Author (Person) | Arnold, Martin |
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Series Title | Financial Times |
Series Details | 17.12.09 |
Publication Date | 17/12/2009 |
Content Type | News |
The Wellcome Trust’s chief investment officer said that a draft European law on private equity and hedge funds would weaken Britain’s biggest charity, which made £580m of gains on its £13bn investment portfolio in the year to September 2009. Danny Truell told the Financial Times that half the Wellcome Trust’s portfolio – which finances medical research in the UK and poor countries around the world – was invested in hedge funds and private equity funds based outside the European Union. |
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Subject Categories | Business and Industry |
Countries / Regions | Europe, United Kingdom |