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Brian Moretta ...
  • Mark Thomas
  • Martin Hall
  • Mike Foster
  • Nigel Hawkins
  • Paul Mylchreest
  • Paul Singer

The Monthly: September 2020

In the September 2020 Hardman & Co Monthly, Nigel Hawkins, Hardman’s Infrastructure and Renewables Specialist, analyses how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted both stock markets in general and certain sectors in particular. Whilst the FTSE-100 has regained around half of the loss it sustained in March 2020, many sectors still remain very weak.
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Advanced Oncotherapy

Advanced Oncotherapy is focused on providing radiotherapy systems for cancer treatment through the use of a proton therapy technology. Co. operates in two business segments: proton therapy and healthcare related properties. The healthcare related property U.K. segment relates to Co.'s property in Folkestone, which is being marketed for sale.

Arbuthnot Banking Group

Arbuthnot Banking Group is primarily involved in banking and financial services. Co. is organized into three main operating segments: Retail banking (associate), which incorporates household cash management, personal lending and banking and insurance services; U.K. Private banking, which incorporates private banking, commercial banking and wealth management; and Group Centre, which is comprised in Co.'s Group Centre management. As of Dec 31 2016, Co.'s total assets were £1.27 billion.

Arix Bioscience

Arix Bioscience is a healthcare and life science company focused on generating value from the development and commercialization of technologies and discoveries. Co. was formed in response to opportunities in the healthcare and life science sector brought by the growing number of new therapies and technologies, driven by scientific innovation. Such innovation is increasingly led by small businesses, and Co. aims to provide a solution to the volatility of the funding market available to such businesses, as well as providing operational and strategic support.

City Of London Investment Group

City of London Investment Group is the holding company for a number of subsidiaries. The principal operating subsidiary is City of London Investment Management Company Limited, which acts as an investment manager on 38 accounts with a total of £3.58 billion under management as at June 30 2017. Co. is an asset management group with an institutional client focus specializing in Emerging Market closed-end fund investments. Co.'s range also include Developed, Frontier and Global Tactical Asset Allocation closed-end fund strategies.

Genedrive

Genedrive is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. is a molecular diagnostics business developing and commercializing a point of care diagnostics platform for the diagnosis of infectious diseases and for use in patient stratification (genotyping), pathogen detection and other indications. Co.'s Genedrive® is a patented small polymerase chain reaction platform which enables rapid nucleic acid amplification and detection from various sample types, including plasma, sputum and buccal swabs. Co. also provides contract research services to drug development companies under the Epistem brand name.

ICG Enterprise Trust

ICG Enterprise Trust is an investment trust. Co. is a private equity investment company focused on buyouts in developed markets. Co. invests in private equity funds and also directly in private companies. As of Jan 31 2017, Co.'s total investment portfolio amounted to £594.3 million.

Non-Standard Finance

Non-Standard Finance is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. is engaged in the provision and servicing of secured and unsecured personal instalment loans.

Palace Capital

Palace Capital is a property investment company that focuses on commercial real estate outside London. Co. invests in refurbishment and capital development programmes within the existing portfolio to unlock capital growth, as well as invests in commercial real estate in the U.K. Co.'s property portfolio includes investment properties located throughout England, predominantly regional investments outside London and comprises a diverse portfolio of commercial buildings.

Pantheon Resources

Pantheon Resources is engaged in the investment in oil and gas exploration and development. Co. operates in the U.K. through its parent undertaking and in the U.S. through subsidiary companies. Co. operates in two reportable segments: USA and Head Office. Non-current assets, income and operating liabilities are attributable to the USA, whilst most of the corporate administration is conducted through Head Office. As of June 30 2017, Co. held 58% working interest in the VOBM#1 & VOBM#2H wells in Polk County. Co. also held 75% working interest in VOBM#4 in Tyler County.

Tissue Regenix Group

Tissue Regenix Group is a medical technology company. Co. is engaged in the development of regenerative products to create replacement native tissue using biological (human and animal) materials. With its platform technology dCELL®, Co. is focusing on the treatment of patients with wound care, orthopaedic and cardiac applications. The dCELL® technology allows Co. to process both human and animal tissues, removing DNA and cellular material but leaving intact an acellular matrix within which the patient's own cells can repopulate and regenerate, creating like for like tissue.

Yew Grove REIT

Yew Grove REIT PLC. Yew Grove REIT plc is an Ireland-based company that operates as a real estate investment trust. The Company's investment objective is to provide shareholders with long-term income from a diversified portfolio of property comprising primarily commercial real estate located in geographic target market. Its portfolio includes office and industrial assets let to government entities, state bodies and other foreign direct investment (FDI) companies, as well as corporate. It primarily focuses on properties located in Dublin city (other than the Dublin CBD); within the Dublin Catchment Area, and in IDA Ireland Business and Technology Parks.

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Brian Moretta

Mark Thomas

Martin Hall

Mike Foster

Nigel Hawkins

Paul Mylchreest

Paul Singer

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