Japanese small caps: Too many cooks
Japan has twice as many listed companies as the world’s largest equity market, and the Tokyo Stock Exchange is determined to cull the dead wood
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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
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Major PRS REIT shareholders call for board shake-up
Investors including Harwood Capital, CCLA and Waverton are seeking to remove board chair Stephen Smith and NED Steffan Francis
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AVI hires abrdn’s Helen Mattia as head of investment trust sales
Mattia joins after five years with abrdn
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‘Back to the Dark Ages’: Industry calls for FCA consultation amid trust test-taking woes
Platforms requiring retail investors to undertake knowledge tests before buying certain trusts is bruising the already-ailing sector
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AVI launches open-ended version of AVI Global Trust
AVI Global Trust trades at 9.5% discount despite 66.9% return over five years
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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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AVI introduces two UCITS funds to mirror global and Japan trusts
Funds will be overseen by Joe Bauernfreund
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Hipgnosis shareholders reject £440m portfolio sale and continuation
Board to put forward proposals for ‘reconstruction, reorganisation or winding-up’
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AVI urges Hipgnosis shareholders to vote against ‘truly dreadful’ proposed portfolio sale
And will vote against continuation at 26 October AGM and EGM
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Tyndall adds AVI’s Cuthbertson to investment committee
She recently joined AVI as co-manager of MIGO Opportunities Trust
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Premier Miton ousted as investment manager for MIGO Opportunities Trust
Asset Value Investors to take over the mandate as former co-manager Charlotte Cuthbertson joins the team
