FCA needs more time to decide fate of open-ended property funds
Wants to factor in feedback to proposals for a long-term asset fund for accessing illiquid assets
Wants to factor in feedback to proposals for a long-term asset fund for accessing illiquid assets
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A Kames Capital fund manager has welcomed news the FCA does not intend to stop investors accessing illiquid assets via open-ended funds, even after last summer’s post-Brexit panic.
Following suspensions of trading and value adjustments at most of the leading UK property funds in early July, September has seen the crisis abate to a large extent.