FCA fines Neil Woodford and Woodford IM £46m after fund failures Business The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a £46m fine against once-renowned investment manager Neil Woodford and his former firm, Woodford Investment Management (WIM). The City watchdog handed Woodford a fine of £5.88m and banned him from holding senior manager roles and managing funds for retail investors. The authority also fined Woodford Investment Management £40m. [...]
Neil Woodford: ‘I could not have been more transparent’ Investing Neil Woodford has denied misleading investors over the contents of his collapsed investment fund, insisting that he “could not have been more transparent” to his thousands of retail shareholders. Speaking exclusively to City AM, Woodford said he regularly published information on his fund’s portfolio and his investment strategy prior to its implosion, arguing that the [...]