A Swiss investment firm known as Mercatura...

A Swiss investment firm known as Mercatura Trust revealed it owns a 6% interest in Gibraltar Financial. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Mercatura said it has accumulated the stock as an investment and wants representation on the board of directors to help Gibraltar “improve its business.” The total purchase price of the stock was $9.28 million. A spokesman for Beverly Hills-based Gibraltar Financial termed the investment “constructive and friendly.” Mercatura Trust is headed by private investor Dieter Neubronner.