Budget 2025: No stamp duty on new listings for three years

In another effort to support London’s moribund capital markets, the chancellor announced a three-year stamp duty exemption on trading in shares in com...

Budget 2025: Cash ISA allowance slashed to encourage savers into UK stock market

The amount savers under 65 can put into cash ISAs will be slashed from £20,000 to £12,000 as the chancellor tries to revive the UK stock market after ...

Budget 2025: OBR leak confirms mansion tax and salary sacrifice pension restriction; inflation forecast to rise

The Office for Budget Responsibility has published details of the Budget early. In an extraordinary development, minutes before the chancellor’s speec...

Edinburgh lags FTSE All-Share but hikes dividends by 10%

Alarm bells are not ringing yet for Edinburgh (EDIN) shareholders but the £1.1bn UK equity income investment trust has just recorded its second period...

Seraphim Space comes back down to earth after rocketing returns

The space-tech investor slowed after an out-of-this-world second quarter, with its top holding undergoing a 'disappointing' write-down.

Liberation day upheaval drives ‘higher than usual’ turnover at Caledonia

The £1.9bn trust made several new purchases in a particularly active half of the year as tariff concerns rocked markets.

NextEnergy Solar’s new chair promises to “tackle” 43% discount and engage “openly” with shareholders

NextEnergy Solar (NESF), the highest yielding but in share price terms one of the worst performing renewables funds, has appointed a new chair with me...

Polar Capital Global Healthcare: Over three quarters of shareholders ignore exit in “overwhelming support” for trust

Polar Capital Global Healthcare (PCGH) has received a massive endorsement from shareholders and will proceed to the next stage of its journey after le...

Morning briefing: GCP Asset Backed Income to pay out another £33.5m; plus USF

GCP Asset Backed Income (GABI), the £147m debt fund in wind-down since July last year, will return £33.5m to shareholders through a third compulsory p...

Temple Bar doubles FTSE return in first five years under Ian Lance

After a soaring start under Redwheel, the question on everyone's lips now is: ‘Is that it? Is the trust close to the top?’

Temple Bar doubles FTSE return in first five years under Redwheel

After a soaring start under Lance and Purves, the question on everyone's lips now is: ‘Is that it? Is the trust close to the top?’

AVI sells £1.6m Japan trust shares before Fidelity merger

AVI Japan Opportunity (AJOT) fund manager Asset Value Investors (AVI) has sold 1m shares in the £226m investment trust shortly before it expands from ...