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City of London Investment Group: Strong markets and merger support dividend hike

City of London Investment Group plc (LON:CLIG) has announced a trading statement covering its second-quarter FUM and first-half financial performance. These are excellent, even allowing for the boost that the..

Real Estate Credit Investments: Portfolio repayments fund enhanced return pipeline

The key messages from Real Estate Credit Investments Ltd (LON:RECI) November quarterly investor update, interim results and end-December factsheet are i) RECI’s asset selection and management make it defensive to..

Cerillion accelerating demand for BSS/OSS systems favouring the company

Cerillion plc (LON:CER) is the topic of conversation when we caught up with Janardan Menon Equity Research Analyst at Liberum. Q. Cerillion has issued a press release announcing a major..

Pantheon International: The real costs of public vs. PE ownership

Pantheon International plc (PIN) In this note, we use some high-profile, mainly hostile, bid situations to illustrate the “agency” costs that can be a material drag on the performance of..

Volta Finance: Seven yield uplifts

In this note, we explore the dividend yield uplift that Volta Finance plc (LON:VTA) offers investors. It is generated from six asset yield uplifts inherent to its model, including: i)..

Shield Therapeutics: Reassessing the US opportunity

Shield Therapeutics plc (LON:STX) is a commercial-stage company delivering specialty products that address patients’ unmet medical needs, with an initial focus on treating iron deficiency (ID). Feraccru®/Accrufer® has been approved..

Neodecortech: Upgrade following strong trading

Neodecortech (NDT) has announced that the strong trading in 3Q had continued into 4Q and it expected to significantly outperform its baseline projection from the summer. We have upgraded our..

Serinus Energy ‘should be in for a very busy 2021’ say Arden Partners

Serinus Energy plc (LON:SENX) recently released an operational update, reporting on the progress of the company’s various work programmes on its assets in Romania and Tunisia. DirectorsTalk Interviews caught up..

Escape Hunt’s “digital and remote products are likely to see continued strong demand after the pandemic” says Zeus Capital

Escape Hunt plc (LON:ESC) digital and remote offerings have experienced stronger than expected demand, particularly from corporates restricted from physical events, including multi-nationals looking to bring teams together in different..

BR Review: Sovereign IHT Solution

Sovereign IHT Solution is a non-AIM/unquoted Business Relief product. It is an Alternative Investment Fund, which will invest wholly into Sovereign Media Management Limited. The latter will purchase and develop..

Redde Northgate “robust H1 performance” says Zeus Capital

Redde Northgate plc (LON:REDD) has come through the COVID crisis in very good shape so far. We expect minimal impact on the former Northgate business from “lockdown 2.0”, a strong..

Advanced Oncotherapy: Leveraging the modularity of LIGHT

Advanced Oncotherapy plc (LON:AVO) goal is to deliver an affordable and novel PT system, called LIGHT, based on state-of-the-art technology developed originally at the world-renowned CERN. Over the past two..

Purplebricks Group interims prompt Zeus Capital upgrades

Purplebricks Group plc (LON:PURP) interims to 31 October, confirm the 8% rise in instructions to 35,387 (1H last year: 32,850) and net cash of over £75m (as set out in..

OnTheMarket “we expect revenues to grow strongly in 2021/22” says Zeus Capital

OnTheMarket plc (LON:OTMP) announces that following “continued operational progress and strong consumer engagement, the Company now expects to deliver revenues and adjusted operating profit above market expectations for the current..

Marshall Motor Holdings outperforms the market in another robust update (Interview)

Marshall Motor Holdings plc (LON:MMH) is the topic of conversation when Mike Allen, Head of Research at Zeus Capital joins DirectorsTalk. Mike talks us through the highlights from the trading..

Oakley Capital Investments NAV: conservative, robust and with growth upside (Interview)

Oakley Capital Investments limited (LON:OCI) is the topic of conversation when Mark Thomas joins DirectorsTalk. Mark explains why he called his report note NAV: conservative, robust and with growth upside,..

Marshall Motor Holdings: Driving through lockdown 2.0

Marshall Motor Holdings plc (LON:MMH) trading in Q420 has proven to be more resilient than management expected despite the national lockdown during November. As a result, following the strong Q320..

DWF Group “organic growth returning back to positive territory” says Zeus Capital

DWF Group plc (LON:DWF) has announced solid trading for H121. Group revenues were well flagged and slightly higher than indicated +15% YOY with activity levels returning to pre-Covid norms and..

Arbuthnot Banking Group: Acquisition of Asset Alliance

We have long argued that Arbuthnot Banking Group plc (LON:ARBB) strong funding and capital position give it a competitive advantage in doing cheap deals in uncertain markets. On 10 December..

JTC Group “market leading EBT platform” says Zeus Capital

JTC Group plc (LON:JTC) has agreed to acquire RBC CEES Limited, the market leading employee benefits platform, for £20m cash subject to regulatory approval expected in early 2Q 2021. CEES..

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