LONDON (ShareCast) - David Barron, the Director of Investment Trusts and Product Strategy at Miton Group, an AIM-listed fund management company, has purchased 280,000 group shares.

Barron spent 45.58p on each of the shares, spending a total of £127,624.

The deal comes a month after the firm posted said annual pre-tax profit slipped despite net revenue jumping 29.3% year-on-year. The group also revealed that its assets under management at the year-end had soared from £1,786m to £3,098m.

The group explained that during the year, it stepped up its investment strategies, delivering "significant" organic growth.

It also reported a "good start" to the current year, and said it looked forward to "a year of further progress".


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Blackstar Group SE (DI) (BLCK)
Director name: Mr Andrew Bonamour
Amount purchased: 361,980 @ 65.00p
Value: £235,287

Miton Group (MGR)
Director name: Mr David Barron
Amount purchased: 280,000 @ 45.58p
Value: £127,624

Hazel Renewable Energy VCT 1 (HR1O)
Director name: Mr Ben Guest
Amount purchased: 91,739 @ 108.91p
Value: £99,913

Hazel Renewable Energy VCT 1 (HR1O)
Director name: Mr Michael Cunningham
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Value: £99,912

Afren (AFR)
Director name: Mr Iain McLaren
Amount purchased: 30,000 @ 142.80p
Value: £42,840

Hansa Trust (HAN)
Director name: Mr Lord Oxford
Amount purchased: 1,850 @ 928.00p
Value: £17,168

Hansa Trust 'A' Non Voting Shares (HANA)
Director name: Lord Borwick
Amount purchased: 1,850 @ 904.00p
Value: £16,724

Sinclair Is Pharma (SPH)
Director name: Mr Robert Stuart Swanson
Amount purchased: 50,000 @ 30.50p
Value: £15,250

W H Ireland Group (WHI)
Director name: Mr Rupert J G Lowe
Amount purchased: 10,000 @ 108.00p
Value: £10,800


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Amount sold: 30,000 @ 108.00p
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