Burford Capital
About: Burford Capital Ltd is a finance firm providing litigation finance, insurance, and risk transfer, law firm lending, corporate intelligence and judgment enforcement, and a wide range of investment activities. It operates in two segments: Principal Finance, which allocates capital to legal finance assets from its balance sheet, primarily as capital provision assets and in limited scope through interests in private funds managed by the company; Asset management and other services, which includes the provision of services to the legal industry, including litigation insurance; and other corporate. The geographical segments include the United States, United Kingdom, Singapore, Hong Kong, China, and, Australia.
Employees: 160
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of 7,425 funds
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Analysts bullish %
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
57% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 33 | Existing positions closed: 21
27% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 11 [Q3] → 14 (+3) [Q4]
17% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 63 | Existing positions reduced: 54
15% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $5.72M | Put options by funds: $4.98M
7% more funds holding
Funds holding: 166 [Q3] → 178 (+12) [Q4]
0.56% less ownership
Funds ownership: 52.5% [Q3] → 51.94% (-0.56%) [Q4]
30% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $5.62B [Q3] → $3.92B (-$1.7B) [Q4]
Research analyst outlook
We haven’t received any recent analyst ratings for BUR.
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 4 articles about BUR published over the past 30 days
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PRNewsWire
17 hours ago
Legal Finance in Practice: Expert Perspectives on Managing Legal Risk, Cost and Uncertainty
New edition of The Burford Quarterly explores how GCs, law firm leaders and private equity professionals are using finance tools to manage high-stakes litigation NEW YORK , April 30, 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 the top trends at the nexus of law and finance. As legal finance continues to be used as a transformative resource for both corporations and law firms, this edition provides data, analysis and expert commentary on industry developments.
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PRNewsWire
20 hours ago
Burford Announces Date for Release of 1Q25 Financial Results and Results Call Registration and Participation Details
NEW YORK , April 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Burford Capital Limited ("Burford"), the leading global finance and asset management firm focused on law, today announces that it will release its financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2025 ("1Q25") on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, at 8.00am EDT / 1.00pm BST. Burford will hold a conference call for investors and analysts at 9.00am EDT / 2.00pm BST on Wednesday, May 7, 2025.
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PRNewsWire
2 days ago
Burford Capital Limited Additional Definitive Proxy Soliciting Materials
NEW YORK , April 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The following information is being shared by Burford Capital Limited ("Burford", "we", "us" or "our") with holders of its ordinary shares beginning on April [28], 2025 in response to a recommendation by Institutional Shareholder Services ("ISS") in connection with the proposals included in Burford's definitive proxy statement (the "2025 Proxy Statement"), which was filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on April 3, 2025 and is available at https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1714174/000171417425000070/0001714174-25-000070-index.htm . ISS has recommended that shareholders vote against the re-election of two directors, namely Christopher Halmy (the Vice Chair and putative Chair in 2027) and Robert Gillespie.
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PRNewsWire
2 weeks ago
New Burford Capital Research Reveals Significant Opportunities for Businesses through Patent Monetization
Nearly 8 in 10 in-house lawyers say their companies are leaving value on the table NEW YORK , April 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Burford Capital, the leading global finance and asset management firm focused on law, today releases new research on patent monetization, a means for businesses with significant intellectual property to generate revenue from patent assets through licensing, direct enforcement and corporate divestitures. With high research and development costs, long development timelines and intense IP competition, CFOs and GCs are faced with the challenge of seeking greater value from their companies' patent portfolios without diverting capital from core business operations.
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PRNewsWire
1 month ago
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT RELATES TO THE DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION THAT QUALIFIED OR MAY HAVE QUALIFIED AS INSIDE INFORMATION WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 7(1) OF THE MARKET ABUSE REGULATION (EU) 596/2014 AS IT FORMS PART OF DOMESTIC LAW OF THE UNITED KINGDOM BY VIRTUE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (WITHDRAWAL) ACT 2018, AS AMENDED
Open Market Purchases and Cancellation of 2025 Bonds NEW YORK , March 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Burford Capital Finance LLC (the "Issuer"), a special purpose financing vehicle and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Burford Capital Limited ("Burford"), hereby announces that, as of March 14, 2025, it has purchased in open market transactions an aggregate of $57,214,400 principal amount of its 6.125 per cent. US-dollar-denominated bonds due August 12, 2025 (ISIN: XS1756325228) (the "2025 Bonds").
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PRNewsWire
1 month ago
Intended Purchases of Ordinary Shares in Connection with the Deferred Compensation Plan
NEW YORK , March 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Burford Capital Limited ("Burford"), the leading global finance and asset management firm focused on law, today announces that, on March 17, 2025, Burford's board of directors authorized a share repurchase program for Burford's ordinary shares, no par value per share ("Ordinary Shares"), to repurchase up to a maximum aggregate amount of $20.0 million (the "Share Repurchase Program") in connection with Burford's future obligations under the Burford Capital Deferred Compensation Plan. The aggregate number of Ordinary Shares that may be acquired pursuant to the Share Repurchase Program may not exceed 21,864,608 Ordinary Shares under the authority granted to Burford by the shareholders at the annual general meeting held on May 15, 2024 (the "General Authority").
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PRNewsWire
1 month ago
Notification Of Transactions By Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities
NEW YORK , March 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Burford Capital Limited ("Burford"), the leading global finance and asset management firm focused on law, provides the following notification of various transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities (each, a "PDMR"). Investment by Executive Officers in Burford's Ordinary Shares On March 6 and 7, 2025, certain executive officers used their respective cash compensation to invest in aggregate over $17.5 million in Burford's ordinary shares of nil par value ("Shares") through the Burford Capital Deferred Compensation Plan.
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Seeking Alpha
1 month ago
Burford Capital Limited (BUR) Q4 2024 Earnings Call Transcript
Burford Capital Limited (NYSE:BUR ) Q4 2024 Earnings Conference Call March 3, 2025 10:00 AM ET Company Participants Josh Wood - Head, IR Chris Bogart - CEO Jon Molot - CIO Jordan Licht - CFO Conference Call Participants Mark DeVries - Deutsche Bank Julian Roberts - Jefferies Alex Bowers - Berenberg Operator Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by. At this time, I would like to welcome to today's Burford Capital's Fiscal Year 2024 and Fourth Quarter 2024 Financial Results Conference Call.
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PRNewsWire
1 month ago
Burford Reports 4Q24 and FY24 Financial Results
NEW YORK , March 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Burford Capital Limited ("Burford"), the leading global finance and asset management firm focused on law, today announces its preliminary unaudited financial results for the three months and the year ended December 31, 2024 ("4Q24" and "FY24", respectively). The full detailed presentation of Burford's 4Q24 and FY24 financial results, as well as a shareholder letter and detailed portfolio data table, can be viewed at http://investors.burfordcapital.com.
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PRNewsWire
2 months ago
Burford Announces Date for Release of 4Q24 and FY24 Financial Results and Previews Changes to Financial Reporting Framework
NEW YORK , Feb. 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Burford Capital Limited ("Burford"), the leading global finance and asset management firm focused on law, will release its financial results for the three months ended December 31, 2024 ("4Q24"), and the year ended December 31, 2024 ("FY24"), on Monday, March 3, 2025, at 7.00am EST / 12.00pm GMT. Additionally, Burford today previews changes to its financial reporting framework in conjunction with becoming a US domestic issuer effective as of January 1, 2025.
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