Disposal boosts Chrysalis' liquiditySBO to receive back original investmentAnalyst says deal is 'good news' for UK techBritish semiconductor company Graphcore may have been sold to Japan's Softbank (9984:TYO) at a fraction of its peak value, but the deal has allowed investment trusts Chrysalis Investments (CHRY) and Schroder British Opportunities (SBO) to realise some cash and report uplifts in NA

UK stocks represent a 'once in a generation' opportunity for investors, say fund managers. After years dogged by political and economic uncertainty, and soggy stock market performance, this is a welcome change of mood music.'UK equities are on a 30 year low versus peers, and we see this as a once in a generation opportunity to get involved in some fantastic businesses,' said Rory Bateman, manager

The Schroder British Opportunities investment trust is set to launch on 1 December after it managed to raise the minimum £75 million it needed from investors ahead of its IPO.Net proceeds are expected to be £73.5 million, equivalent to a net asset value (NAV) of 98p per share, but the figure is well below the £250 million the trust had hoped to raise.It comes after two other investment trusts,

The initial public offering (IPO) of the Buffettology Smaller Companies Investment Trust has been pulled (26 Oct), despite a 'broad level of support from a significant number of investors', after it failed to raise the £100 million minimum needed for a stock market float.This follows on from Tellworth British Recovery & Growth Trust, which shelved its IPO (7 Oct) after the launch failed to genera