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Underperforming European Opps launches strategic review

Alexander Darwall's £395m trust will consider a number of options, including turning into an open-ended fund.
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ARK active ETFs – no medals so far this year

Reviewing the returns in the active ETF sector in the early weeks of 2026, one company stands out for its negative results, and it is quite a turnaround from last year. Cathie Wood’s Florida-based ARK Investment Management had a storming 2025 (which we covered HERE), with ARK Innovation ETF and ARK Artificial Intelligence & Robotics […]
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Diverse Income considers switching to open-ended fund to remove “discount risk”

Diverse Income (DIVI) could be the next investment trust lining up an exit from the closed-end fund sector as it struggles with investor disinterest in UK smaller companies.  In half-year results the board of the £275m UK equity income trust, which mostly invests outside the top FTSE 100 stocks, said it was looking at replacing […]
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European Opportunities Trust launches strategic review as 25% tender offer and continuation vote loom

European Opportunities Trust (EOT) has launched a strategic review in anticipation that its underperformance will trigger a 25% tender offer later this year. Ahead of a continuation vote in October, the £405m investment trust managed by Alexander Darwall said it had consulted with shareholders and concluded now was the right time to review the company’s […]
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Morning briefing: Preqin founder raises HgCapital stake to £94m; Saba lifts SEIT, SCP; Custodian Property Income holds “talks” with family offices; plus SST, BLND, LAND, SYNC

Valhalla Ventures, the holding company of Preqin founder Mark O’Hare and his wife Linda, raised its new position in HgCapital Trust (HGT) from 3.3% to 4.4% on Tuesday, a disclosure showed yesterday. Preqin, an alternative assets data provider was bought by BlackRock for £2.5bn in 2024, netting a £2bn windfall for the company. At 463p […]
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AIC: Act now to protect investors from Saba’s repetitive attacks

Calls on FCA and Department for Business and Trade to take action.

The year of the fire horse: can Chinese equities continue their stellar gains?

Managers optimistic on Chinese tech and policies to boost housing market.

Love at first buy: investment trust managers on long-held investments

“While we can love a stock, it can’t love us back”.

Trading Trump: how to profit from the president’s unpredictable policymaking

Commodities, emerging markets and UK trusts expected to benefit.

Sapna Shah appointed chair of the AIC

Alison Jefferis elected to the board, Stephanie Coxon and Cathy Pitt re-elected.
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Big (or small) in Japan

David Prosser on the Japanese market’s potential after hitting all-time highs.

Rhys Davies, Invesco Bond Income Plus - Outlook for Bonds 2026 | Winterflood Conference 2026

Inflation may no longer be running rampant, but its ghost still haunts fixed income markets. Rhys Davies, Manager of Invesco Bond Income Plus, reveals why he expects infl...

Beat the crowds to invest in SpaceX

David Prosser explains how to get early exposure to big ideas.

Fantasy fund manager: miners and metals off to flying start

Despite the ferocious sell-off in precious metals, mining stocks are still leading the way.

Have we reached “peak anti-ESG”?

Nick Britton, research director of the AIC, discusses the key findings of the ESG Attitudes Tracker with Natalie Kenway of Sustainable Investing.
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Social Housing REIT

13 February 2026

Equity proposition (video)

Oakley Capital Investments

12 February 2026

Evolving European strategy hitting its stride.

VietNam Holding

11 February 2026

Back this horse.

Hansa Investment Company

11 February 2026

Equity proposition (video).

HgCapital Trust

10 February 2026

SaaS is not dead.

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All eyes on Europe, a look across the Channel

26 January 2026

Europe makes its case as an investment destination.

Top Investment Trusts 2026

14 January 2026

Kepler reveal their top rated trusts for Income, Growth and Alternative Income in 2026.

All the things that outperformed Nvidia in 2025

8 January 2026

Kepler Trust Intelligence looks for lessons in a list of the most successful investment trusts of the last year.

Next slide, please

17 December 2025

New rules on costs could provide a boost to the sector next year, what else do we want to see?

Edison explains: Critical social infrastructure

16 December 2025

How to invest in the UK’s social impact REITs.

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Form 8.3 - The Vanguard Group, Inc.: Bluefield Solar Income Fund Limited

12/02/2026 - 20:15

Bluefield Solar Income Fund

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Transaction in Own Shares

12/02/2026 - 18:16

BlackRock Greater Europe

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Transaction in Own Shares

12/02/2026 - 17:50

HgCapital Trust

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Director/PDMR Shareholding

12/02/2026 - 17:48

CQS Natural Resources Growth & Income

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Holding(s) in Company

12/02/2026 - 17:35

JPMorgan China Growth & Income

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