Neil Woodford; Neil Woodford; and Neil Woodford (did you really expect anything else this time?) - here's our weekly heads-up on the financial stories that may have caught your clients' attention over the weekend …
What does Neil Woodford's fund suspension mean for investors? Investors in Neil Woodford's flagship UK Equity Income fund were "left reeling" this week, reports this handy Q&A-type round-up in the Financial Times, "after the veteran fund manager halted withdrawals, following 22 months of outflows that had left him fighting to keep pace with redemptions". After starting, reasonably enough, with "What happened?", the FT piece tours through questions including "How does he plan to fix it?", "When will investors get their money back? And will they lose money as a result?", "Are other Woodf...
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