| RNS Reach | 10 May 2021 |
Mercia Asset Management PLC
("Mercia" the "Company" or the "Group")
Publication of "The Insight" Newsletter
Mercia Asset Management PLC (AIM: MERC), the proactive, regionally focused specialist asset manager with c.£872million of assets under management, is pleased to announce the publication of the Spring edition of its quarterly newsletter "The Insight".
Mercia's Insight newsletter can be found here: www.mercia.co.uk/the-insight-2/
This second edition of The Insight includes commentary from Dr Mark Payton, CEO, on the importance of Mercia's core values in driving positive investor outcomes, an overview of Mercia's successful exits in the last year from Julian Viggars, CIO, and spotlights on Mercia's Software and eCommerce portfolios as well as its debt funds.
Dr Mark Payton, Chief Executive Officer of Mercia, commented: "We are pleased to share the latest issue of The Insight. March 2021 heralded the end of our financial year and as we publish this issue there is growing optimism, supported by early but strong evidence of economic recovery. Therefore, as much as there is plenty to reflect on, this second edition of The Insight comes at a time when we must look forward and embrace, with optimism, the opportunities that the new financial year brings."
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For further information, please contact:
| Mercia Asset Management PLC Mark Payton, Chief Executive Officer Martin Glanfield, Chief Financial Officer
| +44 (0)330 223 1430
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| Canaccord Genuity Limited (NOMAD and Joint Broker) | +44 (0)20 7523 8000 |
| Simon Bridges, Emma Gabriel |
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| N+1 Singer (Joint Broker) |
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| Harry Gooden, James Moat
| +44 (0)20 7496 3000 |
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| FTI Consulting | +44 (0)20 3727 1051 |
| Tom Blackwell, Louisa Feltes, Shiv Talwar |
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| mercia@fticonsulting.com |
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About Mercia Asset Management PLC:
Mercia is a proactive, specialist asset manager focused on supporting regional SMEs to achieve their growth aspirations. Mercia provides capital across its four asset classes of balance sheet, venture, private equity and debt capital: the Group's 'Complete Connected Capital'. The Group initially nurtures businesses via its third-party funds under management, then over time Mercia can provide further funding to the most promising companies, by deploying direct investment follow-on capital from its own balance sheet.
The Group has a strong UK footprint through its regional offices, 19 university partnerships and extensive personal networks, providing it with access to high-quality deal flow. Mercia currently has c.£872million of assets under management and, since its IPO in December 2014, has invested c.£106million gross into its direct investment portfolio.
Mercia Asset Management PLC is quoted on AIM with the EPIC "MERC".
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