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WisdomTree brings autocallable investing into active ETFs

WisdomTree has launched two actively managed ETFs that use autocallables to target defined levels of return, bringing a strategy more commonly associated with structured products into the UCITS ETF market. The WisdomTree Defined Return Autocallable EUR Active UCITS ETF (DRTN) is targeting an annualised net return of 8% to 9% over the medium to long […]

Scottish Mortgage Digital Conference: Q&A

Is AI the only driver of future growth, or are there other opportunities on the horizon? Scottish Mortgage managers Tom Slater and Lawrence Burns explain how patience, culture and adaptability shape their search for exceptional long-term investments. Capital at risk.

Which funds deserve your vote? Investors’ Choice Awards return for 2026

Yesterday saw the launch of the third annual QuotedData Investors’ Choice Awards and, once again, we are asking you to get involved and vote for the investment companies and ETFs that you think are deserving of recognition. There are plenty of investment awards out there but ours are, quite deliberately, a little different. Most investment […]

Literacy Capital falls on £24m write-down of Cubo Work

Shares in Literacy Capital (BOOK) tumbled 10% this morning after the UK private equity fund shocked investors by warning that its £24.4m investment in Cubo Work, an office and co-working space provider, was likely to be written off. The company said “several issues” had become apparent at Cubo in recent weeks, which the team at […]

Morning briefing: Fidelity Emerging Markets avoids 25% tender after smashing benchmark return over five years; JARA is no more

Fidelity Emerging Markets (FEML) has confirmed it will not be holding a 25% tender offer after beating the MSCI Emerging Markets index in the five years to 30 September with an 82.7% total investment return versus the benchmark’s 55.7%. The £559m investment company managed by Fidelity’s Nick Price and Chris Tennant said it intended to […]

Home REIT shareholder group launches High Court action

Harcus Parker, the law firm representing 800 current and former Home REIT (HOME) shareholders, has issued High Court proceedings against the former homeless accommodation provider that returned from a 39-month share price suspension in April. Confirming the launch of legal action against Home REIT, its directors as well as the company’s former investment adviser Alvarium […]

QuotedData’s Gavin Lumsden wins AIC award

We are pleased to announce that Gavin Lumsden, QuotedData’s head of news, was a winner in the Association of Investment Companies’ (AIC) annual Media Awards this week. Lumsden (pictured right), who joined QuotedData in January, won the AIC’s “Best Use of Social Media” for his regular posting on investment company news on his @FundFanatic account […]

Korean tech rally prompts Vanguard to change $3.2bn Asia ETF benchmark

Vanguard is changing the benchmark of its FTSE Developed Asia Pacific ex Japan UCITS ETF after the rapid growth of South Korean technology companies increased concentration within the existing index. The ETF currently tracks the market-cap weighted FTSE Developed Asia Pacific ex Japan Index, but will move to the FTSE Developed Asia Pacific ex Japan […]

DWS plans active overhaul of emerging markets climate ETF

DWS plans active overhaul of emerging markets climate ETF DWS is seeking shareholder approval to convert its Xtrackers MSCI Emerging Markets Climate Transition UCITS ETF (XEMC) from a passive climate-focused strategy into an actively managed emerging markets fund. Under proposals put to investors, the ETF would be renamed the Xtrackers Emerging Markets Equity Enhanced Active […]

Geiger Counter chooses to stay put with Manulife CQS

Geiger Counter (GCL), the £65m uranium fund, has decided not to follow fund managers Keith Watson and Robert Crayfourd to Tufton, choosing to remain with Manulife and CQS Investment Management. Concluding a seven-month review, the Geiger Counter board said it had revoked the twelve-month protective notice it issued to Manulife CQS Investment Management on 16 […]

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