Baillie Gifford US Growth (USA) has received a significant boost in its AGM battle with Saba Capital after the three leading, independent proxy vote advisers supported its position in the crucial vote. The £1bn investment trust said Glass Lewis, ISS and PIRC, which institutional investors use to advise them on company votes, had all recommended […]
Caledonia Investments (CLDN) has announced that Tom Leader will retire as head of Caledonia Private Capital in December with Theo Tizard appointed as his successor. Leader has run the global investment trust’s team investing in private companies such as AIR-serv Europe, Direct Tyre Management, Blue Diamond Garden Centres and Conquip Engineering Group since 2021, having […]
Achilles (AIC), the investment company activist launched by Robert Naylor and Chris Mills after their salvaging of shareholder returns at Hipgnosis Songs two years ago, is preparing for a second round of campaigns to revive its share price and invest a cash pile that stood at nearly £17m in June. The company’s maiden annual report […]
Saba Capital has disclosed a new 5% stake in Neuberger Private Equity Partners (NBPE), increasing pressure on the £560m investment company to narrow its 28% share price discount. The filing to the London Stock Exchange on Friday is the first time the activist hedge fund has formally stated its position, although its £38.7m Saba Capital […]
Gore Street Energy Storage Fund (GSF), the £247m battery fund that last month survived a wind-down vote proposed by activist Saba Capital, has announced a two-year tolling agreement on its three Texas projects with Canada’s MAG Energy Solutions (MAG). From 19 October, MAG will manage the bidding, scheduling and dispatch of GFS’ Snyder, Sweetwater, and […]
As government bond yields have been rising, investors have re-embraced the comfort blanket of AI stocks. However, there is an increasing sense that a lot is resting on the success of AI adoption – and that may not be a slam-dunk. There are a number of global fund managers actively seeking out alternative sources of […]
Interview with Tye Bousada from EdgePoint Techtronic is a leading manufacturer of power tools and equipment, with well-known brands including Milwaukee, Ryobi and Hoover. EdgePoint’s Tye Bousada believes the company is well positioned to benefit from the shift from corded to cordless tools, where it is the market leader, while its focus on specialist, efficiency-enhancing […]
JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI) has unveiled a second year of underperformance with chair James Macpherson saying its fund managers had “underestimated the scale and market impact of the AI investment boom”. JP Morgan portfolio managers Helge Skibeli, who will retire in 2028, James Cook and Sam Witherow admitted the year to 30 June […]
Seraphim Space (SSIT) says Xona Space Systems has jumped to become its second biggest investment after a fund raising earlier this year added £52.2m to the valuation of the Californian company developing a constellation of low-orbit satellites. Seraphim invested $15m (£11.3m) from the £137m it raised in a C-share issue in May as part of […]
Baillie Gifford US Growth (USA) is urging its 13,000 private investors to vote as soon as they can to protect the investment trust from being taken over by its largest shareholder, Saba Capital. The £1bn investment company faces its third “existential” challenge from the hostile hedge fund. The US firm owns nearly 30% of the […]
Baker Steel Resources Trust (BSRT), the £142m mining fund whose shares have rallied 94% in the past year, saw its net asset value (NAV) per share fall by 8.3p, or 4.6%, to 172.4p in September. This was largely due to decreases in the listed share prices of Tungsten West and Blue Moon Metals. At 132p […]
A “resilient” first half performance saw ICG Enterprise Trust (ICGT) post a 3.3% total investment return in the six months to 31 July. At a time when markets are gripped by the rapid rollout of artificial intelligence and unnerved by rising inflation and government debts, the £1.3bn private equity portfolio said its growth was driven […]
Partners Group Private Equity (PEY) has entered a managed wind-down after 99.9% of shares voted at yesterday’s extraordinary general meeting were in favour of realising all the assets of the £457m investment company. The vote on turnout of just over 62% follows the decision of 74.1% of shareholders to choose to exit through a new […]
Fidelity International recorded net outflows from its active ETFs in the third quarter of 2026, bucking a wider trend that saw billions of dollars pour into rival products across Europe. European active ETFs attracted $13.1bn of net inflows between July and September, according to ETFBOOK data reported by ETF Stream. Equity strategies accounted for $9.5bn […]
Xtrackers is seeking shareholder approval for a wholesale overhaul of one of its smallest US equity ETFs, replacing a minimum-volatility strategy with exposure to American small- and mid-cap companies. The Xtrackers MSCI USA Minimum Volatility UCITS ETF currently tracks an MSCI index of large- and mid-cap US companies selected and weighted to reduce volatility. Under […]
Ashoka India Equity (AIE) has asked shareholders to overlook the “minor setback” of a 5.9% fall in net asset value after a difficult year exacerbated by high energy prices caused by the US-led war on Iran. The £416m investment trust outperformed the MSCI India index which fell 8.5% in the 12 months to 30 June […]
CG Asset Management has promoted portfolio manager Emma Moriarty to the investment team on its £802m flagship Capital Gearing Trust (CGT). Moriarty (above), a former senior economist at the Bank of England, will become a co-manager of the multi-asset, capital preservation fund alongside CGAM’s founder Peter Spiller and co-chief investment officer Chris Clothier. This will […]
Update: Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies (BASC) has decided to call it a day and offer shareholders a rollover into rival JPMorgan US Smaller Companies (JUSC). Concluding a strategic review that he revealed in July, chair Stephen White said shareholders would also have the option of an uncapped cash exit at 99.25% of net asset […]
Saba Capital has increased its position in Grainger (GRI), the £1.2bn residential landlord, to 9.2% from 8.9%. The activist hedge fund first disclosed a stake of 5% in June in the build-to-rent developer. Mike Ashley, founder of Frasers (FRAS), the Sports Direct owner, bought 4.2% in May. Onward Opportunities (ONWD), the £57m UK smaller companies trust […]
Fidelity International is targeting a threefold increase in its European active ETF assets over the next two years, as it looks to challenge JPMorgan’s dominance of the rapidly expanding market. The asset manager currently oversees almost $17bn in European active ETFs, making it the region’s second-largest provider. Samantha Ricciardi, Fidelity’s head of EMEA, has described […]
Schroder Japan (SJG) fund manager Masaki Taketsume is confident he can continue to generate attractive returns, while cautioning that performance may moderate after the £442m investment trust achieved a 41.2% total gain in the year to 31 July. The annual results showed the underlying growth in net asset value (NAV) easily beat the 29.3% rise […]
Fidelity Emerging Markets (FEML) has hailed its stunning 92.3% investment return for the year to 30 June as a “resounding vindication” of fund managers Nick Price and Chris Tennant. The total underlying return on net asset value (NAV) smashed the impressive 48.2% return from the MSCI Emerging Markets index and drove a 99.3% total return […]
HgCapital Trust (HGT) has bagged an £18m gain on the £71m sale of its stake in Gen II Fund Services. The New York-based global fund administration company has been bought for $5.1bn by private equity giant KKR from Hg, manager of HGT, General Atlantic and other minority investors. The uplift for HGT represents an increase of […]
Partners Group Private Equity (PEY) looks set to enter a managed wind-down after nearly three quarters of shareholders chose to sell their holdings in the company’s proposed reconstruction. Chair Peter McKellar said holders of 74.12% of the company’s shares had chosen to take the new realisation share class offered by his board in the summer […]
“Existential” warnings dominated the news last month. Despite that ominous overhang, technology and smaller company trusts rallied in September, but it was a tougher month for interest rate sensitive real estate and private equity funds. September’s top risers Our tables show the total one-month return from an investment company’s share price in the middle column, […]
UK-listed property shares suffered another difficult month in September as stubborn inflation, elevated interest rates and renewed pressure on bond yields continued to weigh on the sector. The average share price fell 3% in September, excluding Abrdn European Logistics Income (ASLI), whose 36.4% decline reflected capital being returned to shareholders as part of its managed […]
Sirius Real Estate (SRE), the £1.3bn Anglo-German business park investor, achieved 11.3% rent roll growth year on year in the six months to 30 September. Nearly half, or 5.1%, of this came from organic growth and the rest from £150m defence-related and self-storage investments. After repaying a €400m corporate bond in June, the group has […]
WisdomTree has launched two actively managed ETFs that use autocallables to target defined levels of return, bringing a strategy more commonly associated with structured products into the UCITS ETF market. The WisdomTree Defined Return Autocallable EUR Active UCITS ETF (DRTN) is targeting an annualised net return of 8% to 9% over the medium to long […]
Is AI the only driver of future growth, or are there other opportunities on the horizon? Scottish Mortgage managers Tom Slater and Lawrence Burns explain how patience, culture and adaptability shape their search for exceptional long-term investments. Capital at risk.
Yesterday saw the launch of the third annual QuotedData Investors’ Choice Awards and, once again, we are asking you to get involved and vote for the investment companies and ETFs that you think are deserving of recognition. There are plenty of investment awards out there but ours are, quite deliberately, a little different. Most investment […]
