Hargreaves Lansdown, one of the UK’s top 100 stock market-listed firms, faces being dragged through court as a result of its aggressive promotion of Woodford Equity Income right up until the shockingly mismanaged investment fund closed. Today, The Mail on Sunday can exclusively reveal that litigation specialist RGL Management has formally launched a legal action … Read more
Hargreaves Lansdown, one of the UK’s top 100 stock market-listed firms, faces being dragged through court as a result of its aggressive promotion of Woodford Equity Income right up until the shockingly mismanaged investment fund closed. Today, The Mail on Sunday can exclusively reveal that litigation specialist RGL Management has formally launched a legal action … Read more
Jersey’s ‘not a soft touch’, Woodford warned: Disgraced fund manager told he can’t use island to dodge regulators as he seeks to rebuild his career By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:12 GMT, 8 March 2021 | Updated: 22:49 GMT, 8 March 2021 Warning: Jersey’s financial regulator has slammed Neil Woodford’s (pictured) plans for … Read more
News that disgraced fund manager Neil Woodford is planning a comeback has enraged savers and raised eyebrows among investors. Once touted as Britain’s most talented stock-picker, Woodford went from a hero of the investment world to notorious villain. His reappearance has infuriated the thousands of investors who lost their savings. It also reignites the debate … Read more
JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Refreshing to hear Helena Morrissey break ranks and speak out against Neil Woodford as he seeks to return to fund management By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 27 February 2021 | Updated: 22:07 GMT, 27 February 2021 It’s quite shameful that the fund management industry has been largely … Read more
Woodford may be a witness FOR investors as law firm prepares class action against Link Financial Services Woodford could be asked by Harcus Parker to stand as a witness against Link Harcus Parker has amassed more than 6,000 investors to sue Link Link shuttered Woodford’s £3.7billion Equity Income fund in 2019 By Jeff Prestridge for … Read more
FCA under fire over slow Woodford probe: MPs wonder why nothing has been heard of the inquiry 18 months on By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 18 February 2021 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 18 February 2021 The City watchdog has been told to set out when it will conclude its probe … Read more
The pandemic has produced some of the fastest turnarounds in history. Pharma companies Pfizer and Astrazeneca reduced the vaccine development cycle from a decade to less than a year. And City traders quickly learned that it wasn’t necessary to be in Canary Wharf to drive markets to commanding heights. Commercial transformation to digital has been … Read more
Woodford under fire over new role: Disgraced money man is now advising the US fund that bought his assets at knockdown prices By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 22:03 GMT, 17 February 2021 | Updated: 22:22 GMT, 17 February 2021 Neil Woodford faces calls to open up about his new role with a … Read more
Disgraced fund boss warned over his comeback: Neil Woodford is told by finance watchdog that his new company must seek approval before operating in the UK Neil Woodford announced he is preparing to launch a Jersey-based fund Up to 500,000 were affected when Woodford’s previous business failed in 2019 Events leading up to the collapse … Read more