Pacific Horizon calls on investors to vote against liquidation
7th Sep 2011 13:53
Cash-strapped investment trust Pacific Horizon has released a statement calling on its investors to vote against the liquidation of the company. The directors have proposed that the life of the company be extended for a further five years, but said if this move was not voted through it would propo
Read moreTed Baker finance boss trousers £2m
4th Jul 2011 16:21
Ted Baker's finance boss Lindsay Page has slashed his holding in the fashion retailer, pocketing £2m in the process. He offloaded 250,000 shares at 800p a pop, but still has nearly 44,000, or about 0.1% of the company. Ted Baker has been doing well despite the tough economic climate; the shares ha
Read morePacific Horizon lags its benchmark
11th Mar 2011 15:50
Asia-Pacific and India-focused investment trust Pacific Horizon saw its net asset value (NAV) per share rise 10.8% in the six months to 31 January 2011, a performance that lagged its benchmark index, the MSCI All Country Far East excluding Japan, which rose by 14.6% in sterling terms over the same p
Read moreBabcock chairman buys
11th Nov 2010 16:54
Babcock non-executive chairman Mike Turner has invested £57,000 in the engineering support services provider following its interim figures earlier this week. Turner acquired 10,000 shares at 572.74p each. That takes his stake to 30,000 shares. Turner has been Babcock chairman for two years, join
Read moreSchroders executives pocket option gains
17th Nov 2009 15:51
Two executive directors of asset manager Schroders have taken up options and sold most of them for large profits. Chief executive Michael Dobson took up options over 1,802,033 non-voting shares, of which 906,285 were at nil cost and the rest at prices of 705p, 483p and 398p a share. The total cost
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