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Jupiter sells Starling, bans unlisted stocks from open-ended funds

Fund group sells stake in unlisted digital bank Starling and rules its open-ended funds will no longer invest in private companies. Jupiter's closed-end fund Chrysalis is one of the buyers though.

BH Macro prices its £950m share offer closing this Friday

The Brevan Howard hedge fund has priced its retail and institutional share offer at 431.5p having got investor approval for a 10-for-one split yesterday.

Maxwell buys 20,000 more shares as SDCL Energy Efficiency trades on wide discount

Jonathan Maxwell, CEO of SDCL Energy Efficiency Income, adds to his stake to highlight the double-digit discount on the inflation-linked renewables fund.

‘Cashed-up’ consumers drive rapid China rally, says Fidelity’s Nicholls

‘I was expecting change in China but not this early and not this fast,’ says Fidelity China Special Situations fund manager Dale Nicholls after the investment trust soared 44% in three months.

HICL terminates French broadband acquisition

The social infrastructure fund’s attempt to diversify into fibre broadband fails after ‘certain conditions' are not met in the transaction with DIF Capital Partners.

James Carthew: Choppy outlook for income folk

Many investment companies maintained dividends through the pandemic but growing payouts for income investors after last year's market falls will be a challenge for some.

Balanced Commercial Property reaps West End reward in rough Q4

Larger of Columbia Threadneedle's two generalist UK Reits drops 11.9% in the last quarter, with a recovery in its St Christopher's Place estate near London's Oxford Street avoiding a worse outcome.

Balanced Commercial Property reaps West End reward in rough Q4

Larger of Columbia Threadneedle's two generalist UK Reits drops 11.9% in the last quarter, with a recovery in its St Christopher's Place retail estate near London's Oxford Street avoiding a worse outcome.

Top-performing 3i Infrastructure rushes out ‘stale’ share issue

The £3bn portfolio of energy transition, social infrastrucutre and digitalisation companies looks to raise up to £294m with 330p share issue priced two months after its last valuation.

Is top-performing 3i Infrastructure rushing out a stale share issue?

The £3bn portfolio of energy transition, social infrastructure and digitalisation companies looks to raise up to £294m with a 330p share issue priced two months after its last valuation.

3i Infrastructure rushes out ‘stale’ share issue as rivals trade on discounts

The £3bn portfolio of energy transition, social infrastructure and digitalisation companies mounts opportunitistic share issue priced at 300p, two months after its last valuation.

Baillie Gifford suffers record £113bn assets plunge

Scottish Mortgage fund manager saw assets under management tumble to £223bn last year as growth stocks de-rated following the end of the easy credit era.