Saba takes aim at plethora of UK stocks as it shorts De La Rue

Amid wider trust saga

Linus Uhlig
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US activist hedge fund Saba Capital, which has been at the eye of the ongoing investment trust storm, has taken out a flurry of short positions on several UK stocks in February, adding banknote printer De La Rue to the list last Friday (14 February).

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