3i, once a member of the FTSE-100, today is in the FTSE-250, is a major UK investor.
Found in just after the war in 1945, to help with post war re-construction, and floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1994.
Today it is classed as an Investment Trust, and is a major investor as a Private Equity Investor, with numerous funds under management in Business Services, Consumer, Healthcare, Industrial, also a lender as it has a major Debt finance arm and also a major investor in the Infrastructure sector.
Private Equity Portfolio worth £2,531m
Infrastructure Portfolio with £528m
Total Assets Under Management of £10,493 million = £10.4 Billion.
The Top 10 investments by 3i PLC are:
3i Infrastructure plc UK valuation of £403m
Action Benelux Earnings valuation of £301m
Quintiles US Quoted valuation of £145m
Xellia Norway Sales valuation of £142m
ACR Singapore Industry metric valuation of £118m
Element Materials Technology Benelux Earnings valuation of £117m
Foster + Partners UK Other valuation of £108m
Hilite International Germany Earnings valuation of £108m
Mayborn UK Earnings valuation of £100m
Mémora Spain Earnings valuation of £82m
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As shown above, one can see the financials.
Largest shareholders:
BlackRock, Inc 11.01 %
UBS Global Asset Management 4.79 %
Artemis Investment Management LLP 4.65 %
Sherborne Investors (Guernsey) B Limited 44.93 %
Legal and General Group plc 3.15 %
A company whose role is to invest. Investment creates wealth, prosperity and jobs.