Posts tagged: Burford Capital
Wednesday, 15 January 2020, 1:10 pm
Fresh details have emerged about the Saudi Arabian group that has built up a shareholding in Burford Capital, the embattled litigation funder.
Mithaq - which recently disclosed a 5.1pc stake in Burford Capital - is a backed by the Al-Rahji family, according to Betaville's people in the Gulf...
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Friday, 27 December 2019, 6:05 pm
As you can imagine it's rather quiet in the London market today for the obvious reason - 95pc of the City of London are on holiday.
But little old Betaville never stops working. So, I was intrigued by today's TR1 filing in Burford Capital, the litigation funder that has been severely mauled by notorious short seller Muddy Waters...
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Wednesday, 7 August 2019, 9:05 am
So, for punters it would appear on this occasion 2+2 = 4.
Below is a link to the report by Muddy Waters, which is trashing Burford Capital.
http://www.muddywatersresearch.com/research/bur/mw-is-short/
But Burford Capital got the right hook in early, releasing a coruscating statement this morning on the Regulatory News Service:..
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Tuesday, 6 August 2019, 4:34 pm
Burford Capital, the litigation funder, has crashed by almost 20pc today to around £11.80 a share.
Now, there have been rumours doing the rounds that Neil Woodford has been looking to offload his shareholding via Peel Hunt but punters are today blaming another reason for the massive decline: Muddy Waters.
Yes, the famous (or infamous?) original short seller, run by Carson Block, today tweeted:..
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Wednesday, 10 October 2018, 9:04 am
One moment it was on, the next it was delayed and then it was back on track after cutting the price.
But today the circus that is the Vannin Capital float comes to an abrupt end after the company said it has pulled its float because the "volatility experienced in the equity market in the last two weeks has led to conditions that are not conducive to an IPO"...
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Thursday, 26 July 2018, 9:01 pm
Has Burford Capital bitten off more than it can chew?
Readers might remember a piece I wrote in the The Sunday Times business section a few weeks ago about how Tatiana Akhmedova had enlisted Burford Capital, the Aim-listed litigation funder, to help her recover £453 million from former husband Farkhad Ahkmedov, including a 377 ft super-yacht called Luna. Below is the link:..
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