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Alpha Group

October 2023

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  • Epic Code:
  • ALPH
  • Price:
  • 1870p
The standout in Alpha’s latest H1 was the “other income” amounting to a whopping £33m - this being the interest it received on overnight client balances.  Alpha is choosing not to include this in its reporting: H1 results excluding that income showed sales increased by 20% to £55m and pretax profit was up 9% to £20m (£53m including interest!). Net cash grew 25% in six months to over £142m. Market conditions were subdued - but that isn’t to say the two divisions went backwards - just slower. For instance, on the FX Risk Management side, chief executive Morgan Tillbrook says the rising cost of borrowing and macro uncertainty diminished corporate clients’ appetite for FX hedging. But Alpha grew the number of clients by 12% to 1,089 a ...

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