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Popular Scottish Mortgage trust wants to ante up private holdings
The Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust (SMT) wants to up its exposure to ambitious private companies. The global growth fund is
F&C delivers 55th consecutive dividend increase
Global fund F&C (FCIT) underperformed its benchmark in 2025 as the weak dollar and some disappointments in Europe and the
SRT Marine H1 revenue nearly doubles
AIM-listed maritime surveillance system and navigation device maker SRT Marine (SRT) posted a near-doubling in H1 revenue. The firm also
Liontrust acquires River Global’s asset management arm
Active fund manager Liontrust (LIO), has agreed to acquire River Global’s (RVRG) asset management arm in an all-share deal worth
Iran conflict ‘severely’ impacting UK M&A
Mid-market legal services firm DSW Capital (DSW) warned the Iran war had ‘severely impacted’ UK M&A activity. As a result,
Standard Life beats forecasts and confirms outlook
Life insurance and savings group Standard Life (SDLF) delivered better-than-expected FY25 profit and maintained its FY26 guidance. The firm, formerly
Sharesify podcast 13 March 2026
In today’s podcast, the Sharesify team talk markets, technicals, and the week’s winners and losers. While the FTSE 100 is
Sunbelt Rentals posts drop in earnings
Plant and equipment hire firm Sunbelt Rentals (SUNB), formerly known as Ashtead, posted an 11% drop in Q3 earnings. These
Adobe’s AI growth is accelerating but firm facing leadership change
Investors have been antsy about Adobe’s (ADBE) future for more than a year and now they are facing the added
AJOT’s conviction remains ‘as high as ever’
AVI Japan Opportunity Trust’s (AJOT) positive performance continued in 2025. This was a transformative year which saw the fund merge
Coming next week: Ashtead Technology, Trustpilot and Wickes
In the first of what we hope will be a weekly wrap of interesting results incoming, we spin through Ashtead
Berkeley Group outlook disappoints
Apartment block builder Berkeley Group (BKG) confirmed its FY26 pre-tax profit guidance but nudged its FY27 target lower. The shares
Trainline tumbles despite robust sales performance
FTSE 250-listed Trainline’s (TRN) FY26 trading update met previously upgraded expectations. So why did shares in the rail ticketing platform
Sharesify podcast, featuring Emma Bird of Winterflood, talking investment trusts
In our latest podcast, Sharesify’s Steven Frazer and James Crux welcome Winterflood‘s head of investment trusts research, Emma Bird. They
Bridgepoint bounces after strong FY performance
Shares in private equity and credit manager Bridgepoint (BPT) bounced from their 12-month low on strong FY25 results. The firm
On the Beach suspends profit guidance
Shares in On the Beach (OTB) slumped 10% to 173.3p after the online package holiday specialist warned the war in
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