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IP Group PLC
LON:IPO
IP Group is the UK’s most active early-stage investor in science-based companies, having developed and supported more than 600 businesses across HealthTech, DeepTech and CleanTech. The company pioneered systematic university spin out investment 25 years ago and are now the largest investor in UK university spin outs, alongside Parkwalk, its EIS fund management business. IP Group have also replicated its model in Australia.
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IP Group plays down Istesso merger speculation
IP Group has ended speculation that its subsidiary Istesso could be part of a merger agreement with Hambro Perks Acquisition Company
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Large portion of IP Group PLC portfolio 'essentially trading at zero', says broker
With the group’s valuation approaches commonly being conservative, analysts at Berenberg think the shares offer around a 40% discount to NAV
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IP Group swings to loss due to life sciences write-down
Gross cash and deposits at the end of the six-month period stand at £235.7mln
Oxford University spinout achieves fusion using 'faster and cheaper' new approach
FTSE 250-listed IP Group, which helped co-found the company, said this will add at least £57mln to the value of its stake
IP Group receives £80mln boost from Oxford Nanopore; Versarien inks virus face mask deal
IP has a near 16% share in the DNA sequencing group, which is working with health officials to roll out its LamPORE 90-minute tests that can detect coronavirus and flu
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Coronavirus: UK rolls out ‘game changer’ tests; govt mulls more bans; cruise industry haunted by infected passengers…
A round-up of Monday's major news related to the pandemic
IP Group says operations ‘largely unaffected’ by pandemic disruption
The investment firm also said it remained well financed following “record realisations” of £113.8mln in the year to date
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IP Group expects end-of-year cash exits to more than double
Cash realisations were more than £75mln in 2019, compared to £30mln the previous year
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FTSE 100 closes firmly lower as investors realise US/China trade dispute continues
The UK index of leading shares finished down over 39 points lower at 7,022.
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IP Group gets a boost as portfolio company signs collaboration deal with US pharma giant
Genomics will work alongside Vertex Pharma to develop new drugs for serious diseases, while the latter has also pumped in some money to Genomics’ latest funding round
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IP Group to pump up to £5mln into portfolio company Artios Pharma
New investors Pfizer Ventures and Novartis Venture Fund participated in the financing round
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In-video advertising group Mirriad gets £63mln float away; set to join AIM before Christmas
Mirriad’s biggest shareholder is tech investor IP Group which will still have a 27.2% stake in the company once it joins the junior market
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IP Group loses investor after China cracks down on foreign investment
Beijing Galaxy World Group was unable to receive regulatory approval for its plan to invest in IP Group
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IP Group shares rise as it ups Touchstone offer and reports a strong first half performance
The FTSE 250-listed group said Touchstone shareholders would now receive 2.2178 new IP Group shares for each Touchstone share owned, compared with its previous offer of 2.1490 shares for each Touchstone share
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Jefferies International upgrades IP Group to ‘buy’ after placing removes funding requirements, merger approach to Touchstone
In a note to clients today, Jefferies’ analysts said its ‘hold’ rating for IP Group was based on the “looming funding requirement (est. £100m in each of 17E, 18E)"
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IP Group rebuffed in merger approach to Touchstone Innovations; launches £200mln cash-raising
IP said it has irrevocable undertakings or letters of intent in support of the possible offer from shareholders representing 74.3% of Touchstone's issued share capital
FTSE edges higher, small caps help London record 40% gainers, miners sink
FTSE 100 stocks ended higher on Thursday after pulling away from flat positions at midsession while small-caps helped 40% of London’s stocks to gain – one of their best performances this year - but falling prices for copper, zinc and nickel
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Proactive news round-up: Sound Energy, ITM Power, Iofina ...
A glance at today's headlines on the Proactive newswire ...
FTSE 100 retreats as macro fears outweigh earnings news
The top-share index spurned another chance to hit an all-time high.
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Risers & Fallers: boohoo.com, Alba Mineral Resources, Galantas, SIG, IP Group, Tex Holdings
No tears at boohoo.com as it issued an upbeat trading update
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Christmas cracker Diurnal races to a premium
The speciality pharma company, a spin out from IP Group, raised around £30mln from the AIM listing and will be valued at a touch over £75mln.
Risers & Fallers: Webis, Stellar Resources, CLS, Kimberly Enterprises, Clarkson and more...
Below are the main news driven share price movements at 4pm...
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Week Ahead: HSBC - one last time before exiting stage right?
HSBC and Standard Chartered are often bracketed together because of their focus on Asian markets, and they continue their double-act this week.