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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.

Merchants: We are geared for the UK recovery

Merchants Trust fund manager Simon Gergel returns to our studio to discuss the cautious optimism that has seen the UK equity income investment trust lift gearing, or borrowing, to 15%.

Aquila rallies on share buyback and 6% covered dividend forecast

Shares in Aquila European Renewables jump on news of a €20m share buyback plan to tackle its wide discount and a lift in this year’s dividend target.

Post-pandemic dividend recovery stalls as mining payouts drop

UK dividends likely to be flat this year as reduced payouts from miners are not wholly replaced by higher distributions from banks and oil giants, Link Group says in its quarterly forecast.

Hargreaves backs Peel Hunt’s RetailBook in battle for DIY investors

Peel Hunt secures backing of Hargreaves Lansdown for spin-off of its Rex technology platform a week after PrimaryBid and Winterflood join forces.

Seven ‘fallen angel’ investment companies offering better this year

Professor Paul Marsh of London Business School says 'fallen angels' account for a quarter of the Numis Smaller Companies index. We highlight the investment companies hoping for a return to grace in 2023.

Int’l Biotechnology lifted by ’material’ gain

International Biotechnology Trust’s discount widens slightly after it reports a rise in an unquoted investment that boosts its net asset value.

Nick Train lifts his ‘skin’ in Finsbury Growth with £1m of share purchases

Flurry of share deals sees fund manager raise his stake in Finsbury Growth & Income to 2.3%.