO, who joined the board in September 2012, bought a total of 47,865 shares at 305p each, increasing his stake in the company to 107,865 shares. That c
Read moreSir David Arculus steps down as Numis chair
14th Mar 2014 07:32
Sir David Arculus, the Non-Executive Chairman of Numis Corporation, has announced his intention to retire, the AIM-listed investment banking and stockbroking group revealed on Friday. Arculus, the former EMAP director who has also served on the boards of Severn Trent, Barclays and Pearson, is to le
Read moreTop-three broker Numis Corporation triples annual profits
3rd Dec 2013 10:01
Reflecting the renaissance of London IPOs and fundraising scene, AIM-listed broker and investment bank Numis more than tripled annual profits the day after it was inaugurated in the top three of London's mid-cap brokers. The broker yesterday was confirmed as having the third most FTSE 250 clients
Read moreThursday tips round-up: Sage, Numis and Tesco
6th Dec 2012 06:46
Tempus writes that business solutions provider Sage, which enjoys a market rating a little more than 13 times this year's earnings that would be more appropriate to a fast-growth business, seems to have gone ex-growth. Two points stand out from yesterday's results. One, a positive, that Sage is doi
Read moreNumis research shows falling relevance of bank financing for small companies - UPDATE
5th Dec 2012 11:01
Public equity has been 'a key source' of financing for small and mid-cap companies in the UK over the past 12 months, according to research published by Numis Corporation on Wednesday. The survey, conducted jointly by Numis Corporation and the London Stock Exchange, involved polling the views of 20
Read moreVectura director exercises options after milestone payment
28th Sep 2012 17:17
Shares of Cambridge-based Vectura rose after it confirmed the Japanese government has approved its Seebri inhalation capsules used in inhaler devices. The shares rose 2p to 86.5p, on news that government clearance will trigger a £2.5m milestone payment for Vectura from its partner Novartis. Whethe
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