LONDON (ShareCast) - (Sharecast News) - Ashmore Group revealed on Friday that director Tom Shippey had disposed of 205,073 ordinary shares in the FTSE 250-listed asset manager.
Shippey, who was appointed to the board of Ashmore in 2013, sold the shares on Wednesday at an average price of 369.60p each, for a total value of £757,949.83.

Earlier in September, Ashmore posted a jump in full-year assets under management as it benefited from a positive investment performance as economic activity picks up.

In the year to the end of June 2021, AuM rose 13% to $94.4bn, with an investment performance of $9.6bn and net inflows of $1.2bn. Pre-tax profit rose 28% to £282.5m and the company declared a final dividend of 12.1p a share, taking the total dividend for the year to 16.9p, in line with 2020.

As of 1630 BST, Ashmore shares were down 1.35% at 365.20p.

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