Investment trusts: Time to take the bull by the horns
Investment trusts should not be waiting around for languishing demand to return – boards must create it for themselves
Investment Trusts
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CQS Natural Resources announces tender offer after Saba engagement
The trust has proposed a tender offer of up to 100% of its shares following talks with activist investor Saba Capital.
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Drax declines to raise HEIT bid
Leaving Foresight’s 92.4p per share offer as the HEIT board’s recommended option
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Matt Bennison appointed co-manager of Schroder Income Growth fund
Alongside Sue Noffke, while fees cut and volatility reduction measures announced
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Do platforms need to redefine their communication with shareholders?
Saba’s attempts to exploit low shareholder engagement using its large shareholdings revealed a vulnerability platforms must address
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Middlefield Canadian Income to adopt Saba’s ETF proposal
Shareholders will vote on rolling their investment into an ETF structure
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BlackRock American Income becomes first trust to adopt systematic strategy
The new AI-led approach will drop fees from 0.7% to 0.35% following a period of underperformance
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Fidelity Japan opens to bids for potential merger
It received proposals from several interested parties following AVI Japan Opportunities bid earlier this month
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BlackRock Frontiers and Latin American make manager changes
Amid changes to BlackRock’s global emerging markets team
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Saba Capital to exit ESCT through tender offer
European Smaller Companies Trust will launch a tender offer for up to 42.5% of its shares after talks between the board and Saba
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LondonMetric tables £674m bid for Urban Logistics REIT
17% premium to SHED’s share price
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Fund manager profile: aberdeen’s Maclean on the enduring value of the Dunedin Income Growth trust
Investment director Rebecca Maclean talks about why the trust is measuring up in turbulent markets due to its quality approach setting a high bar