Equity income managers size up UK’s buyback bonanza
£33bn of FTSE 100 share buybacks in Q1 2022 has already surpassed figure for the whole of 2021
Author: Kristen McGachey
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Investec maintains sell rating on ex-Woodford trust despite strategy change
SUPP’s 31% discount is comparable to HVPE and Pantheon International which ‘offer much stronger fundamentals’
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Abrdn shuts second straggling bond fund in a week
Follows hot on the heels of the closure of the ASI Short Duration Credit fund
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Ex-Woodford trust plots global pivot to tackle ‘frustrating’ discount
SUPP’s discount has widened to 37% despite progress to reduce debt and rebalance the portfolio
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RLAM and Schroders surpass rivals for fund flows in March
While investors yank more cash from Baillie Gifford and Blackrock
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FCA to require listed companies to disclose on board and C-suite diversity
‘Targets alone seldom achieve much; corporate culture change is required’
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Abrdn shuts top quartile credit fund after outflows bite
Fund has seen assets shrink by 88% over five years
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Nick Train ‘optimistic’ on LSE recovery
Rationale for Refinitiv deal looks ‘ever more compelling’
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Investors risk being wrong-footed as bond allocations slump to pre-Lehman crisis levels
‘Effectively 14 years of previous bond overweights have been already erased’
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Richard Staveley confident shareholders will back U-turn on Rockwood wind-up
Harwood has restricted voting rights to avoid conflicts of interest and sliced fees to propel trust forward
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Bank of England unlikely to change course despite signs of UK slowdown
GDP falls short of analyst expectations in February, fuelling fears of Q2 contraction
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Nick Train parts ways with publisher Pearson
Sale makes way for mystery holding to be added to Lindsell Train Global Equity