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Judges Scientific to host half-year results investor webinar

Judges Scientific will host a shareholder webinar on 18 September at 4:30pm UK time to discuss results for the six months ended 30 June 2025. The presentation, led by the senior management team, will include a Q&A session, with a recording available on the company’s website afterwards. Investors can register via the provided link...

Pershing Square Holdings reports 15.5% NAV growth in H1 2025

Pershing Square Holdings delivered a 15.5% NAV increase in the six months to 30 June 2025, outperforming the S&P 500’s 6.2% return. Year-to-date through 19 August, NAV rose 17.7% with a 16.5% share price gain...

Debenhams Group secures £175m facility to support turnaround strategy

Debenhams Group has completed a new three-year funding facility of up to £175 million, extending maturity to August 2028. The agreement, led by TPG Angelo Gordon, replaces the Group’s previous £125 million facility and is expected to provide greater financial flexibility as the company delivers its multi-year turnaround strategy. Results for FY25 will be announced by the end of August 2025...

Fidelity favours investing in Chinese small and mid-cap companies (LON:FAS)

Fidelity Asian Values Investment Director Himalee Bahl highlights the Trust’s disciplined value-focused approach amid market uncertainty. By targeting undervalued small and mid-cap companies across China, Indonesia, and South Korea, the Trust avoids momentum-driven areas such as AI-related stocks in Taiwan and expensive Indian small caps...

Why Investing in UK equities remains compelling (LON:FSV)

Fidelity Special Values portfolio manager Alex Wright remains positive on UK equities as the market hits record highs. Despite strong recent returns, UK stocks continue to trade at a discount to global peers, with compelling opportunities in small and mid-cap companies...

Emerging markets investment opportunities and why invest now?

Fidelity Emerging Markets' portfolio manager Chris Tennant highlights how lower debt levels, strong reserves, early interest rate action and a weaker US dollar create favourable conditions...

European Investment Opportunities – Fidelity’s Quality Focus (LON:FEV)

FEV portfolio manager Marcel Stotzel highlights how quality companies with strong defensive characteristics can help investors navigate uncertainty and achieve long-term growth...

Ithaca Energy posts $1.1bn H1 EBITDAX and boosts dividends

Ithaca Energy has reported a strong first half for 2025, with production averaging 123.6 kboe/d, adjusted EBITDAX exceeding $1.1 billion, and operating costs reduced to $17.5/boe. The company declared a $167 million interim dividend and confirmed plans to accelerate a further $133 million payment in December, reaffirming its full-year dividend target of $500 million...

Temple Bar Investment Trust delivers 19.9% share price return in H1 2025

Temple Bar Investment Trust has reported strong half-year results to 30 June 2025, with a 14.2% NAV total return and a 19.9% share price total return, outperforming the FTSE All-Share’s 9.1%. The Trust reduced its discount to NAV to 2% and declared an increased second interim dividend of 3.75p per share, reflecting its progressive dividend policy...

Ilika hits Stereax production milestone with Cirtec, Cavendish

Cavendish frames the update as a substantial de risking event. The commissioning phase in January 2025 was a vital precursor, and the latest qualification work represents the final technical validation before production...

LondonMetric raises quarterly dividend by 7% to 3.05p

LondonMetric has declared a 7% increase in its first quarterly interim dividend for FY 2025/26 to 3.05 pence per share, payable as a Property Income Distribution. The dividend will be paid on 8 October 2025, with an ex-dividend date of 28 August 2025 and a scrip alternative available...

Convatec Group Plc launches $300m share buyback programme

Convatec has announced a non-discretionary share buyback of up to $300 million to return surplus capital to shareholders. The programme, managed by UBS AG London Branch, will run until 31 December 2025 and aims to reduce the company’s share capital, with purchased shares either cancelled or held in treasury for employee plans...

HUTCHMED completes enrollment for phase III SANOVO lung cancer study

HUTCHMED has completed patient enrollment for its Phase III SANOVO trial evaluating ORPATHYS® (savolitinib) with TAGRISSO® (osimertinib) as a first-line treatment for certain EGFR-mutated, MET-overexpressed non-small cell lung cancer patients...

DynaResource posts Q2 revenue growth and operational improvements at SJG Mine

DynaResource reported Q2 2025 revenue of $15.9m, up 43% year-on-year, with net operating income of $2.7m versus a $2.9m loss in Q2 2024. Gold sales rose to 5,712 ounces, supported by ongoing optimisation at the San Jose de Gracia Mine and new high-grade vein discoveries...

Cora Gold posts resource growth and advances Sanankoro development

Cora Gold has announced its unaudited interim results for H1 2025, highlighting a +1 million ounce Mineral Resource Estimate at the Sanankoro Gold Project in Mali, a 13% increase from 2022. The company advanced its Definitive Feasibility Study, raised £1.55m to fund development, and is engaging with authorities on a mining permit...

Firering Strategic Minerals regains control of Atex and Alliance projects

Firering has confirmed that Ricca Resources has withdrawn from its earn-in agreement, relinquishing all interests in the Atex and Alliance Lithium-Tantalum Projects in Côte d'Ivoire. Firering now holds 90% of Atex and 51% of Alliance, retains a 10.6% stake in Ricca, and is seeking repayment of funds advanced under the agreement...

International Workplace Group reports record $2.2bn revenue, boosts shareholder returns

International Workplace Group has reported record system-wide revenue of $2.2bn for H1 2025, up 2% year-on-year. Adjusted EBITDA rose 6% to $262m, while $59m was returned to shareholders through dividends and buybacks. The Group has increased its FY25 buyback target to at least $130m and expects cashflow to rise 40% to $140m...

Plus500 gains approval to open representative office in Colombia

Plus500 has received authorisation from the Colombian Financial Superintendence to establish a new representative office in Colombia, marking its first strategic expansion into Latin America...

Babcock International appoints Aedamar Comiskey as Non-Executive Director

Babcock International has announced the appointment of Aedamar Comiskey as a Non-Executive Director, effective 1 September 2025. She will serve on the Nominations, Audit and Remuneration committees, bringing extensive corporate law and board experience from her leadership roles at Linklaters and James Fisher and Sons plc...

Real Estate Credit Investments delivers £34.5m loan repayments and stable NAV

Real Estate Credit Investments posted a NAV of 143.7p per share as at 31 July 2025, with a diversified portfolio of 22 investments valued at £301.2m. During the month, two senior loans repaid in full, realising gross proceeds of £34.5m at unlevered IRRs of 8.1% and 9.3%..
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Judges Scientific to host half-year results investor webinar

Judges Scientific will host a shareholder webinar on 18 September at 4:30pm UK time to discuss results for the six months ended 30 June 2025. The presentation, led by the senior management team, will include a Q&A session, with a recording available on the company’s website afterwards. Investors can register via the provided link...

Pershing Square Holdings reports 15.5% NAV growth in H1 2025

Pershing Square Holdings delivered a 15.5% NAV increase in the six months to 30 June 2025, outperforming the S&P 500’s 6.2% return. Year-to-date through 19 August, NAV rose 17.7% with a 16.5% share price gain...

Debenhams Group secures £175m facility to support turnaround strategy

Debenhams Group has completed a new three-year funding facility of up to £175 million, extending maturity to August 2028. The agreement, led by TPG Angelo Gordon, replaces the Group’s previous £125 million facility and is expected to provide greater financial flexibility as the company delivers its multi-year turnaround strategy. Results for FY25 will be announced by the end of August 2025...

Fidelity favours investing in Chinese small and mid-cap companies (LON:FAS)

Fidelity Asian Values Investment Director Himalee Bahl highlights the Trust’s disciplined value-focused approach amid market uncertainty. By targeting undervalued small and mid-cap companies across China, Indonesia, and South Korea, the Trust avoids momentum-driven areas such as AI-related stocks in Taiwan and expensive Indian small caps...

Why Investing in UK equities remains compelling (LON:FSV)

Fidelity Special Values portfolio manager Alex Wright remains positive on UK equities as the market hits record highs. Despite strong recent returns, UK stocks continue to trade at a discount to global peers, with compelling opportunities in small and mid-cap companies...

Emerging markets investment opportunities and why invest now?

Fidelity Emerging Markets' portfolio manager Chris Tennant highlights how lower debt levels, strong reserves, early interest rate action and a weaker US dollar create favourable conditions...

European Investment Opportunities – Fidelity’s Quality Focus (LON:FEV)

FEV portfolio manager Marcel Stotzel highlights how quality companies with strong defensive characteristics can help investors navigate uncertainty and achieve long-term growth...

Ithaca Energy posts $1.1bn H1 EBITDAX and boosts dividends

Ithaca Energy has reported a strong first half for 2025, with production averaging 123.6 kboe/d, adjusted EBITDAX exceeding $1.1 billion, and operating costs reduced to $17.5/boe. The company declared a $167 million interim dividend and confirmed plans to accelerate a further $133 million payment in December, reaffirming its full-year dividend target of $500 million...

Temple Bar Investment Trust delivers 19.9% share price return in H1 2025

Temple Bar Investment Trust has reported strong half-year results to 30 June 2025, with a 14.2% NAV total return and a 19.9% share price total return, outperforming the FTSE All-Share’s 9.1%. The Trust reduced its discount to NAV to 2% and declared an increased second interim dividend of 3.75p per share, reflecting its progressive dividend policy...

Ilika hits Stereax production milestone with Cirtec, Cavendish

Cavendish frames the update as a substantial de risking event. The commissioning phase in January 2025 was a vital precursor, and the latest qualification work represents the final technical validation before production...

LondonMetric raises quarterly dividend by 7% to 3.05p

LondonMetric has declared a 7% increase in its first quarterly interim dividend for FY 2025/26 to 3.05 pence per share, payable as a Property Income Distribution. The dividend will be paid on 8 October 2025, with an ex-dividend date of 28 August 2025 and a scrip alternative available...

Convatec Group Plc launches $300m share buyback programme

Convatec has announced a non-discretionary share buyback of up to $300 million to return surplus capital to shareholders. The programme, managed by UBS AG London Branch, will run until 31 December 2025 and aims to reduce the company’s share capital, with purchased shares either cancelled or held in treasury for employee plans...

HUTCHMED completes enrollment for phase III SANOVO lung cancer study

HUTCHMED has completed patient enrollment for its Phase III SANOVO trial evaluating ORPATHYS® (savolitinib) with TAGRISSO® (osimertinib) as a first-line treatment for certain EGFR-mutated, MET-overexpressed non-small cell lung cancer patients...

DynaResource posts Q2 revenue growth and operational improvements at SJG Mine

DynaResource reported Q2 2025 revenue of $15.9m, up 43% year-on-year, with net operating income of $2.7m versus a $2.9m loss in Q2 2024. Gold sales rose to 5,712 ounces, supported by ongoing optimisation at the San Jose de Gracia Mine and new high-grade vein discoveries...

Cora Gold posts resource growth and advances Sanankoro development

Cora Gold has announced its unaudited interim results for H1 2025, highlighting a +1 million ounce Mineral Resource Estimate at the Sanankoro Gold Project in Mali, a 13% increase from 2022. The company advanced its Definitive Feasibility Study, raised £1.55m to fund development, and is engaging with authorities on a mining permit...

Firering Strategic Minerals regains control of Atex and Alliance projects

Firering has confirmed that Ricca Resources has withdrawn from its earn-in agreement, relinquishing all interests in the Atex and Alliance Lithium-Tantalum Projects in Côte d'Ivoire. Firering now holds 90% of Atex and 51% of Alliance, retains a 10.6% stake in Ricca, and is seeking repayment of funds advanced under the agreement...

International Workplace Group reports record $2.2bn revenue, boosts shareholder returns

International Workplace Group has reported record system-wide revenue of $2.2bn for H1 2025, up 2% year-on-year. Adjusted EBITDA rose 6% to $262m, while $59m was returned to shareholders through dividends and buybacks. The Group has increased its FY25 buyback target to at least $130m and expects cashflow to rise 40% to $140m...

Plus500 gains approval to open representative office in Colombia

Plus500 has received authorisation from the Colombian Financial Superintendence to establish a new representative office in Colombia, marking its first strategic expansion into Latin America...

Babcock International appoints Aedamar Comiskey as Non-Executive Director

Babcock International has announced the appointment of Aedamar Comiskey as a Non-Executive Director, effective 1 September 2025. She will serve on the Nominations, Audit and Remuneration committees, bringing extensive corporate law and board experience from her leadership roles at Linklaters and James Fisher and Sons plc...

Real Estate Credit Investments delivers £34.5m loan repayments and stable NAV

Real Estate Credit Investments posted a NAV of 143.7p per share as at 31 July 2025, with a diversified portfolio of 22 investments valued at £301.2m. During the month, two senior loans repaid in full, realising gross proceeds of £34.5m at unlevered IRRs of 8.1% and 9.3%..
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