City grandees launch bid to unseat Urban Logistics chair Investing An investment trust run by City grandees has called a shareholder vote to unseat the chair and two directors of Urban Logistics REIT. City veterans Christopher Mills and Robert Naylor run Achilles Investment Company, and have banded together with Waverton Investment Management, TR Property Investment Trust and Harwood Capital to launch the takeover. Naylor and [...]
Former Hipgnosis duo set to float trust on London Stock Exchange Investing Achilles Investment Company is set to start trading on the London Stock Exchange tomorrow after raising £54m to make an activist push against struggling investment trusts. The trust, run by City veterans Christopher Mills and Robert Naylor at Harwood Capital, would be the first investment trust float on UK markets since 2023. Naylor and Mills [...]
PRS REIT reveals ‘excellent’ results as strategic review looms Investing PRS REIT has revealed a set of strong results as the trust gears up for a strategic review following a shareholder row. The real estate investment trust reported an 11 per cent uplift in the value of its underlying assets, as rental income on its private housing portfolio surged 12 per cent on a like-for-like [...]
