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| Midas merger puts it on AIM |
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Liverpool based fund manager Midas Capital Partners has completed a reverse takeover of AIM-listed fund and wealth management company Imia MitonOptimal, creating a new quoted company with its headquarters in Liverpool. Midas management will take control of the key roles at the newly merged fund management business, Midas Capital plc. The deal is thought to value Midas, which was set up by majority shareholder Simon Edwards almost six years ago, at about £100 million and creates a firm with £3bn of funds under management.Midas’s investors include Alchemy Partners chairman Jon Moulton, leisure and property entrepreneur Trevor Hemmings, and fund manager and billionaire Mark Coombs. Edwards and his senior management team will reinvest £20 million of the cash raised back into the funds they manage. Edwards said, “Our confidence in the investment products of the merged group is demonstrated by the Midas management team’s commitment to reinvest a substantial proportion of the cash received, into these products. “With the depth and experience of talent within the merged group, we view the future with optimism.”       |
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