Maven Renovar VCT PLC : MRV

News

• 11 Feb 2026 2 min read

  Morning briefing: Smithson shares suspended after liquidation vote; DL Invest warns of “material loss of value” at ASLI; Maven Renovar mulls shareholder survey; Saba lifts Impax stake before tender vote; plus SHIP, SHRS-AEI, ADIG, BGFD

  Smithson (SSON) shares have been suspended after more than 99% of shareholder votes yesterday approved the liquidation of the £1.5bn investment trust ahead of its conversion to the open-ended Smithson Equity Fund. Turnout was low, however, with just 26.9% of shares in the global small-cap portfolio voted. This was the first of two general meetings […]

• 09 Oct 2025 2 min read

  Maven Renovar won’t fund raise this year as VCT stuck with AIM investment policy it doesn’t want after shareholder revolt

  Maven Renovar VCT (MRV), the former Amati AIM venture capital trust, has said it will not fund raise in the current financial year following shareholders’ failure to approve a change in the investment policy for Maven Capital Partners which it controversially appointed in May. In a revolt at the VCT’s decision to sack smaller companies […]

• 13 Aug 2025 2 min read

  Maven Renovar shareholders reject ex-manager Paul Jourdan’s election bid; board threatens to cut termination fee

  Veteran small-cap fund manager Paul Jourdan’s attempt to get on the board of Maven Renovar (MRV), the former Amati AIM VCT that sacked him and his company last year, has failed with around 60% of votes against him and fellow requisitionists at a general meeting of shareholders today. Chair Fiona Wollocombe, who has been under […]

• 01 Aug 2025 2 min read

  Morning briefing: TRIG warns dividend cover “tight” and Third Point rebels gain 24% support

  Also, Alliance Witan underperforms during a volatile first half, HydrogenOne Capital Growth changes name for its wind-down, Starwood European Real Estate Finance takes a second write-down on loans in Dublin and proxy vote adviser ISS backs Maven Renovar VCT in its fight with former fund manager. TRIG’s net asset value falls 4% Renewables Infrastructure Group […]

• 21 Jul 2025 2 min read

  Maven Renovar VCT offers dissident investors an exit, but “conflicted” former Amati manager says no

  Update: The embattled board of Maven Renovar VCT (MRV) has hit back at former fund manager Paul Jourdan’s “conflicted” bid to gain control of the £89m venture capital trust that controversially sacked him and his employer, Amati, last year.  Publishing a circular for the shareholder meeting requisitioned by Jourdan who is seeking to be elected a […]

• 17 Jul 2025 2 min read

  Chelsea Financial Services blasts “bunker mentality” of Maven Renovar VCT board

  Peter Hicks, research analyst at Chelsea Financial Services, has made an extraordinary attack on the board of the former Amati AIM venture capital trust. In a video posted on Youtube, the VCT broker makes his strongest comments yet on behalf of shareholders dismayed by the board’s decision last year to sack Amati, the UK smaller […]

• 01 Jul 2025 1 min read

  Attempt to kick out Maven Renovar VCT board

  Maven Renovar VCT’s board says it has received a letter from Paul Jourdan, shareholder and former manager of the portfolio, and a group of other shareholders seeking to convene a general meeting of the company to consider ordinary resolutions to remove the current board and appoint four replacement directors, including Paul Jourdan, in their place. […]

Data