Home » VCT » Page 8

Tag

VCT

Articles and analysis on Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs), the investment vehicles designed to provide individual investors with access to venture capital investments while offering tax incentives.

News

Managers extol ‘great time’ for VCTs

Members of the Association of Investment Companies (AIC) remain optimistic about opportunities for VCTs over the coming year.

News

Foresight to manage Noble VCT

The directors of Noble VCT have announced that from 1 April it will be managed by venture capital group Foresight.

News

IFAs tip mature VCTs over new launches

Almost two-thirds of independent financial advisers (IFAs) believe that established VCTs will be most popular with investors this year, according to research from Noble Fund Managers.

News

EPIC VCT makes its first investment

The first VCT ever launched by EPIC Private Equity has made its maiden investment, in salad bar chain Chop’d.

News

Double-digit returns emerge from Chrysalis

Chrysalis VCT, which invests primarily in unquoted companies, generated double-digit returns for its investors in the year to October.

News

VCTs launched to profit from credit crunch

Investment banking group Shore Capital is launching two 'credit crunch VCTs' which will target investment opportunities thrown up by tighter borrowing conditions.

News

YFM and Noble VCTs seek new funds

The latest VCT managers to launch new share offers, YFM and Noble, are seeking almost £20 million for their existing VCTs.

News

Baronsmead VCTs see 3.7 times return from RLA sale

Private equity firm ISIS Equity Partners says it nearly quadrupled the investment made through its Baronsmead VCTs in marketing agency RLA, which was sold last month.

News

Ingenious launches Entertainment VCTs

Venture capitalist Ingenious Investments has launched two new venture capital trusts (VCTs) with a joint fundraising target of £30 million.

News

Cozart exit boosts YFM-managed VCTs

YFM Private Equity says that the sale of its stake in medical diagnostics company Cozart returned four times its investment for two of its VCTs.

News

Close Enterprise VCT offers new shares

After raising £19.8 million in April this year, Close Enterprise VCT now intends to raise a further £20 million through an offer of new shares.

News

EPIC Private Equity launches VCT

Institutional private equity house EPIC has launched its first venture capital trust (VCT). With a fundraising target of £15 million, EPIC VCT will back buy-outs, provide development capital to established companies and fund turnarounds.

Recommended Content