Secondary Recommendation

Alpha FX - Fast growing corporate FX business

June 2017

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When I see management voluntarily agreeing to a three year lock in on a new IPO, I take note. One such company that joined AIM with a bang is Reading-based Alpha FX (AFX; 358p).Alpha FX has literally been a breath of fresh air in the corporate foreign exchange market. The comment I am seeing time and time again is that most corporates who trade internationally tend to seek advice from their relationship bank. That advice is often poor and limited to just directional estimates of future FX rates and the finance director then ends up placing intermittent FX trades; initiative and common sense often give way to an emotional response to what is happening in the world at the time. AFX offers a hybrid advisory ser ...

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AlphaFX - Placing to raise new money (May 2020)

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Alpha FX - Forecasts upgraded - again! (November 2019)

Alpha FX - Eps upgraded by 9% again (August 2019)

AlphaFX - Ready to knock the ball out of the park (May 2019)

Alpha FX - Forecasts 40% higher than at IPO (February 2019)

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AlphaFX - Set to beat even upgraded expectations (October 2018)

Alpha FX (August 2018)

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Alpha FX - Second eps upgrade since August (February 2018)

Alpha FX - Attracting world class clients (October 2017)

Alpha FX - 17% upgrade to forecast (August 2017)

Alpha FX - Plans assault on Europe (July 2017)

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