UK small caps: Depressed for a reason, or at the cusp of a multi-year supercycle?
The host of headwinds battering UK smaller companies has prompted a crisis of faith among investors. Is the sector down and out or on the cusp of a supercycle?
Author: Lauren Hardy
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Ardevora’s Hugh Rittner to join Chikara Investments’ business development team
Appointment comes as part of the firm’s expansion plans
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St James’s Place net inflows halve as Jefferies lists stock as ‘buy’
New CEO Mark FitzPatrick will review ‘all elements of the business’ as he plans for 2030
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‘The perfect moment doesn’t exist’: Rathbones’ Thomson on imposter syndrome, his three best investments and keeping calm
The manager of the £3.6bn Rathbone Global Opportunities fund reflects over his 20 years of running the portfolio
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Abrdn confirms 500 redundancies in cost-cutting ‘transformation plan’ amid £12.4bn outflows
£150m of costs will be cut across the business over two years
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Hipgnosis Songs Management refuses to scrap call option as row continues
Bidder incentive fee vote comes amid the board’s allegations of ‘cherry-picking’ by Hipgnosis Songs Capital
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Ben Whitmore’s boutique named as Brickwood Asset Management
The firm’s registered office is in St James’s Park, Westminster
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Ontario Teachers’ completes majority stake purchase of 7IM from Caledonia Investments
Agreement was first announced in September last year
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Liontrust suffers £1.7bn of net outflows in Q4 due to ‘negative investor sentiment’
The firm’s UK retail funds and model portfolio service was hardest hit, having suffered a net outflow of £1.4bn
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Trading tantrums: Should DIY platforms stop treating investors like children?
In restricting access to certain funds and trusts, are platforms making an assumption that DIY investors are incapable of grown-up value assessments?
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UK annual wage growth falls below estimates to 6.6%
60 basis points below the ONS’s growth figures released last month
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Ardevora to stop managing money for external investors
Capital will be returned to all clients