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Market forces weigh on Hansard

Fri, 21st Sep 2012 14:01

Long-term savings provider Hansard said continued instability in the Eurozone weighed on new business sales and, it warned, damaging market forces show few signs of abating.As at 30 June assets under administration fell to £1m for the year ended June 30th 2012 from £1.2m before. In 2011 investment income came in as a £112.9m profit but, for the year ended June 30th 2012, it recorded a £145.7m loss. Single premium new business sales more than halved to £51.3m compared to £109.1m the year before. Regular premium new business sales increased to £124.4m during the period from £112m earlier. "New business levels in the first two months of the financial year reflect the cautious stance of policyholders and are significantly below the level of the corresponding period in the prior year. However the board expects new business to gather momentum in the second quarter on the back of new product launches and also more positive investment market conditions."IFRS profit after tax fell to £11.2m during the year from £16.5m. Chief Executive Leonard Polonsky said: "In line with our new business strategy we continued to invest in regular premium flows and to focus on growth markets." He cautioned: "Single premium business remains constrained by market volatility and the instability in the Eurozone that shows few signs of abating. While the economic environment remains challenging, we have a robust strategy in place and are successfully developing the business in the growth markets of the Far East and Latin America."Hansard has recommended a final dividend payment of 8p, unchanged from last year.CJ
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26 Sep 2013 08:23

Hansard Global lauds underlying strength as one-offs hit annual profits

Litigation payments and the closure of its continental European business held back profit growth at long-term savings specialist Hansard Global. The FTSE SmallCap listed firm, which provides life assurance wrappers to independent financial advisers and their clients, saw its statutory post-tax prof

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29 Jan 2013 17:07

STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-UK small caps close flat

The FTSE Small Caps index closes flat, with the FTSE 250 index down 0.2 percent, and the FTSE 100 index up 0.7 percent. Hansard Global gains 9 percent after the long-term savings specialist issues solid first-half new business figures, which Panmure Gordon says are very close to its foreca

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29 Jan 2013 15:03

Hansard Global posts strong performance

Hansard Global's 'buy' rating was reiterated after the group revealed strong growth during the last half of 2012. Analysts at Panmure Gordon and Co restated the rating on stocks with a $2.54 price target. Shares were up 8.06% to 114.00p at 15:14 Tuesday as financial services business posted an inc

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4 Jan 2013 11:28

Friday share tips: Jupiter, Hansard Global, Man

On about 14.5 times' forward earnings, the fund management sector does not look cheap, against 11-plus for the rest of the market and following large gains in their share price last year. But if you believe that equities are heading upwards it offers a way, by careful selection, of gaining exposure

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13 Nov 2012 17:04

Diageo Chief sells 50,000 shares

Diageo's Chief Executive Officer, Paul Walsh, sliced a chunk off his stake in the drinks giant with the sale of 50,000 shares on Monday. The transaction follows the company's purchase of a stake in Indian spirits group United Spirits Limited (USL). Diageo said on Friday that it is to acquire a 27

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2 Oct 2012 16:19

CLS Executive Chairman sells by tender 368,000 shares

Sten Mortstedt, the Executive Chairman of CLS Holdings, a property investment company, has sold by tender 368,371 shares in the company on behalf of himself and his family. The shares were tendered for up to and including the pro rata entitlement of one ordinary share for every 76 ordinary shares

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21 Sep 2012 15:48

Travis Perkins big wheel shovels out shares

Arthur Davidson, the Divisional Chairman of Specialist Merchanting at builders' merchant Travis Perkins, sold two lots of 5,000 shares on Friday. In the first tranche, the director sold the shares at 1,085.23p for a total of £54,262, and in the second the other 5,000 at 1,089p for £54,450. Follow

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23 Feb 2012 14:52

Hansard's AuM falls

Hansard, a specialist long-term savings provider, reported a fall in assets under administration from the first half of the year to the second. Assets under administration dropped from £1,230m at June 30th 2011 to £1,051m at 31 December 2011, but the firm saw a rise in new business sales of regula

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11 May 2011 06:44

Wednesday tips round-up: IHG, Johnston Press, Ashtead

InterContinental Hotels (IHG) was the toast of investors yesterday after it delivered a buoyant performance in the US, which accounts for about two-thirds of its profits. For the quarter just ended, IHG registered a 35% rise in operating profits to $112m. Total revenues jumped by 9% to $396m over th

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24 Feb 2011 16:28

Divi hike reflects Hansard's confidence

Specialist long-term savings provider Hansard Global saw assets under administration rise to £1.30bn at the end of 2010 from £1.13bn six months earlier. The company said the present value of new business premiums in the six months ended 31 December rose to £114.5m from £73.5m in the corresponding p

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27 Jan 2011 12:11

Small caps round-up: CPL, Eaga, Forte Energy...

Irish recruitment group CPL Resources grew profit before tax by 64% in the half-year to 31 December thanks to "tight cost control coupled with strong top line growth". Pre-tax profit of €3.9m was up from €2.4m in 2009 and 33% higher than the first six months. Sales were up 22% to €111.9m and 14% be

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4 Nov 2010 13:59

Round-up: Pace, Hansard Global...

Set-top box maker Pace has snapped up Belfast-based Latens Systems, a software company that specialises in the payTV market. The consideration is £28.8m cash, with £10m of that deferred and payable in 2012 depending on performance. Life group Hansard Global's new business premiums rose by 58% to £5

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29 Jul 2010 07:31

Hansard Global GBP166.3M FY New Business, Marginally Up On Year

LONDON (Dow Jones)--Hansard Global PLC (HSD.LN), a specialist long-term savings provider, said Thursday that for the year ended June 30, new business was GBP166.3 million, marginally above the level of last year, as anticipated (2009: GBP166.2 million), based on the Present Value of New Business Pre

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28 Jan 2010 11:25

Small caps round-up: Xcite, ReNeuron, CPL Resources

Shares in Xcite Energy jumped after the oil group said its subsidiary Xcite Energy Resources has concluded an agreement with BP subsidiary BP Oil International to market and sell Xcite's crude oil from the Bentley field in the North Sea. ReNeuron group climbed after the stem cell developer said Pha

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