Secondary Recommendation

Aldermore - Fast growing challenger bank filling gap in lending market

May 2015

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Aldermore has a bright future ahead and with shares in the challenger bank expected to join the FTSE-250 following the next quarterly review on 3 June, there could be an immediate lift from the tracker funds.Its timing for floating on the Full List could not be more prescient, with the UK enjoying strong economic growth and healthy jobs creation. The credit crunch might seem a fading memory but according to a Government report one consequence is that small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) face a huge credit gap between supply and demand of c. £26bn-£59bn by 2016. This “lending shortfall” reflects the still battered finances of bailed out banks, Lloyds and Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and also Government re ...

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