Andrew Aldridge: Understanding the tax-efficient investment process

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When assessing tax-efficient investments, writes Andrew Aldridge, it is important to understand the similarities and differences between mainstream investing and unquoted, early-stage stocks

One of the key differences to contemplate, and a key understanding that should be imparted by any good manager in the tax-efficient space, is that of the investment process. For example, how does the manager identify investment opportunities, what are those opportunities and what timescales are likely when it comes to deploying the funds into those investments? Most managers in this space will likely source investee companies from a myriad of places, possibly including academia, corporate advisers, accountants, professional introducers, incubators, etc.  Describing this source of deal...

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