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The board of Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Trust has launched a "strategic review" into the company's future after it failed its five-year performance test from 2021. The investment trust launched a tender offer last month to allow shareholders to sell up to a quarter of the £315m t

Standard Life has announced Siobhan Boylan, Aberdeen Group's, nominated non-executive director, will cease being on its board following Aberdeen's stake sale. Boylan who is Aberdeen Group's chief financial officer served on the board until the asset manager reduced its stake in Standard Life on Octo

As Baillie Gifford US Growth Trust warns that low turnout could hand Saba the board, ShareSoc says the real problem isn’t apathy but invisibility. ShareSoc, which represents more than 9,500 private investors, said the problem is more complex, explaining that shareholders don’t know they

The UK Government has launched a consultation on rewarding whistleblowers who report economic crime such as fraud and bribery. The Government’s move would bring Britain closer to the US model, where financial incentives are used to encourage whistleblowers who provide evidence that helps uncov

Independent voting experts Glass Lewis, ISS and PIRC have backed the board of Baillie Gifford US Growth Trust urging shareholders to vote against Saba Capital Management's requisition request to install three of its nominees onto the board.

Around 160 FTSE 350 companies have been identified as non-compliant with UK modern slavery reporting requirements over the past six years, according to analysis from Rathbones. The wealth manager published the findings in its report titled: Votes Against Slavery 2020-2025: Six Years, Six Lessons, re

Around 30% of Scots say annuities feel “too difficult to understand”, according to a survey by Legal & General (L&G). The insurer polled 2,000 UK adults aged 50 and over and used the findings to launch “Annuity Myth Busters”, a guide to common misconceptions about whe

The fund manager of an Aberdeen exchange-traded fund has warned the supply of critical minerals such copper, lithium and rare earth minerals will struggle to keep pace with global demand through to 2050. David Clancy, portfolio manager of abrdn’s Future Raw Materials ETF, argued that many mine

A senior Aberdeen Investments director has warned the UK is in “danger” of developing “takeover fatigue” following the “unprecedented scale” of takeover activity in the UK market. Ian Hewett voiced concerns over the lack of discussion around the £1bn takeove

Big Four accountancy firm Deloitte was found to have helped falsify documents to hide Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich’s wealth and evade tax. The firm signed off accounts in Cyprus, meaning assets such as mansions, private jets and superyachts worth £508m disappeared from the former Ch

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has urged firms to prepare for the UK’s new regulatory regime, warning that crypto-investors will not have access to the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) for their digital asset investments. Val Smith, the FCA’s head of authorisations, p

JPMorgan Global Growth & Income has attributed its underperformance over the year to June 2026 to “unfavourable stock selection”, with its net asset value (NAV) total return trailing its benchmark by 11 percentage points. The trust delivered a NAV total return of 16.7%, compared with

Baillie Gifford US Growth Trust chair Tom Burnet has written to the Secretary of State for Scotland Douglas Alexander and Economic Secretary Lucy Rigby urging the Government to help protect the UK investment trust industry from activist hedge funds. Burnet has been calling on retail investors to vot

The UK has fallen from seventh to 12th in a global capitalism index since 2009, with researchers pointing to modest declines in labour market openness, market competition and the free flow of goods and capital. Researchers at the University of Virginia spent three years developing the first Global C

The co-manager of Aberdeen New India Investment Trust and lead manager of the India Fund believes India’s domestic consumption story will continue to underpin economic growth, with rising retail investment and a growing middle class supporting the long-term outlook. James Thom said India could