Brooks Macdonald Share Discussion Threads

[darias] 07/1/2011 09:35

Are we going to get another RNS to state that the directors, out of the goodness of their hearts are going to sell their options to institutional shareholders as they are philanphropic like that.

[m.t.glass] 07/1/2011 09:13

This has more than quadrupled in two years

[nephie] 06/1/2011 16:15

FUM statement came out on the 19th Jan last year

[m.t.glass] 06/1/2011 10:55

And now well on its way ;o)

[m.t.glass] 04/1/2011 15:33

BRK appears to have made its long awaited breakout after a ten week sideways move (it had touched that previous 970p intraday high last Friday, for the first time in months, but with no real volume.)

[cambium] 23/12/2010 12:24

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[cambium] 22/11/2010 13:58

yep back to bed

[verymaryhinge] 22/11/2010 13:46

no obvious aquisitions, though the market rise will have helped the AUM numbers. steady as she goes...

[cambium] 22/11/2010 13:43

exactly the same happened this time last year, hopefully we will have the meteoric rise that we had this year again in the new year.

[verymaryhinge] 22/11/2010 13:35

quiet here, 'innit.

[cambium] 22/10/2010 16:01

Good evening, I trust you are well. Great times atm,

[jakleeds] 22/10/2010 15:46

Hello Cambo :-)

[cambium] 22/10/2010 15:34

welcome, finally a few peolple to talk to, I was getting very lonely

[m.t.glass] 19/10/2010 12:26

cheers sandbank. I think smarm and a few others found it before I did ;o)

[sandbank] 19/10/2010 09:55

MTG: I'd never heard of this firm until you flagged it up - so thanks a lot - and good luck in the Xmas comp!

[m.t.glass] 19/10/2010 06:21

Funds under management at 30/9, £2.426bn

That's up about 11% on fum at 30/6
which in turn was up 6.4% on the 31/3 figure.

31/3 figure was up about 11% on the 31/12 figure.

Up 31% so far in 2010
Up 45.7% on a year ago.

[verymaryhinge] 14/10/2010 06:27

really ?
which trade was institutional.. the ones of 200 shares or the 1200 ?

[cambium] 13/10/2010 15:49

new high again, insttutions back buying in the market now

[cambium] 01/10/2010 12:19

Good read across

Private client investment manager Brewin Dolphin said trading in the fourth quarter to end-September has seen commission income nearly reaching the very strong levels recorded in the comparable period last year.

The group said fee income for the quarter will reflect the level of the market on Tuesday 5th October, the day of its quarterly fee run and the increase in funds under management in real terms, which has been strong.

Total funds under management at 26th September 2010 were £23.2bn, up 13.2% from £20.5m the previous year.

Brewin said discretionary funds have grown by 10.8% in real terms comfortably ahead of the Boards' stated aim of growing discretionary funds by more than 5% p.a. in real terms.

The firm said it is looking forward to 2011 with confidence.

[verymaryhinge] 27/9/2010 07:14

I don't beleieve there are enough sellers. I think that's the point. I am very pleased to have an institutional buyer at 9+..

I think the wording was poor and ill judged, for sure.

[darias] 24/9/2010 15:59

MT Glass

Yes - I was trying to think of the correct terminology.

Many thanks.

Very Mary

I have no objection to the options, I have no objection to the selling.

It is the hypocrisy that gets me.

If instutions want the shares let them come to market. I am sure that the MMS would be only to happy to oblige!