AVI hires new head of Japan from Redwheel
Nicola Takada Wood will drive the AVI Japan Opportunity trust and newly-launched Japanese Special Situations fund
Nicola Takada Wood will drive the AVI Japan Opportunity trust and newly-launched Japanese Special Situations fund
Investors including Harwood Capital, CCLA and Waverton are seeking to remove board chair Stephen Smith and NED Steffan Francis
Mattia joins after five years with abrdn
Platforms requiring retail investors to undertake knowledge tests before buying certain trusts is bruising the already-ailing sector
AVI Global Trust trades at 9.5% discount despite 66.9% return over five years
In restricting access to certain funds and trusts, are platforms making an assumption that DIY investors are incapable of grown-up value assessments?
Funds will be overseen by Joe Bauernfreund
Board to put forward proposals for ‘reconstruction, reorganisation or winding-up’
And will vote against continuation at 26 October AGM and EGM
She recently joined AVI as co-manager of MIGO Opportunities Trust
Asset Value Investors to take over the mandate as former co-manager Charlotte Cuthbertson joins the team
Activist shareholder retaliates after board of Dan Loeb’s UK feeder fund rejects proposals to narrow its discount