Unicorn's Walls dips into investment company IPOs on Mastertrust fund

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Jayna Rana
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Peter Walls, manager of the £86m Unicorn Mastertrust, has exploited the trend of investment trust launches seen this year by taking part in two IPOs - only the fourth and fifth in his 18 years of running the open-ended fund.

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