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Scottish Mortgage Digital Conference

Wednesday 23 September 2026, 11:00–12:30 (UK) Join Scottish Mortgage for 90 minutes of portfolio insight and discussion on AI, China and the ideas shaping the next decade. Scottish Mortgage managers Tom Slater and Lawrence Burns will be joined by mathematician and broadcaster Professor Hannah Fry, Wharton Professor and AI expert Ethan Mollick, and Linda Lin, […]

Is Unite failing the grade, or has it been marked down too far?

September is normally a good month to be a student accommodation landlord. Students return to university, rents start flowing and halls fill up. Yet for Unite Group (UTG), one of the UK’s largest student accommodation providers, the start of the new academic year comes with a rather less welcome arrival: activist investor Saba Capital. Saba […]

Columbia Threadneedle expands active ETF push into emerging markets

Columbia Threadneedle has launched an actively managed emerging markets ETF in Europe. The CT QR Series Emerging Markets Equity Active UCITS ETF (QREM) was admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange today (4 September) and is also listed on Deutsche Börse Xetra and SIX Swiss Exchange. It has a total expense ratio of 0.30%. […]

UK government backing for Tungsten West helps Baker Steel Resources advance by 17% in August

The UK National Wealth Fund’s decision to back Devon miner Tungsten West last month helped lift the net asset value of Baker Steel Resources Trust (BSRT) by over 17%, consolidating its position at the top of the buoyant AIC Commodities and Natural Resources sector. Tungsten West (TUN), a £646m tin and tungsten miner that is BSRT’s top […]

Morning briefing: Schroder European Real Estate shareholders approve wind-up; Aurora UK outperforms FTSE in August; Bronwyn Curtis joins board of EJF Investments

Schroder European Real Estate (SERE) shareholders yesterday approved the two-to-three-year wind-up of the £81m real estate investment trust announced in June. At a general meeting, 99.4% of votes on a 54% turnout backed an amendment to the company’s articles and a change to investment strategy so that its assets can be sold and capital returned […]

REIT Review: Harworth surges on takeover interest, but property shares slip in August

UK-listed property shares gave back some of July’s gains in August, with the average share price falling 2.2%. Only a handful of companies recorded gains, with the median return a more modest 1.3% decline. The headline average is distorted by a number of large corporate actions. Residential Secure Income (RESI) fell 70.5% during the month […]

Takeover Panel forces Alternative Income to withdraw “grateful” statement as Glenstone bid secures 44% support

Glenstone has seen support for its £56m cash bid for Alternative Income REIT (AIRE) rise to over 44%, improving its chance of securing control by tomorrow’s 1pm deadline. As of 6pm yesterday, on the 58th day of its its 70p per share offer, Glenstone said it had acceptances from over 35.7m AIRE shares, 44.4% of […]

Morning briefing: CT Healthcare’s second tender offer undersubscribed; Seraphim flags LandSpace rocket success; HgCapital’s Nick Latner joins Literacy Capital; Schroder Income appoints David Ballance; LondonMetric bids for pension assets; industrials buoy Custodian

CT Healthcare (CTHT), the former Bellevue Healthcare trust, saw reduced uptake for its second quarterly 15% tender offer since Columbia Threadneedle’s Kosta Kleyman began running the portfolio on 5 March. The £62.5m company, the smallest in its sector, said 8.4% of its shares were put up for sale last month and will be bought back […]

Helge Skibeli, the fund manager who helped transform JPMorgan Global Growth, will retire in February 2028

Helge Skibeli, lead manager of JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI), JP Morgan’s £3.3bn flagship investment trust, has announced he will retire in 18 months’ time. Skibeli, who is credited with reviving the 149-year-old closed-end fund when he took over seven years ago, will leave JP Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM) in February 2028 after 40 […]

CT Global Managed to up dividends and increase gearing after new managers’ successful switch to Asia

CT Global Managed Portfolio Trust plans to switch to monthly dividends next year and make more use of gearing, or borrowing, as part of changes to make the one-stop investment trust shop more attractive for shareholders. The changes, which include improvements to how the trust measures its performance, came in annual results showing a good […]

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