Challenger bank Aldermore kicks off new wave of stock flotations September 22, 2014 Challenger bank Aldermore wants to raise more than £75m in a stock market flotation, the small business and mortgage specialist announced yesterday. The flood of initial public offerings (IPOs) earlier this year had dried up with the combination of uncertainty over the Scottish referendum and the annual summer slowdown. But after last week’s No vote, [...]
Aldermore boss Phillip Monks says he doesn’t want to pay dividends September 22, 2014 If you go to the big banks’ annual general meetings you can be sure to meet angry investors. They turn up every year to complain that dividends are too low or even non-existent, and the banks’ managers are failing to provide the returns they need on their savings. So Aldermore’s boss Phillip Monks might be [...]
Challenger bank Aldermore announces plans to IPO September 22, 2014 Five-year-old Aldermore Bank has today announced plans to list on the stock market, saying it wants to raise £75m "to support the medium-term growth of the business". The bank, which focuses on lending to small businesses and homeowners, was one of several "challenger banks" launched during the recession when its founders saw a gap in [...]
Aldermore: We have outgrown challenger label April 2, 2014 ALDERMORE’S chief executive yesterday claimed the lender has outgrown the challenger bank label and is a now a well-established player in the market. The bank reported profits of £22.4m in 2013 yesterday, smashing its previous earnings of £1.5m in 2012. Its lending volumes soared by 64 per cent in the year to £3.4bn, which is [...]
Aldermore enters securitisation market in £330m mortgage deal March 25, 2014 CHALLENGER bank Aldermore is selling off £330m of prime residential mortgages in its first ever securitisation, the lender said yesterday. The bank wants to reduce its reliance on the Bank of England’s Funding for Lending Scheme (FLS) and raise funds to increase its lending volumes. Mortgage-backed securities got a bad name in the financial crisis [...]
Aldermore plans £1bn growth per year to challenge big lenders July 31, 2013 FOUR year old bank Aldermore hopes to grow its balance sheet by up to £1bn each year as it takes advantage of the larger lenders’ consolidation to seize market share, the lender’s chief told City A.M. yesterday. The bank recorded an operating profit of £9.2m in the first half of the year, up from £1m [...]