Saba lambasts investment trust 'UK boys club' ahead of crunch voting week

Five votes over the next three days

Linus Uhlig
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Boaz Weinstein, CEO and founder of US activist hedge fund Saba Capital, has slammed the ‘UK boys club’ investment trust world for its perpetuation of trading discounts and underperformance.

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