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Syncona (SYNC) fund manager Chris Hollowood has hired Dr Samantha Roberts, the former chief executive of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), as his number two as the life sciences fund ramps up efforts to return £250m of capital to shareholders. Dr Roberts, who stepped down after four years from NICE in […]
Tufton Assets (SHIP) has locked in high charter rates on three more of its vessels in a further sign of the strong market conditions that boosted its annual results last week. The investment company, which has a fleet of 21 ships, said the Mia Grace, a chemical and oil products tanker, had been fixed on […]
The Investment Company (INV) has reported on its last set of annual results as a UK smaller companies investment trust run by Chelverton Asset Management. In the year to 30 June net asset value fell 7.2% to 73.9p per share with some of the decline reflecting the costs of its corporate restructuring, having appointed Dowgate […]
London-listed Vietnam funds have continued to struggle against the extraordinary market rally led by stocks in the conglomerate Vingroup. Annual results from Vietnam Holding (VNH) show it made an underlying 4.5% investment return in the year to 30 June, underperforming the 32.4% rise in the Vietnam All Share index. Shares in the £62m investment company […]
Wealth managers have become more positive on investment trusts with improved performance and a resolution of cost disclosure problems leading to better sentiment, according to a study by Research in Finance. A survey of 158 discretionary fund managers (DFMs) investing in trusts on behalf of financial planners and advisers found 28% expected to write more […]
Cordiant Digital Infrastructure (CORD) is heading for a name change after the Canadian investment group that helped launch the company five years ago resigned. Following a strategic review, Cordiant Capital Inc (CCI) has sold its 50.7% interest in Cordiant Digital Infrastructure Management LLP, a UK limited liability partnership that has provided investment advisory services to […]
Chrysalis (CHRY) has announced its first return of capital in its managed wind-down, saying it will return £25m following the £34m sale of its remaining stake in Klarna, the New York-listed credit provider. The money will be paid out tomorrow through a compulsory purchase of Chrysalis shares at 127p. Having fallen 38% this year, Chrysalis […]
HICL Infrastructure (HICL) has unveiled its first “enhancer” investment designed to boost shareholder returns, ploughing £68m into Hector Rail, the largest private rail freight operator in Scandinavia. The £2.5bn investment company is investing some of its cash resources in the Stockholm-based company alongside other InfraRed-managed funds which together will buy 100% of Hector Rail from […]
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