Foreign and Colonial Enterprise
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Foreign and Colonial Enterprise is a United Kingdom investment trust specalising in development and venture capital and includes Computacenter among its biggest 10 holdings. The trust focuses on smaller and medium firms in the UK, with total values of under 50 million pounds sterling. The trust backs companies likely to benefit from economic recovery though they may not be in fashionable sectors. Investors should include this trust only as part of a diversified portfolio geared to the long term.
Publication Name: Investors Chronicle
Subject: Business
ISSN: 0261-3115
Year: 1999
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Tales from the company doctor's casebook
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Postern is a UK company which has raised money for its Postern fund to carry out company rescues. Postern selects companies carefully and ensures it is in control of the management. This has helped it achieve a good track record in company rescues. The fund is considering five possible company rescues. The fund is of a type called a vulture fund in the US since it seeks companies with problems. Some companies cannot be rescued easily such as those with one product which are well-managed.
Publication Name: Investors Chronicle
Subject: Business
ISSN: 0261-3115
Year: 1996
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