Square Mile adds investment trusts to Academy of Funds
The fund research house has given ratings to 18 closed-ended funds
investment trusts
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US Solar Fund widens investment policy
Allowing investment into ‘development-stage assets’
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Digital 9 Infrastructure board rejects shareholder’s call for strategic review
Aqua Ventures had demanded a review by 3 November, or it will call an EGM to replace the trust’s board
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Hawksmoor mulls investment trust exposure in Q3 ‘frustration phase’
‘We are in a very difficult phase for investment trusts in general’
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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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Hipgnosis rival suitors ‘could not justify’ paying higher price than Blackstone-backed bid
$440m (£359m) bid for a fifth of the trust’s portfolio to be voted on this week
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Q&A with Temple Bar’s Ian Lance: Why it’s time for value to shine
We ran some questions past Ian Lance, co-fund manager of Temple Bar Investment Trust
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Stifel analysts warn of ‘breakdown’ between Hipgnosis board and manager as trust launches strategic review
Ahead of looming continuation vote
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JP Morgan’s Elliott: What will it take for investment trust discounts to narrow?
The investment companies sector is enduring another tough year
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Abrdn proposes merger of Smaller Companies and Shires Income investment trusts
ASCI’s average discount over the last 12 months stands at 13.2%
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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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Hipgnosis Songs scraps dividend after hit to expected royalty payments
Retroactive payments plummeted 54% to $9.9m (£8.1m) following an industry-wide decision by US Copyright Royalty Board
