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Alpha Group

August 2025

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Alpha’s shares soared 55% to a new high after it announced a recommended all-cash offer from B2B payments group Corpay (NYSE: CPAY), valuing it at £1.8bn. Alpha was a main write up at just 433p in July 2017. At the time it was an FX business but since then has become a market leader in alternative bank accounts for investment managers in Europe - a capability that Corplay now intends to scale into the US and Asia. Quite a good time to accept the offer; with over US$3bn in client deposits and a significant portion of its profits driven by interest income, Alpha faced the risk of earnings pressure as interest rates began to decline. Tipped at 433p in July 2017 and added to GP3 shortly after, it’s almost a 10-bagger. Acc ...

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