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Northern VCTs and Mercia

Post Date: December 15, 2019

The 3 Northern VCTs (Northern Venture Trust, Northern 2 VCT and Northern 3 VCT) are proposing to novate their management agreements with NVM Private Equity LLP in favour of...

LSE Consultation on Market Structure and Trading Hours

Post Date: December 15, 2019

The London Stock Exchange launched a consultation last week on the subject topic. You can find this consultation here: https://www.londonstockexchange.com/traders-and-brokers/rules-regulations/change-and-updates/stock-exchange-notices/2019/n1819_attach1.pdf I will compile a response to this consultation for...

Edinburgh IT Fires Manager

Post Date: December 12, 2019

The Edinburgh Investment Trust (EDIN) has fired fund manager Invesco. This company is an equity income trust focused primarily on the UK, although it also has an objective to...

FRC Fines Grant Thornton £650k, Ted Baker and Tullow

Post Date: December 12, 2019

A ShareSoc member emailed us to give his view: This is terrible. Why wouldn’t the FRC name the partner and the company involved, especially when Grant Thornton has been...

Profit Warnings at XP Power and Ted Baker, plus Mercia Placing

Post Date: December 10, 2019

A number of profit warnings this morning. The most interesting to me was at XP Power (XPP) although I do not hold it. It was interesting because as a...