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Company Profile

  • Business description

    Burford Capital Ltd is a finance firm providing litigation finance, insurance, and risk transfer, law firm lending, corporate intelligence and judgment enforcement, and a wide range of investment activities. It operates in two segments: Capital provision, which is the provision of capital to the legal industry or in connection with legal matters, both directly and through investment in the group's managed funds; Asset management and other services, which includes the provision of services to the legal industry, including litigation insurance; and other corporate. The geographical segments include the United States, United Kingdom, Singapore, Hong Kong, China, and, Australia.

  • Contact

    Hirzel Street
    Oak House
    St Peter Port GY1 2NP
    GGY

    T: +44 1481723450

    E: info@burfordcapital.com

    https://www.burfordcapital.com

  • Sector

    Financial Services

    Stock type

    Cyclical

  • Industry

    Asset Management

    Fiscal Year End

    31 December 2024

    Employees

    161

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Markets

Index
Last price
Change
% Change
All Ordinaries 7,970.80 74.90 0.95%
CAC 40 7,992.87 14.36 0.18%
DAX 40 18,497.94 1.15 0.01%
Dow JONES (US) 38,686.32 574.84 1.51%
FTSE 100 8,275.38 44.33 0.54%
HKSE 18,079.61 150.58 -0.83%
NASDAQ 16,735.02 2.06 -0.01%
Nikkei 225 38,487.90 433.77 1.14%
NZX 50 Index 11,867.29 310.08 2.68%
S&P 500 5,277.51 42.03 0.80%
S&P/ASX 200 7,701.70 73.50 0.96%
SSE Composite Index 3,086.81 4.86 -0.16%

Market Movers

Name
Last price
Change
% Change
Scentre Group SCG 3.15 0.05 1.61%
Mirvac Group MGR 1.96 0.03 1.29%
Telstra Group Ltd TLS 3.47 0.03 0.87%
Alumina Ltd AWC 1.90 0.08 4.41%
Vicinity Centres VCX 1.95 0.04 2.09%
Patriot Battery Metals Inc PMT 0.87 0.02 1.75%
Pilbara Minerals Ltd PLS 3.79 0.01 -0.26%
Stockland Corp Ltd SGP 4.50 0.04 0.90%
Zip Co Ltd ZIP 1.14 0.02 1.79%
Sayona Mining Ltd SYA 0.05 0.00 9.76%