Zeus Capital Director of Equity Research Andy Hanson shares his thoughts with DirectorsTalk on the Watkin Jones Group (LON:WJG) who successfully launched on the London Stock Exchange AIM market. Andy talks about the history of the business, the student market, differences from peers and why it was so popular with institutional investors.
Andy Hanson is an experienced Equity Analyst and Fund Manager, joining Zeus Capital in May 2013 as an Equity Analyst covering support services and special situations. After gaining a postgraduate degree in finance, he joined a leading pan-European long short equity hedge fund. After six years investing in large cap European equities, Andy went on to manage a small and mid cap Global Growth Fund. Andy is now research director at Zeus Capital, an independent investment banking boutique, providing the highest quality advice to clients across a range of sectors and transactions. Zeus guide companies through the often complex process of making acquisitions, selling a business, management buy-outs/ins and IPOs. Zeus Capital acts as Nominated Adviser and Broker on public market admissions, along with offering continued support to AIM listed businesses.