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Companies
H R Owen
Automotive Retailers
Following major restructuring, HR Owen principally comprises its luxury cars business involving franchises for Bentley, Rolls-Royce, Ferrari, Maserati, Lamborghini and Bugatti. It also operates aftersales franchises for Audi, BMW/Mini and Lotus.
Hambledon Mining
Mining
Hambledon Mining is a gold mining and exploration company, which operates the Sekisovskoye gold mine close to Ust Kamenogorsk in East Kazakhstan.
Hampson Industries
Aerospace & Defence
Hampson is the largest manufacturer of composite tooling and assembly systems for global aerospace. It manufactures highly engineered components and assemblies for airframe and engine applications using advanced lightweight materials.
Hansteen Holdings
Property
Hansteen Holdings invests in industrial properties located across Europe, including Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, France and the UK. Its strategy is to acquire high-yielding industrial property with low capital values and a broad spread of tenants. Recent purchases in Germany are likely to be balanced by acquisitions in the UK during 2010.
HarbourVest Senior Loans Europe
Investment Companies
HSLE invests in the senior secured loans of private equity backed European mid-market companies with the objective of achieving a high level of income and capital growth, over time, while preserving capital. HSLE does not invest in distressed loans.
Hargreaves Lansdown
Financials
Hargreaves Lansdown distributes investment products and attracts high-quality earnings derived from the value of investments under administration or management. It implements a unique direct selling model with below average industry costs, and has maintained high retention rates despite difficult market conditions.
Healthcare Locums
Consumer Support Services
Healthcare Locums is a recruitment agency providing temporary and permanent staff to the healthcare and social care sectors.
Helius Energy
Alternative Energy
Helius Energy identifies, develops, owns and builds biomass generation projects in the UK.
Henderson Fledgling Trust
Investment Trusts
Henderson Fledgling Trust (formerly known as Gartmore Fledgling) plc seeks long-term growth in capital and dividends from investment predominantly in the constituents of the FTSE Fledgling Index.
Henderson Group
Investment Companies
Henderson Group is the holding company of the investment management group Henderson Global Investors, with assets under management of £56.4bn (at 30 June 2010).
Highland Gold
Mining
Highland's assets comprise an operational mine, three development projects and six exploration areas.
Hiscox
Financials
Hiscox is an international specialist insurer/reinsurer domiciled in Bermuda. Its strategy is characterised by the balancing of higher margin but more volatile catastrophe exposed business with less volatile local speciality insurance.
Holidaybreak
Travel & Leisure
Holidaybreak is a leading UK education, leisure and activity travel group.
HSBC Infrastructure Company
Investment Companies
HSBC Infrastructure Company is a long-term investor in infrastructure (eg health, education, transport) projects, predominantly in their operational phase and yielding steady returns. The portfolio has 33 investments, all but one UK or EU PFI/PPP projects. The intention is to grow by acquisition and diversify internationally into new markets in mainland Europe, Canada and Australia.
Hybrigenics
Pharmaceutical & Healthcare
Hybrigenics is a French drug development company that also provides yeast two-hybrid services to companies and academic institutions. Its lead drug, inecalcitol, is in Phase II and is being developed for prostate cancer and severe psoriasis.
H&T Group
General Retailers
H&T is a leading UK pawnbroker and jewellery retailer, with 102 branches. It also offers alternative financial products to customers not catered for by traditional providers.
Hammerson
Property
Hammerson is a leading European real estate investment trust. It operates in the UK and France (34% of the portfolio by value) and creates value by the development and active management prime shopping centres, retail parks and offices.
Hansen Transmissions
Alternative Energy
Hansen Transmissions manufactures gearboxes for industry and wind turbines. It is the leading player alongside Siemens-owned Winergy; the next closest competitors are Bosch and PE-owned Moventas.
HarbourVest Global Private Equity Limited
Investment Companies
HarbourVest Global Private Equity Limited (HVPE) is a Guernsey closed ended investment company that aims to provide long-term capital appreciation through a private equity portfolio well diversified by vintage year, geography, industry and strategy.
Hardy Underwriting
Financials
Hardy Underwriting Bermuda is a specialist insurer/reinsurer operating in London and Bermuda. It writes mainly shorter-tail risks across a range of classes with recent strong growth in property insurance and reinsurance.
HBM BioVentures
Investment Companies
HBMN aims to generate long-term capital gains through direct investments in emerging private and public companies in biotechnology, human medicine, diagnostics, medical technology and related areas.
Helical Bar
Property
Helical Bar is an entrepreneurial property developer and investor with a strong track record. It holds a stable portfolio of investment assets, income from which covers overheads and finance costs. These are intensively managed to maximise income and value. A development strategy focused on London and Poland seeks to capitalise on the higher profits available at different stages of the cycle.
Helphire
Financials
Helphire is engaged in the provision of non-fault accident management assistance and related services; the main income being derived from replacement vehicle hire and the financing of vehicle repairs
Henderson Global Trust
Investment Trusts
Henderson Global Trust's (formerly Gartmore Global Trust) investment objective is long-term capital growth from a concentrated portfolio of international equities, with a secondary objective being to increase dividends. The manager aims to outperform by at least 2% the composite benchmark, which comprises 50% FTSE All-Share Index and 50% Morgan Stanley Capital World Index ex UK, within a target tracking error of not more than 5%.
Henderson International Income Trust
Investment Trusts
Henderson International Income Trust's investment objective is to provide a high and rising level of dividends as well as capital appreciation over the long term from a focused and internationally diversified portfolio of securities outside the UK. Performance is measured against the MSCI World Ex-UK Index (sterling adjusted). HINT does not invest in issuers whose securities, at the time of investment, are only traded in the UK.
Hightex Group
Construction & Building Materials
Hightex designs and installs large area architectural polymer membrane structures for roofs and facades and operates worldwide.
Hogg Robinson Group
Consumer Support Services
Hogg Robinson is a major global player in corporate travel services.
Howden Joinery Group
Industrial Support Services
Howden manufactures, sources and distributes kitchens and joinery products to trade customers – primarily small local builders in the UK – from a network of almost 500 depots.
Hunting
Industrial Support Services
Hunting is an energy service provider to national and international oil and gas companies. The group is a global provider of upstream oil and gas equipment.
