Gavin Lumsden is a journalist at Citywire. With a 25-year career, he specializes in finance, investment, and real estate, covering topics such as alternative investments, asset management, and renewable energy. He has been featured in prominent outlets including Yahoo News UK, The Telegraph, and QuotedData.
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By: Gavin Lumsden
VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund (VOF) has followed rival Vietnam Enterprise (VEIL) in buying Vingroup (VIC), the country’s largest conglomerate whose “national champion” status has made it a red-hot favourite with Vietnamese investors. Having balked at Vingroup’s valuation and leveraged exposure to its fledgling electric vehicle business, fund manager Khan Vu was caught out when its […]
By: Gavin Lumsden
Molten Ventures (GROW), the £1.2bn high-tech venture fund in which activist Saba Capital has a 16.7% position, says its £15m share buyback programme is nearly complete and will be extended by £10m. The investment company’s share price discount has halved from 37% to 19% since March when Saba doubled its holding to 10%. In a […]
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The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has given the chancellor his own “breathing space” after forecasting that his budget will be in surplus by £15bn by 2029-30. In his first budget speech, chancellor John Healey announced a string of measures to help those struggling with the costs of living, including a £100 payment for 20m […]
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The government announced a flurry of ISA initiatives which, while doing nothing to simplify the rules around individual savings accounts, allowed the chancellor to claim he was helping savers. In a u-turn that frustrated some ISA providers that had prepared for a cut in the cash ISA allowance announced by his predecessor Rachel Reeves a […]
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Cordiant Digital Infrastructure (CORD) has announced plans to change its name to Corilis Digital Infrastructure, but for investors mulling over which investment company to vote for in QuotedData’s annual awards, there was bigger news earlier this month. Emitel, the Polish broadcasting and telecoms platform that is CORD’s largest business at 46% of net asset value […]
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Schroder BSI Social Impact (SBSI), the £61m investment trust facing a continuation vote in December, says its fund manager Better Society Capital is working on a proposal to buy the company’s high impact investment portfolio making up 83% of net assets. The plan requires the successful launch of a new private fund (PFLP) but could […]
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Oakley Capital Investments (OCI) is to sell £272m (313m euro) of stakes in five Oakley Capital private equity funds while its fund manager is in early talks to sell Phenna, the UK testing group that accounts for 13% of the investment company’s assets. The sale of interests in Oakley Capital Funds IV, V, VI, Oakley […]
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City Natural Resources Growth & Income (CYN) has published a stunning annual return of 87% with its fund managers upbeat about prospects after reuniting with the £156m investment trust after a six-month absence. Keith Watson and Robert Crayfourd’s defection from CQS Manulife in March and their arrival at Tufton in September prompted the trust to […]
Aberdeen UK Smaller Companies Growth (AUSC) and JPMorgan UK Small Cap Growth & Income (JUGI) have published circulars for the merger they announced last month. AUSC, which has agreed to roll its assets into JUGI after shareholders have a chance to sell 35% of its shares at a 2% discount, will hold two general meetings […]
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Neuberger Private Equity Partners (NBPE), the £562m co-investor in unquoted companies, has announced $146.5m (£109m) of disposals just over two weeks after activist Saba Capital disclosed a 5% stake in its heavily discounted shares. Three full and two partial sales of investments in September and October generated proceeds of $81m, 7% below their valuation at […]
