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BlackRock announced the merger of two of its UK investment trusts, a move supported by activist investor Saba Capital. The consolidation will combine assets worth over £X billion, aiming to enhance scale and reduce operating costs. By streamlining the trusts, BlackRock seeks to deliver lower fees and improved liquidity for retail investors. The deal reflects a growing trend of consolidation in the investment‑trust sector.
Lightkeeper has introduced Beacon, an AI‑enabled feature that lets hedge funds and asset managers ask plain‑English questions about their portfolios. The tool pulls answers from Lightkeeper’s validated, institutional‑grade data rather than unverified sources, preserving transparency and auditability. Beacon connects client...
European high‑net‑worth investors are gravitating back to alternative UCITS funds, a liquid hedge‑fund‑style vehicle, as assets under management rose 22% to $287 billion in 2025. The sector logged four consecutive quarters of inflows, the longest streak in four years, driven by...
Prescient Investment Management’s Cheree Dyers argues that digital assets and tokenised instruments can boost capital efficiency and settlement speed, but only if they dovetail with existing custody, clearing and regulatory frameworks. She highlights that faster, near‑real‑time settlement reduces counter‑party exposure,...
Investors can now gain exposure to SpaceX through private secondary markets, specialty ETFs and pooled funds, sidestepping the wait for a public listing. The rocket company is valued at roughly $1.25 trillion, making it one of the most coveted private assets....
Fund managers are at a five‑year high of bullishness, yet a record share warn that corporate America is overspending on capital expenditures amid uncertain returns. In Bank of America’s February survey of 162 managers, cash balances rose in February, signaling...
Saba Capital Management has urged shareholders of Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust (EWIT) to accept a 100% cash exit at 99% of net asset value if its board slate wins the upcoming AGM. The activist hedge fund, which has unsuccessfully challenged...
