VCT reviews

Review: British Smaller Companies VCTs

28 November 2018

Every day a few people from our office visit Friska, our local coffee shop. We're there so often, the excellent staff jokes we should have shares in the company. Indeed, some of us indirectly do. Friska ...

Review: Downing FOUR VCT – Generalist

22 November 2018

Downing FOUR VCT has both a Generalist and Healthcare share class. The Generalist share class is looking to raise up to £20.3 million (with an over-allotment facility of a further £20.3 million). This is a joint ...

Review: Downing FOUR VCT – Healthcare

21 November 2018

The Downing FOUR VCT has both a Generalist and Healthcare share class. The Healthcare share class is looking to raise up to £10.2 million (with an over-allotment facility of a further £20.3 million). This is a ...

Review: Octopus Titan VCT

15 November 2018

With more than £615 million of net assets, Octopus Titan VCT really is the giant of the VCT world. Since its launch in 2007 it has built an unmatched track record for spotting rising stars and ...

Review: Seneca Growth Capital VCT

15 November 2018

The tightening of the VCT rules in 2015 sent shockwaves through the VCT industry. But it also created opportunities for new entrants.Take the team at Seneca Partners. They have never managed a VCT before, but currently ...

Review: Hargreave Hale AIM VCT

14 November 2018

Whatever your views on AIM, you will probably agree it is a market of extremes.In the 20 years since AIM was created in 1995, around 3,000 companies have listed. 72% of them lost investors money. At ...

Review: Triple Point 2011 VCT

14 November 2018

For the past 14 years Triple Point has been successfully managing VCTs in a range of sectors. Indeed it is one of the most experienced managers of limited life VCTs. The current offer, the Triple Point ...

Review: Maven Income and Growth VCTs

13 November 2018

Maven is one of the most highly regarded VCT managers – and for good reason, in our view. At the core of the Maven portfolios are some really good, mature, if sometimes unglamorous, businesses – from ...

Review: Pembroke VCT

13 November 2018

They say some things run in the blood. This is certainly the case for retail and Andrew Wolfson, the Chief Investment Officer and Managing Director of the Pembroke VCT. His ancestors were instrumental in turning Great ...

Review: Foresight 4 VCT

13 November 2018

This VCT is a strange creature – a cross-breed of several ugly ducklings which Foresight has been working hard to turn into a beautiful swan.It is the result of the amalgamation of several previous underperforming VCTs ...