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More Skin in the Game: Lindsell, Train to share profits with successors

Lindsell Train fund managers Nick Train and Michael Lindsell plan to increase the transfer of shares and profits in their business to the next generation of fund managers they have hired.

Biotech Growth gets second manager after another challenging year

Josh Golomb, a partner at New York headquartered Orbimed, appointed co-manager to Biotech Growth after the Geoff Hsu managed trust reported a second year of falling assets.

Worse than Scottish Mortgage: Edinburgh Worldwide slides into five-year loss

Former top-performing global small-cap trust has suffered biggest decline of any Baillie Gifford closed-end fund in the growth selloff, half-year results reveal.

Personal Assets hikes bonds as investors talk bearishly, act bullishly

Markets are ignoring the prospect of a US recession, says Personal Assets fund manager Sebastian Lyon after difficult year sees wealth preservation fund lose money but cut equities to new low.

TwentyFour co-founders Ford and Kirk to retire

High-yield bond pickers Rob Ford and Gary Kirk are to step down from their investment companies and funds at TwentyFour Asset Management in September.

Triple Point hires Vodafone veteran as DGI9’s new manager

Triple Point ends seven months of uncertainty by appointing Diego Massidda as lead manager of Digital 9 Infrastructure, as investors focus on how quickly he can shore up the investment company’s finances and dividend.

David Stevenson: Five decent debt funds for income and growth

A handful of lending funds have been unjustly overshadowed by rising interest rates but offer good track records and high returns that should offset the risk of a US recession.

Schroder Reit delivers 14% dividend rise as higher yields dent assets

Schroder Real Estate shares offer a wide 29% discount and high 7.5% dividend yield growing rents in a year in which property values fell sharply in the facing of rising interest rates.

Worldwide Healthcare to do share split after second tough year

The £1.9bn Orbimed-managed investment trust proposes ten-for-one share split after enduring its second tough year in succession.

Hansa leaps 13% on Ocean Wilsons review

Update: One of the longest-standing investment company discounts at Hansa narrows on speculation it could merge with its top holding Ocean Wilsons after it announced a strategic review of its investment in Brazilian port and shipping company Wilson Sons.

Hansa leaps 10% on Ocean Wilsons review

One of the longest-standing investment company discounts narrows as Hansa-backed Ocean Wilsons announces a strategic review of its Brazilian port and shipping company.

James Carthew: Focus on China fundamentals not weak consumer demand

Annual results from Fidelity China Special Situations remind investors to consider the long-term story not the short-term constrainst on its economy.