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A tightening labour market fuels expectations for further rate rises in the UK, while investors keep one eye open for US inflation data. Third Point rallies as Dan Loeb hedge fund promises more share buybacks.
High-yielding backer of loan platforms has come under renewed pressure from actvist investors to do more about its yawning share price discount.
Atrato, the specialist property manager of Supermarket Income and Onsite Energy, makes a surprise entry into supported housing with the launch of a short-lease real estate investment trust.
US fund managers behind a new investment trust looking to raise £200m hope surging inflation will attract investors in a way previous attempts to list a farming fund in London have failed.
The FCA publishes disclosable short positions on UK stocks each day. A few closed-end funds appear on the list which makes for interesting reading.
Former Invesco company fund manager Andy Crossley heads £200m fund raise for the Sustainable Farmland Trust which he will chair, and Independent Living Reit looks to draw in £150m for supported housing.
British stocks start the week strongly after ONS reports a laboured return to UK economic growth, with mining stocks leading the charge. Private equity fund HgCapital rallies on better-than-expected half-year results.
HICL Infrastructure has extended this year's spate of acquistions with three additions to its £3.4bn, inflation-linked portfolio in the past month.
Latin America fund manager Ed Kuzcma has left BlackRock as Sam Vecht, the group’s head of global emerging markets equities, takes full control of its two underperforming Latin American funds.
Greencoat Capital partner Stephen Lilley reiterates his company’s interest in launching a nuclear fund and expresses ambition to expand into hydrogen, which he said was essential for the UK’s decarbonisation efforts.
Energy forecaster Afry underlines challenge facing Liz Truss’ attempt to shield UK from the power crisis, saying gas prices will remain elevated to 2026, two years beyond the government's energy guarantee.
Investors, particularly those in renewable infrastructure funds, are on tenterhooks ahead of the government’s announcement of a £150bn intervention in the energy market.
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