Sale of public markets division to GGI
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LEI: 213800NNT42FFIZB1T09
11 June 2026
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Foresight Group agrees sale of public markets division to Guinness Global Investors
Foresight Group Holdings Limited ("Foresight", the "Group") is a leading investment manager offering institutional and retail investors a diverse range of private and listed investment solutions in real assets located in the UK, Europe and Australia, and growth capital for SME businesses across the UK and Ireland.
The Group announces that it has entered into an agreement to sell its public markets investment division, Foresight Capital Management ("FCM"), to Guinness Global Investors ("the Disposal"). The Disposal involves the transfer of all of FCM's funds, totalling approximately £1.0 billion in Assets under Management (7% of Group AUM as of 31 March 2026) and 16 employees.
The Disposal helps streamline Foresight's operating model, enabling it to focus on its core Real Assets and Private Equity businesses. FCM will be held within discontinued operations as part of the Group's full year results and, taking this Disposal into account, the Group is anticipated to meet its FY26 core EBITDA pre-SBP consensus estimates.
Completion is expected during the third quarter of 2026.
Bernard Fairman, Executive Chairman of Foresight Group Holdings Limited, commented:
"When we launched Foresight Capital Management ("FCM") as our public markets investment division in 2017, we saw an opportunity to broaden our product set by applying Foresight's deep real assets knowledge to public markets. The early success of the FCM division - growing AUM from initiation in 2017 to £1.6 billion in 2022 - reflected the size of the market opportunity at that time and the quality of our team and products. Today, however, the market opportunity has changed with ongoing challenges in this sector creating a need to operate at ever increasing scale, often through consolidation, in order to deliver attractive returns.
"It is a consequence of these factors and a desire to rationalise our business, that has led to this disposal. Going forward, Foresight will focus on private markets, deploying long duration capital across our core Real Assets and Private Equity divisions, leveraging our competitive advantages and a history of strong investment performance."
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About Foresight Group Holdings Limited
Founded in 1984, Foresight is a leading investment manager in real assets and capital for growth, operating across the UK, Europe and Australia.
With decades of experience, Foresight offers investors access to attractive investment opportunities at the forefront of change. Foresight actively builds and grows investment solutions to support the energy transition, decarbonise industry, enhance nature recovery and realise the economic potential of ambitious companies.
A constituent of the FTSE 250 index, Foresight's diversified investment strategies combine financial and operational skillsets to maximise asset value and provide attractive returns to its investors. Its wide range of private and public funds is complemented with a variety of investment solutions designed for the retail market.
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