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Link faces another lawsuit

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2021
... Link Market Services has been hit with another lawsuit for allegedly failing to protect more investors from the troubled Woodford Equity Income Fund (WEIF). UK law firm Leigh Day is representing more than 4000 clients who invested in the WEIF, which ...

Link flags PEXA listing

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021
... Link said it continues to work closely with the UK's financial regulator to investigate the debacle surrounding the Woodford Equity Income Fund, which is now called the LF Equity Income Fund. Link said it continues to act in the best interests of ...

Woodford flags comeback

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2021
The UK's financial regulator is warning investors that disgraced fund manager Neil Woodford is launching a new venture, WCM Partners. The Financial Conduct Authority was forced to act after Woodford announced that his new investment firm is in the ...

Consortium eyes Link Group

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... subsidiaries like Link Fund Solutions and Link Market Services. Link Fund Solutions (UK) is the fund administrator of Woodford Equity Income Fund, which has shut down and is in the process of returning investors' money. The board said it will consider ...

Class action over YouTube fundie fallout

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
... giant Hargreaves Lansdown is facing a potential class action over its alleged promotion of Neil Woodford's funds. The Woodford Equity Income Fund was spectacularly wound up after its namesake star fundie Neil Woodford offered an emotional YouTube ...

Platform cancels top 50 funds list

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
... the platform clearly stated it does not take payment or commissions for funds to appear on the list. The now defunct Woodford Equity Income Fund was once a part of the list, and was only dropped from the list once the fund was frozen. Portfolio Adviser ...

YouTube fundie name erased from flagship

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2019
... has had his name erased from his flagship trust as investment responsibilities are transferred to another manager. The Woodford Patient Capital Trust is now listed on the London Stock Exchange as the Schroder UK Public Private Trust after Schroders was ...

YouTube fundie walks away

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2019
The embattled UK fund manager, Neil Woodford, has resigned from his namesake funds and is closing down his business. One day after it was announced that his flagship Woodford Equity Income Fund would be wound up, Woodford has made the shock decision ...

YouTube fundie ousted, flagship fund to be wound up

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2019
The embattled Woodford Equity Income Fund is to be wound up following a decision by Link Fund Solutions that Neil Woodford has said goes against the best interests of investors. Link, the authorised corporate director of the fund, announced last night ...

Northern Trust chair defends Woodford loan

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR, KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2019
Northern Trust chair and chief executive Michael O'Grady has defended the company giving an embattled Neil Woodford fund added flexibility on a £150 million loan. The British fundie famously took to YouTube to apologise to investors after his fund ...