Paul Marriage seeks £100m for patriotic investment trust in barren year for IPOs
Tellworth British Recovery & Growth Trust becomes only the second investment company launch in 2020
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Columbia Threadneedle faces four departures from £7bn UK property team
M&G also recently lost a veteran property fund manager
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SDL’s planned Buffettology investment trust hires four directors
Former Franklin Templeton fund manager among appointees
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Hargreaves Lansdown blames trading system for customers losing out on Tesla
Crest outage also blamed for Bank of England delaying gilt auction
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Coronavirus weekly round-up: Priti Patel forbids mingling amid Covid spike and BoE hints at negative rates
Four investors mull the events shaping portfolios over the past week
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Video: Barry Norris shorts Covid vaccine companies due to ‘speculative bubble’
Argonaut manager describes pinning hopes on a vaccine as ‘naïve’
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Rise of ESG ETFs piles pressure on active rivals
But some argue that limited leverage means less engagement on climate and green issues
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Alexander Darwall takes investment trust stake to £26m after ditching Grenke
European Opportunities manager last topped up his personal holding after Wirecard blew up
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James Harries tasked with raking in assets as he yanks Securities Trust of Scotland from Martin Currie
Troy manager lands £235m mandate as open-ended fund starts to gain traction after his exit from BNY Mellon IM
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UK Smid managers come back fighting after being tarred by Brexit and Covid sell-off
Miton UK Smaller Companies and SDL Free Spirit have outshined large-cap counterparts since markets bottomed
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Alexander Darwall bins another top holding following short attack
German financial regulator investigates Grenke mere months after the Wirecard scandal
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John Davies: Taking the temperature of post-Covid VCT valuations
These are far from usual times – so should VCT investors consider a different approach to normal?
