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BestInvest calls out the top 5 worst performing asset management firms, with Invesco taking pole position for the sixth time running
BestInvest just dropped their "Spot the Dog" report that names and shames the "dog funds." These ar…
Theo Golden
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The UK star fund manager Neil Woodford's equity fund has been shut down
In the letter, LFS said that the fund had made progress in repositioning itself with more liquid in…
Yusuf Khan
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This exhaustive list of Neil Woodford's holdings shows just how trapped investors in his illiquid $4.7 billion fund really are
Woodford, a former star portfolio manager and household name in UK finance circles, stunned market …
Trista Kelley
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Neil Woodford's $4.7 billion investment fund collapsed, but not all of its holdings were duds. Here are 4 stocks he owned that could spike 150%.
Highlighted in purple in the chart below are four names that have fallen by more than 30% in the mo…
Yusuf Khan
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Shortseller Carson Block just called this Woodford-backed firm 'Enron-esque' - and the stock plunged 51%
1) Burford's preferred performance metrics - return on invested capital and internal rate of return…
Theron Mohamed
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Star fund manager Neil Woodford says 'appallingly bad' funding stops Britain creating the next Google or Facebook
Fintech is one of the hottest areas of tech in the UK at the moment and one of the few areas to pro…
Oscar Williams-Grut
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The collapse of the $13 billion Woodford investment fund is a taste of what a private equity liquidity crisis will look like
A vast amount of money has gone into this non-transparent world in recent years. Today, private equ…
Jim Edwards
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Marshall Wace joins hedge funds in piling more than $1.3 billion into short bets against Woodford-linked investments
The research firm noticed what it called the first ever big short in Burford, another of Woodford's…
Trista Kelley
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Brad Pitt, Steve Jobs' widow, and Britain's fallen star investor reportedly backed a startup betting on 'cold fusion' - an idea scientists scoff at
A pair of chemists claimed to have achieved cold fusion in 1989, but repeated failures to reproduce…
Theron Mohamed
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10 things you need to know before the opening bell
8. Stocks are rising marginally on Tuesday. US futures underlying the S&P 500 (+0.4%) and the N…
Yusuf Khan
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Cliff Asness' AQR has placed bets against Adyen and Worldline, two of Europe's biggest players in the buzzy payments space
It's at least the second big short position AQR, which is a systematic manager that uses algorithms…
Bradley Saacks
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In a liquidity crisis, here's what to look for
Business page headlines in the UK have been dominated in recent weeks by the collapse in the value …
Jim Edwards
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British investors have flocked to DIY platforms with the coronavirus shaking global markets, but financial advisers warn of big risks
Financial advisers are cautioning investors about the risks of doing it alone, especially after the…
Marc Shoffman
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One of Britain's most famous hedge fund managers is bullish on Brexit
Woodford does however, agree that in the coming months, uncertainty will rack the markets, and that…
Will Martin
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The SEC is scrutinizing whether mutual funds need to shed more light on stakes in unicorns like WeWork and Airbnb - and it could mean more protections for mom-and-pop investors
A vast sum of retail money has been funneled into private securities in recent years as mutual fund…
Bradley Saacks,Dakin Campbell
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A top asset manager is scrapping bonuses because they're 'largely ineffective'
"There is little correlation between bonus and performance and this is backed by widespread academi…
Ben Moshinsky
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Britain's best-known money manager slams Rolls-Royce and sells his entire stake
The problems, which initially had affected the military aerospace and marine businesses, now appear…
Oscar Williams-Grut
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10 things in tech you need to know today
8. Russia is threatening to ban Facebook if the company doesn't shift its Russian user database int…
Shona Ghosh
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Online lender RateSetter poached an exec from Lloyds to be its top risk guy
CEO Rhydian Lewis says in an emailed statement announcing Sallé de Chou's appointment: "We are buil…
Oscar Williams-Grut
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Shazam investor DN Capital has raised €200 million for its new fund
"We're one of the most active guys in our portfolio companies. Take an example like Shazam. When we…