Premier League football club Tottenham Hotspur has given shareholders the opportunity to trade its shares on the online trading platform Asset Match.
The club's shares were initially transferred to a Match Bargaining Service from the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) in January 2012, but this created problems with transparency and liquidity for investors. How has English football and asset management evolved since 1966? Asset Match is offering investors a regulated and transparent way to quickly trade shares in the football club. Having held six online trading auctions for Spurs since March 2016, Asset Match's official launch auction for the club will be held in December 2016. Stuart Lucas, co-CEO of Asset Match, said: "Ass...
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