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YouTube fundie name erased from flagship

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2019
... Woodford's year of woe after he was forced to suspend trading amid a flood of redemptions in his Woodford Equity Income Fund in June.

YouTube fundie walks away

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2019
... 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 to completely walk away. Woodford had a long and successful career and ...

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
... Patient Capital Trust, by 4 pence per share of the NAV. Link does not expect the suspension of the Woodford Equity Income Fund to end until at least December this year. Link is responsible for valuing the portfolio of Woodford Patient Capital Trust with ...

Northern Trust embroiled in YouTube fundie saga

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2019
... achieved. At the end of August, Link Fund Solutions (the authorised corporate director of the suspended Woodford Equity Income Fund) confirmed it does not expect the suspension of the fund to end until at least December. Link said in a statement: "We ...

Short-seller knife twist for YouTube fundie

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019
... "egregiously" misrepresenting its returns. Burford is Woodford's second largest holding in its suspended Woodford Equity Income Fund - the suspension of which famously prompted Woodford to issue a sombre YouTube apology. Following the short, Burford's ...

Woodford suspension extended again

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2019
Woodford Equity Income Fund investors are unlikely to have access to their money in time to do their Christmas shopping. Link Asset Services confirmed last week that the Woodford Equity Income Fund is likely to remain suspended another four months ...

YouTube fundie called out by FCA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019
... whose money was frozen in one of his funds. Woodford Investment Management suspended trading in its Woodford Equity Income Fund at the start of June, citing liquidity issues. The suspension forced Woodford Investment Management's founder Neil Woodford ...

YouTube fundie woes continue

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2019
... Conduct Authority (FCA) has opened an investigation into the events surrounding the suspension of the Woodford Equity Income Fund, with Link Group now caught in the scandal. Earlier this month, star UK fund manager Neil Woodford took to YouTube to apologise ...

Downgrade follows fund manager YouTube apology

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019
... a YouTube apology to investors whose money is currently frozen in Woodford Investment Management's Woodford Equity Income Fund, but the apology didn't help the fund avoid a Morningstar downgrade. Morningstar analysts yesterday downgraded the Woodford ...