Update: Woodford Equity Income ditches top holdings disclosure

Fund 'on track' to reopen in December

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Woodford Investment Management has moved to withhold disclosing the Woodford Equity Income’s top ten holdings, following confirmation that the embattled fund would remain suspended until December.

The fund, which is currently heading into its fourth month of suspension, is currently "on track" to reopen in December as planned, its Authorised Corporate Director (ACD) Link Asset Services said on Friday (23 August), but will remain gated for now. In the wake of the announcement an update on Woodford's website said it had decided, "after consultation with Link", to "to withhold disclosing the top ten holdings while the fund is suspended". It explained it remains "committed to operating the fund in a way that best protects the interests of investors, both for those who wish to remai...

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