TwentyFour Income Fund (TFIF) is “deeply saddened” to announce the death of Joanne Fintzen, its senior independent director. Fintzen, who also served on the board of JPMorgan Claverhouse (JCH), was a solicitor and former European general counsel for Citigroup Alternative Investments. She joined the debt fund’s board as a non-executive director in 2019. Home REIT […]
Gore Street Energy Storage (GSF) has survived the attempt by Saba Capital to wind up the battery fund but has seen a big vote against its chairman. Nearly 56% of votes at today’s annual general meeting in London were against the activist hedge fund’s resolutions to discontinue the company and sell its assets. Turnout was […]
City of London (CTY), the biggest UK equity income investment trust, enjoyed a good year to 30 June with the mostly blue-chip portfolio keeping up with the rally in the FTSE All-Share and the company announcing a record 60th consecutive rise in annual dividends. Janus Henderson fund managers Job Curtis and David Smith delivered a […]
Ian Hargreaves, former lead manager of Invesco Asia Dragon (IAD), will retire from Invesco Fund Managers Limited next March after more than 30 years with the firm. Hargreaves was lead manager of the former Invesco Asia Trust from March 2011 to May 2024 before sharing the role with Fiona Yang, who will continue in her […]
Schroder Asian Total Return (ATR) fund managers have sounded the alarm over a potential bubble in Korean and Taiwanese technology stocks as well as the US artificial intelligence developers they supply, amid renewed signs that the immense capital spending on AI may be waning. Half-year results showed the £638m investment trust benefited from the boom […]
Gresham House Energy Storage (GRID) has rejected the call from PrimeStone Capital for the £565m battery fund to put itself up for sale saying its recovery strategy is working. Having consulted extensively with other shareholders since PrimeStone published its open letter on 30 June, GRID chair John Leggate said he had received strong support for […]
Update: Simon Bennett, chair of Alternative Income REIT (AIRE), has resigned after Glenstone director Adam Smith returned to the real estate investment trust’s board after winning control of the company last week. Smith, who stepped down from the AIRE board in July as Glenstone’s bid grew increasingly hostile, returns as a non-executive director with Stephanie […]
Biotech Growth (BIOG) rebounded from July’s 3% pullback with net asset value (NAV) recovering with a 7.9% gain in August. This drove the shares 8.5% higher although the £308m investment trust fell behind the 9.8% advance in the Nasdaq Biotechnology due to not holding Moderna. Its shares surged 150% last month after a late-stage trial […]
London-listed technology trusts beat a retreat today on fears the breakneck speed of development in artificial intelligence could be halted with growth stocks further challenged by the prospect of the US central bank starting to raise interest rates this week. Manchester & London (MNL) fell 5%, or 50p, to 940p, Polar Capital Technology (PCT) slid […]
An 86% write-down in the valuation of drug developer Ensoma cast a shadow on an otherwise bright set of half-year results from RTW Biotech Opportunities (RTW). RTW said Ensoma, a Boston-based rare disease specialist, was the biggest detractor to its performance in the first half of the year. The reduction of what had been a […]
