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Impax Environmental Markets | Winterflood Conference 2025

Jon Forster discusses the impact of a Trump presidency on environmental markets, portfolio performance challenges, and future opportunities in electrification, climate ad...

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Fidelity China Special Situations | Winterflood Conference 2025

Dale Nicholls from Fidelity China Special Situations discusses the investment potential in China amid economic challenges, highlighting innovative companies like Hesai an...

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Baillie Gifford US Growth Trust | Winterflood Conference 2025

Gary Robinson, co-manager of Baillie Gifford US Growth, explains why he is a believer in US exceptionalism and highlights Databricks as a potential “mega-cap company of...

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Peter Hewitt elected to AIC board

Gordon Humphries and Alex Denny re-elected.

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AIC launches ‘My share, my vote’ campaign to ensure all investors can vote their shares

“Simply unacceptable” that some investors are unable to vote.

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Investing in infrastructure: “the UK needs to get building quickly”

Investment trust managers comment on the outlook and challenges.

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Meet the manager: Imran Sattar

Portfolio Manager of Edinburgh Investment Trust

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Year of the Snake: will China thrive or will Trump’s tariffs bite?

Investment trust managers comment on China’s prospects.

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Private equity is not just for the wealthy

David Prosser on the potential in private equity trusts.

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Market Matters Special Edition with Baroness Ros Altmann

In this special episode of Market Matters, Kepler were joined by Baroness Ros Altmann, a leading expert on both the investment trust sector and pensions industry.

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Webinar – Saba Capital's impact on the UK Investment Trusts Industry

Saba Capital Management has requisitioned general meetings at seven investment trusts as it proposes to replace their current boards of directors. The impact of the proposal...

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“A victory for shareholder democracy”: AIC comments on Herald vote

FCA writes to AIC to reaffirm powers to investigate breaches of rules.

Thematic research

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A new Jerusalem.

22 January 2025

Dividend increases and share buybacks are good news for UK equities according to our analysts - who think those dark Satanic mills could delivery world-beating returns.

Are commodities hot or not?

12 December 2024

We ask what AI and green energy mean for investments in commodities.

Quality will out

5 December 2024

Alternative income trusts offer diversification, but stick to high quality.

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VH Global Energy Infrastructure monitoring impact of tariffs on Mexico

VH Global Energy Infrastructure has issued a statement on the impact of tariffs on its Brownsville fuel terminals in Texas. The Brownsville plant imports oil slurry from Mexico and refines that into a useful product. If it has to pay an extra 25% tariff on the slurry that it imports, that would have a significant […]
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JPMorgan EMEA beats benchmark but still overshadowed by events in Russia

JPMorgan Emerging Europe Middle East and Africa has published results covering the 12 months ended 31 October 2024. Pleasingly, the trust beat its benchmark (S&P Emerging Europe, Middle East & Africa) by 1.7 percentage points, returning 13.6% on NAV to the index’s 11.9%. However, the share price continued its usual volatile and unpredictable path and […]
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QuotedData’s morning briefing 4 February 2025 – MGCI, BNKR, SRE, GPE

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 4 February 2025: M&G Credit Income (MGCI) is convening a meeting on 27 February to approve the issue of up to 31,002,226 shares (20% of its issued share capital). The company has already issued 9.6m shares since its AGM in 2024 and was running out of room to issue more. [It […]
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Saba loses Keystone Positive change too!

Keystone Positive Change says that at its general meeting, over 60% of the votes cast were against Saba’s requisitioned resolutions. Excluding the votes Saba cast in favour of its own requisitioned resolutions (representing 1,650,762 votes and approximately 38.87% of the votes cast), only a further 33,845 votes, representing just 0.80% of the votes cast, were […]
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Baillie Gifford US Growth sees off Saba by strong margin

Baillie Gifford trust becomes the second to win an initial victory against Boaz Weinstein's hedge fund firm.

Schroder Japan Trust

3 February 2025

SJG has outperformed the index in Masaki's first five years in charge.

Edinburgh Worldwide

31 January 2025

QuotedData's Weekly News Show - Douglas Brodie from Edinburgh Worldwide.

Apax Global Alpha

31 January 2025

AGA passed inflexion point with deal activity rising.

Baillie Gifford European Growth

30 January 2025

Kepler Trust Intelligence: New Research.

ICG Enterprise Trust

28 January 2025

Unique approach to capital allocation.

BlackRock Income and Growth Investment Trust Plc - Compliance with Listing Rule 15.6.8R

04/02/2025 - 11:20

BlackRock Income & Growth

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Pacific Assets Trust plc - Holding(s) in Company

04/02/2025 - 10:20

Pacific Assets Trust

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Holding(s) in Company

04/02/2025 - 11:10

CVC Income & Growth Limited

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BlackRock Throgmorton Trust Plc - Disclosure of Portfolio Holdings

04/02/2025 - 09:50

BlackRock Throgmorton Trust

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Global Opportunities Trust Plc - Holding(s) in Company

04/02/2025 - 09:50

Global Opportunities Trust

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