Formerly | Schroders UK Public Private Trust and Woodford Patient Capital Trust |
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Company type | Public company |
LSE: INOV | |
Industry | Investment |
Founded | 2015 |
Headquarters | , |
Key people | Susan Searle (Chairperson) |
Parent | Schroders |
Website | Official site |
Schroders Capital Global Innovation Trust plc, formerly Schroders UK Public Private Trust and before that Woodford Patient Capital Trust, is a British investment trust dedicated to long-term investments predominantly in the United Kingdom. [1] [2] [3]
It is listed on the London Stock Exchange. [3] The chairman is Susan Searle. [4]
The fund was established in 2015 and was managed by Woodford Investment Management led by Neil Woodford until December 2019 when the fund came under the management of Schroders. [5] [6]
Among other early stage investments, through its portfolio company, Industrial Heat, the trust is the world's largest institutional investor in the pseudoscientific Cold Fusion technology. [7]
The trust changed its name from Woodford Patient Capital Trust to Schroders UK Public Private Trust on 16 December 2019 [5] and was renamed to Schroders Capital Global Innovation Trust in April 2023. [8]
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