An overview of how business interruption insurance policies have been interpreted in the context of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Split Capital Investment Trusts (86 KB, PDF)
This crisis saw retail investment opportunities offered by major funds and which had purported to be safe and low risk vehicles for investment, unravel in a spectacular way. Investors saw the value of their funds decline by percentages very many times that of the decline in underlying equity markets. Investigations in the aftermath revealed structural weaknesses in the structures of the funds and accusations of a self-serving financial community.
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