Saba spat with EWI intensifies as activist questions chair's integrity

General meeting 20 January

Linus Uhlig
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Round two of the battle between the board of Baillie Gifford’s Edinburgh Worldwide investment trust and Saba Capital Management has escalated after the US activist accused EWI of “serious governance failure”.

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