Invesco disposes of illiquid assets across UK equity mandates

Liquidity review

Beth Brearley
clock • 5 min read

Invesco has made the decision to sell out of illiquid holdings in its UK equity mandates and reallocate capital to large- and mid-cap holdings.

The decision follows an ongoing review into the underlying liquidity in the funds, notably Mark Barnett's £4.6bn Invesco High Income and £2.1bn Invesco Income funds, which have come under scrutiny over the past year, following the fall from grace of former Invesco manager Neil Woodford - who ran highly illiquid portfolios - and the collapse of Woodford Investment Management. Mark Barnett's income portfolios hit with further outflows - reports A spokesperson for Invesco commented: "Given a significant shift in risk tolerance towards illiquid or unquoted assets in the last year, and rec...

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