Ceiba (CBA), the £48m Cuban property fund whose shares were suspended after being hit by US sanctions last month, is to be taken over by an administrator following the resignations of its board, management team and external service providers. Ceiba said it welcomed the Guernsey Financial Services Commission’s decision to request the Royal Court of […]

CT Healthcare (CTHT) fund manager Kosta Kleyman has sounded a cautious note on prospects as ‘restrictive’ interest rates and sticky inflation threaten to weigh on the sector’s recovery. In the £69m investment trust’s first interims since Columbia Threadneedle replaced Bellevue Asset Management in March, chair Sarah MacAulay said Kleyman believed healthcare sector share prices were […]

Global X and First Trust have launched rival space-focused ETFs in Europe, adding to a rapidly expanding range of funds targeting the commercialisation of the space economy. The Global X Space Tech UCITS ETF and First Trust Bloomberg Space Economy UCITS ETF both began trading on 30 July, giving European investors new ways to gain […]

VanEck is preparing to launch an agribusiness ETF in Europe, giving investors exposure to companies operating across the global agricultural supply chain. The VanEck Agribusiness UCITS ETF has been registered with the Irish regulator, according to public filings reported by ETF Stream. The fund would enter a relatively small part of the European ETF market, […]

International Public Partnerships (INPP), the £2.5bn infrastructure fund, has written off most of its £24.1m investment in toob, the UK full-fibre broadband provider it backed at launch in 2019. INPP highlighted in June the challenges facing the UK’s altnet market and the “overbuild risk and consolidation pressure” on smaller operators like toob. It was one of […]

US Solar Fund (USF) has granted its potential buyer another 60 days of exclusivity to complete tax analysis and due diligence on the acquisition. This will expire on 16 October and extends the 90-day period the company granted on 18 May when it revealed it had received a non-binding proposal for the acquisition of the […]

Jupiter Asset Management plans to launch two active ETFs investing in emerging markets and global equities outside the US for its Origin investment arm. The UK fund manager has filed the Jupiter Origin Global Emerging Markets Active Equity and Jupiter Origin Global Ex-US Active Equity UCITS ETFs with the Central Bank of Ireland.  The emerging […]

Goldman Sachs looks primed to launch covered call exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in Europe following its $2.25bn (£1.7bn) acquisition of NEOS Investments.  NEOS, a US focused provider of options-based income ETFS, last week agreed to add its $30bn, 19 fund range to Golman Sachs’ platform, giving the investment bank a total of $130bn in active ETFs, […]

General Tedman discusses the strategic importance of space to global defence and security, and why access to resilient space-based capabilities is increasingly critical to national security and military operations. Watch below or here.

Residential Secure Income (RESI) will make its first return of capital following the disposal of its retirement portfolio to Living REIT. The company will return £35.2m to shareholders via its B Share Scheme, equivalent to 19p per ordinary share, with the payment due on 25 August. It will also pay a 1.53p per share property […]

Pershing Square Holdings (PSH) had a poor first half of 2026. In total return terms, the net asset value (NAV) of Bill Ackman’s US equities hedge fund fell by 12.6% and share price by 23.9% in a period where the S&P 500 index rose by 10.2%. An additional $100m buyback was authorised in May 2026 […]

Shaires Holdings Ltd (SHR) has launched a retail offer, giving individual investors the opportunity to gain exposure to a portfolio of private technology companies, with a particular focus on artificial intelligence (AI). The AIM-listed investment company is making new ordinary shares available at $20.00 each through the Winterflood Retail Access Platform (WRAP). The offer is […]

Foresight Environmental Infrastructure (FGEN) delivered a 1.4% total investment return in the three months to 30 June, despite a reduction in near- to medium-term power price assumptions. Net asset value (NAV) slipped to £652.4m from £655.5m at 31 March, while NAV per share fell from 105.2p to 104.7p after allowing for the 2p per share […]

Riverstone Energy (RSE) has written down Group14 Technologies to zero following ongoing production and commissioning challenges, as it continues its managed wind-down. It has returned £30m to shareholders through its second compulsory partial redemption during the quarter to 30 June and reported a draft unaudited net asset value (NAV) of $77m, with its remaining portfolio […]

Investment Week has a story that UK smaller companies fund managers George Ensor and Mayan Uthayakumar – who both quit Liontrust recently – are off to work for Jupiter Asset Management. Ensor’s surprise departure triggered a short-lived drop in River UK Micro Cap‘s (RMMC) share price. However, investors appeared reassured that he would continue to […]

Schroder Asia Total Return (ATR) and Pacific Assets (PAC) have published circulars to put their planned merger into effect. The deal that was announced on 11 June will take the form of a s110 reconstruction and members’ voluntary winding-up of Pacific Assets. Pacific Assets shareholders have a cash option, at a 2% discount to NAV […]

Aberdeen Asia Focus (AAS) beat its benchmark by 29.4% over the five years to 31 July, passing the performance test that would otherwise have triggered a tender offer. The board says a new five-year performance test period began on 1 August. As before, if the trust fails to at least match its benchmark over this […]

On 3 August 2026, Xtrackers MSCI Innovation UCITS ETF gave two weeks’ notice of a meeting on 17 August at which it proposed to shift from tracking the MSCI ACWI IMI Innovation Index to tracking the MSCI World Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 20/35 Index. This is one passive thematic strategy replacing another passive thematic strategy. […]

UK-listed property stocks enjoyed another positive month in July, with the average share price rising 2.3%, and 34 of the 49 companies in our dataset recording gains. The median return was slightly stronger at 2.5%. The sector has now delivered three consecutive months of positive average returns, taking the three-month gain to 3.9%. However, the […]

HgCapital Trust (HGT) says its underlying investment return for the second quarter was 0.5%. However, the share price discount widened a little and, taking the first quarter’s falls into account, that left investors with a 4.9% drop in net asset value (NAV) in the first half of the year and a 24.9% slide in the […]

There were no surprises in embattled Alternative Income REIT‘s (AIRE) latest quarterly update. A quarterly return of 0.4% reflects a small (£340k) reduction in the valuation of the portfolio, but all its properties are let and all the tenants are paying rent. The board remain adamant in their rejection of the Glenstone offer and remain […]

Qian Zhang, investment specialist, Baillie Gifford. Many Asia portfolios own the same household names. Baillie Gifford’s Qian Zhang explains why patient investors may find compelling opportunities not only in Asia’s index ‘dragons’, but also in the quieter ‘salamanders’ others miss.   As with any investment, your capital is at risk. Asia had a strong year in 2025, and we […]

3i Group (III) extended its recovery from May lows with the £29bn private equity backer of Action, the European discount retailer, rallying just over 15% in July, following an 11.6% gain in June. RIT Capital Partners (RCP) benefited from a £300m tender offer that spurred shares in the Rothschild-backed global multi-asset fund 12% higher. Greencoat […]

Murray International (MYI), the £2.2bn investment trust flagship run by Aberdeen, delivered a 10.5% investment return in the first half of the year with shareholders receiving 9.9% as the shares saw their premium over net asset value dip to 2.4% from 3%. Although the half-year result underperformed the 12.4% increase in the MSCI ACWI High […]

RIT Capital Partners (RCP) continued to fire on all cylinders in the first half of the year, helped by an unrealised gain of £110m in the record $1.7trn SpaceX flotation. Interim results show the £3.2bn global multi-asset fund backed by the Rothschilds generated an underlying investment return of 9% in the six months to 30 […]

Tritax Big Box (BBOX) has raised £350m to fund two new data centres in Greater London after securing 235MW of grid connection agreements to power them. Launching the fund raise after the market closed last night, the £4.6bn real estate investment trust said the new developments would be “materially accretive” to earnings. However, the issue […]

Tetragon Financial Group (TFG), the £1bn hedge fund and alternative investments platform standing on a huge 69% discount to net asset value, has launched a $50m tender offer to let holders of its non-voting shares sell them between $12.75 and $14.75. The tender offer is expected to close on 3 September. The shares stand at $13.60 compared […]

Saba Capital has disclosed a stake of 5.1% in Unite Group (UTG), confirming reports last month that the activist hedge fund was building a position in the UK’s largest student accommodation provider. A filing today shows the US firm has just 0.08% in shares with 5% in total return swaps held across a range of […]