F&C Investment Trust boosts cash levels sixfold as volatility ramps up
World’s oldest investment trust divests from global small caps and sheds more big US growth stocks in interim period
Private Equity
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Axa merges private market businesses
Unified group would manage circa €20bn in assets
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European PE investor buys Ascot Lloyd
IFA firm is currently owned by US investor Oaktree Capital Management, which bought Sanlam’s wealth operations in 2021
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Is there such a thing as a ‘good’ performance fee?
‘It should not be like winning the lottery – you want managers to outperform the following year, not think about early retirement’
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Scottish Mortgage lands buy rating despite starting 2022 with 15% fall
‘Taking a contrarian view, the shares are starting to look interesting’
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Schroders trust rebalances away from Woodford portfolio with third fresh private holding
Woodford Patient Capital Trust was handed to Schroders almost two years ago
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FCA takes forward plans to create long-term asset funds for illiquid assets
City watchdog is still examining whether the structure is appropriate for UK retail investors
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Wealth managers shift to alternatives as bonds offer low returns
More than two thirds of wealth managers have added new asset classes in the past three years
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Literacy Capital duo: Large cap private equity rush leaves opportunities at small end
Video: Father and son duo also explain how trust donates 0.9% of assets every year to UK literacy charities
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Private equity managers defend sector following backlash from Morrisons buyout
Comes after major shareholder LGIM warns against private equity firms taking over supermarket chain for ‘the wrong reasons’
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Private equity trusts languishing on double-digit discounts despite rebound in risk appetite
Investors’ attraction to private assets has grown thanks to the likes of Scottish Mortgage
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Quilter shares jump on reports of private equity interest
Warburg Pincus had shown interest in the UK wealth manager all the way back in 2016