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Prudential Chairman keeps the faith

Paul Manduca, the Chairman of Prudential, the FTSE 100 life insurance company, this week showed his faith in the company with the purchase of 20,000 shares following a hefty fine levied by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) at the end of March. Manduca, who became Chairman in July of last year

Departing Xstrata CFO sells hefty chunk of shares post-exercise

Trevor Reid, the soon-to-depart Chief Financial Officer of mining group Xstrata, has traded in 1.44m shares after deciding not to take up the equivalent of his current position at the enlarged company following the merger with Glencore International. Reid, who sold the shares post-exercise, dispos

Premier Foods director bites again

Ian Deste, group sales director at struggling firm Premier Foods, has served himself up a helping of shares. The director purchased 186,746 shares 5.20p just a few weeks after the firm's bankers agreed to defer the company's end-of-year loan covenant tests by three months, in a move which forms pa

Bramson tightens hold on FCAM

Activist investor Edward Bramson effectively staged a board room coup earlier this year at F&C Asset Management, but having installed himself as chairman, he has continued to build up his interest in the company. On Friday, he acquired a beneficial interest of 200,000 shares in the asset management

Burberry non-exec invests £60,000

Burberry non-executive Stephanie George has bought £59,500 worth of shares in the luxury clothing company. George bought 5,000 shares at 1189.99p each. That price is just short of the 12 month high. This purchase follows the acquisition of 6,300 shares at 798.773p a share last July. That cost £1

Gooch & Housego finance boss sells stake

Gooch & Housego's finance director Andrew Boteler has sold nearly half of his holding in the optical components and systems supplier. Boteler sold 13,000 shares and his wife another 2,000 shares. They were all sold at 515p each, raising a total of £77,250. Boteler still owns 16,065 shares. Botel

Cluff finance boss invests £10,000

Cluff Gold's finance director has bought shares. Pete Gardner took up the post in October 2009 but this is the first time he has bought shares. He acquired 10,000 shares at 104.65p each, for a total outlay just short of £10,500. Gardner used to work in corporate finance for accountants PKF.

Crozier sells free ITV shares to pay the taxman

Adam Crozier, the former chief executive officer of the Football Association and Royal Mail, and now occupying the same position at terrestrial broadcaster ITV, has sold off about half his shareholding in ITV. Crozier, who joined ITV on 26 April on a base salary of £775,000 per annum plus a pension

Euromoney publisher sells

Neil Osborn, the publisher of Euromoney magazine, has sold nearly half of his stake in financial publisher and events organiser Euromoney Institutional Investor. Osborn sold 25,000 shares at 460p a share, which raised £115,000. Osborn is left with 27,675 shares. Last February, Osborn exercised o