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NEW YORK , Feb. 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Burford Capital Limited ("Burford" or the "Company"), the leading global finance and asset management firm focused on law, today announces it will host an Investor Day on Thursday, April 3, 2025, in New York City, which will also be webcast live and available for replay. The presentation is scheduled to begin at 9.00am EDT.

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NEW YORK , Jan. 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Burford Capital, the leading global finance and asset management firm focused on law, today releases its latest Burford Quarterly, a journal of legal finance that explores top trends at the nexus of law and finance. This Burford Quarterly  examines the innovative ways in which businesses and law firms are reimagining their financial strategies around commercial disputes.

NEW YORK , Dec. 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Burford Capital Limited, the leading global finance and asset management firm focused on law, today announces that, in connection with the Burford Capital 2016 Long Term Incentive Plan (the "LTIP"), on December 23, 2024, it has issued 528 new ordinary shares, no par value per share ("Shares"), to satisfy the vesting of restricted stock units pursuant to the realization of awards under the LTIP on December 20, 2024. Application will be made for these 528 new Shares to be admitted to trading on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange plc.

The consensus price target hints at a 45.5% upside potential for Burford Capital (BUR). While empirical research shows that this sought-after metric is hardly effective, an upward trend in earnings estimate revisions could mean that the stock will witness an upside in the near term.

Burford Capital's Q3 2024 results show strong realized gains and cash receipts, with capital provision income tripling year-over-year on a Burford-only basis. Net realized gains reached record annual levels, despite only nine months of data, while cumulative IRR slightly decreased to 26% due to COVID-19 delays. Asset management income remains weak, but management promises future improvement; new commitments and deployments are trending lower, though Q4 is expected to be stronger.

Nearly two in three GCs expect legal fees and expenses to exceed $4 million per energy transition case NEW YORK , Nov. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Burford Capital, the leading global finance and asset management firm focused on law, today releases new research entitled "Energy transition disputes: GCs and senior lawyers on the business impacts of legal challenges to come," which demonstrates how businesses are preparing for a likely rise in legal disputes related to the global energy transition. This transition―or the shift to renewable sources of energy―is likely to cause an increase in expensive commercial disputes.

The mean of analysts' price targets for Burford Capital (BUR) points to a 42.6% upside in the stock. While this highly sought-after metric has not proven reasonably effective, strong agreement among analysts in raising earnings estimates does indicate an upside in the stock.

Burford Capital Limited (NYSE:BUR ) Q3 2024 Earnings Conference Call November 7, 2024 10:00 AM ET Company Participants Christopher Bogart - Chief Executive Officer Jonathan Molot - Chief Investment Officer Jordan Licht - Chief Financial Officer Conference Call Participants Mark DeVries - Deutsche Bank AG Alexander Bowers - Barenberg Julian Roberts - Jefferies Operator Thank you for standing by and welcome to the Burford Capital's Third Quarter 2024 Financial Results Conference call. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise.

NEW YORK , Nov. 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Burford Capital Limited, the leading global finance and asset management firm focused on law, today announces the pound sterling conversion rate for its previously declared interim dividend for the year ending December 31, 2024 of 6.25 US cents per ordinary share to be paid on December 5, 2024 to shareholders of record as of November 1, 2024. For shareholders electing to receive their dividend in pound sterling, the interim dividend is 4.845352 pence per ordinary share, based on the exchange rate of £1 = US$1.289896 set on November 6, 2024.