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Interactive Investor: Beaten-up Scottish Mortgage is a bargain

Dzmitry Lipski, head of fund research at broker Interactive Investor, recommends investors back the Baillie Gifford global flagship as a ‘satellite holding in a well-diversified portfolio’ after its shares halved in the past six months.

FTSE extends bounce as pound rallies on low unemployment

The FTSE 100 makes further gains as sterling moves off two-year lows on expectations for further interest rate rises from a Bank of England worried about 'apocalyptic' food inflation.

Home Reit turns to investors to tackle ‘grave’ housing crisis

Real estate investment trust providing accommodation to homeless looks to raise £150m after 222,000 people, equivalent to the population of Liverpool, lost their homes in the pandemic.

Newbie LABS Reit deploys last of its cash on Oxford Tech Park

Life Science real estate investment trust looks likely to tap investors for more cash after committing all the £383m it raised at its oversubscribed launch six months ago.

FTSE wobbles but Vodafone rallies on Abu Dhabi share raid

The UK stock market begins the week with more volatile trading sparked by a slide in Chinese retail sales, but the FTSE 100 recovers from an early fall as Vodafone rises after a UAE telecoms giant buys a 9.8% stake.

Former deputy CIO of Premier Nigel Sidebottom dies

Sidebottom, who spent almost two decades with Premier, lost his battle against acute myeloid leukemia.

James Carthew: Seraphim Space bumps back to earth

Shares in the pioneering space commercialisation investment trust have tumbled after their initial takeoff last year, but could revive if the company fulfils its exciting potential.

Scottish Mortgage leads FTSE bounce after choppy week

Update: Rebound for banks, energy and tech-related names on Friday helps UK shares recoup their losses at the end of a ‘rollercoaster’ week.

Banks and tech lead FTSE bounce after choppy week

Rebound for banks, energy and tech-related names on Friday morning helps UK shares recoup some of their losses at the end of a ‘rollercoaster’ week, though a bounce for Scottish Mortgage trust does little to reverse heavy losses.

Scottish Mortgage: Don’t despair, remember Tesla!

Scottish Mortgage deputy fund manager Lawrence Burns has appealed to investors sickened by the six-month halving in the investment trust’s share price to remember the volatile, but ultimately successful, performance of its best stock, Tesla.

High-yielding Civitas hopes lease amendment will get regulator off its back

Civitas Social Housing is consulting on a new lease clause it hopes will clarify the position of its housing association tenants and lift the long-standing regulatory uncertainty over the real estate investment trust's shares.

Inflation hedge helps deep value Aurora outpace market

Aurora managed to stay ahead of the UK market last year thanks to a hard-working inflation hedge and the launch of the Castelnau trust that has taken over running of some of its more challenging stocks.