Investec warns of 'perilous position' following Digital 9 manager departures

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Elliot Gulliver-Needham
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Following the departures of Digital 9 Infrastructure managers Thor Johnsen and Andre Karihaloo, Investec has warned the trust is now in a “perilous position”.

The departure of Johnsen and Karihaloo, who left their roles as head of digital infrastructure and investment director at Triple Point respectively, is "a difficult blow to take," according to Investec. Digital 9 Infrastructure lead managers step down While Investec acknowledged that "bumps in the road" are inevitable in a new company, it said it had previously raised concerns over corporate governance, over-leverage and a lack of transparency. The firm highlighted new manager Ben Beaton is not a digital infrastructure specialist, and that since its IPO last year, the trust has los...

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