Neil Woodford and partner received £20m dividends amid crisis October 28, 2019 Former star stockpicker Neil Woodford and his business partner Craig Newman reportedly raked in dividends close to £20m in the last financial year as the crisis that would lead to the closure of their investment firm escalated. The figure, which covers the year to March 2019, is based on analysis by the Financial Times. Read [...]
Schroders to take charge of Woodford Patient Capital Trust October 24, 2019 Schroders will take charge of the embattled Woodford Patient Capital Trust (WPCT) after former star stockpicker Neil Woodford’s abrupt departure last week. Shares in WPCT surged over 28 per cent in morning trading following the news. Read more: DEBATE: Can Neil Woodford’s reputation ever recover? Woodford’s fall from grace was cemented last week when he [...]
Regulator denies pressuring administrator to close stricken Woodford fund October 20, 2019 The financial watchdog has hit back at claims it put pressure on administrators to close Neil Woodford’s flagship fund because the scandal surrounding its suspension was undermining confidence in the industry. Link Fund Solutions, which was responsible for overseeing the suspension of the £3bn Equity Income Fund (WEIF), announced on Tuesday that the fund would [...]
Watchdog hits back at claims it was ‘asleep at the wheel’ over Woodford October 16, 2019 The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has defended itself against accusations it was ‘asleep at the wheel’ ahead of the collapse of former star fund manager Neil Woodford’s investment empire. CMC Markets’ chief analyst Michael Hewson told City A.M. he thought the FCA “was probably asleep at the wheel” in the runup to the suspension of [...]
Shares in Neil Woodford’s listed fund continue to fall after bruising day October 16, 2019 Shares in Neil Woodford’s investment trust have fallen again in early trading following a bruising day which saw the once-lauded fund manager’s empire collapse. Woodford was yesterday dismissed as the manager of his flagship Equity Income Fund (WEIF) and resigned from the Woodford Patient Capital Trust (WPCT) and Income Focus Fund. Read more: Woodford winds [...]
Woodford winds down: Stockpicker’s troubled investment empire collapses October 15, 2019 The investment empire of former star fund manager Neil Woodford came crashing down tonight after a bruising day which saw him sacked as manager of his flagship fund and resign from the remaining two, cementing the embattled stockpicker’s spectacular fall from grace. The closure of Woodford’s Equity Income Fund (WEIF) was announced this morning by [...]
Timeline: Here’s when everything went wrong for Neil Woodford October 15, 2019 The removal of Neil Woodford from his flagship Equity Income Fund and the announcement of the fund’s closure marks a major blow for the former star stockpicker. City A.M. has taken a look at the rise – and fall – of the famed money manager. Read more: How Woodford’s star came crashing down to earth [...]
Q&A: Why was the Woodford fund suspended? October 15, 2019 The decision to sack Neil Woodford as manager of his flagship Equity Income Fund (WEIF) and liquidate the fund’s assets sent shockwaves through the financial world this morning. Link Fund Solutions, which has been managing the suspension of the Woodford fund since it was gated in June, announced this morning that the fund would be [...]
Woodford Equity Income investors may not get money back for a year October 15, 2019 When administrator Link announced this morning that Neil Woodford’s flagship Equity Income Fund would be closed down, the firm said this would mean investors could have their cash returned to them “more quickly than if the Fund had remained suspended”. But now industry professionals are warning that investors may not receive their money for over [...]
‘Sorry saga’: Neil Woodford sacked as Equity Income Fund shut down October 15, 2019 Former star stockpicker Neil Woodford has condemned the decision to shut down his flagship Equity Income Fund (WEIF) and fire him as its manager, claiming it is not “in the long-term interests” of investors. Link Fund Solutions, which was tasked with administering WEIF’s suspension, wrote to investors this morning to tell them the fund will [...]