Schroder UK Mid Cap trust announces strategic measures
Reducing management fee and refreshing buyback policy
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Neil Hermon to retire from Janus Henderson after 23 years
Indriatti Van Hien will succeed the ‘well-known and well-regarded UK small-cap manager’ in running the Henderson Smaller Companies trust
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TILLIT scraps Darwall’s European Opportunities trust over ‘structural challenges’
Its shift of investment strategy, ‘disrupting’ tender offer and pressure from activist shareholders has led to ‘waning confidence’
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Confluence: Flexible retail disclosure has positives, but CCI framework comes with ‘dangerous quirk’
Confluence senior product manager Lewis Davison explores some of the nuances around the FCA’s new retail disclosure framework
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Trust Talk: Gravis managing director William MacLeod on the CCI consultation
Gravis managing director William Macleod discusses why he believes investment trusts should not fall under the new regime’s scope
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Harmony Energy Income Trust receives offer from Foresight
HEIT shareholders will receive 84p per share, should the deal complete
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Schroder British Opportunities to ditch public equity investments
A quarter of the trust’s portfolio will be sold to focus on private markets, if the change in mandate is approved by shareholders
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Data centres and deglobalisation: Inside £420m Utilico Emerging Markets portfolio
Jacqueline Broers discusses the trends shaping the Utilico Emerging Markets portfolio
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Macro matters: Is IA Latin America in terminal decline?
The sector could face closure just four years after it was launched as the number of funds dwindles
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Retail investors overtake institutions as largest trust owners
Retail buyers now own 36% of shares as the ‘steady holders of investment trusts’ dropped their allocations to the sector
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BlackRock American Income remodels fees and investment objective
Proposals are subject to shareholder approval
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Saba Capital’s Schroder UK Mid Cap requisition deemed invalid
Its nominee company did not hold sufficient shares at the time of the requisition notice