The resurgence of Covid-19 across Europe continues to make headlines, but as summer draws to a close and with schools reopening, the UK is doing its best to get back to normal. For those covering the VCT market, it seems like just the other day when RNS feeds were reporting the publication of revised NAVs, and supplementary prospectuses as VCT managers prepared to close fundraising for the 2019/20 tax year. Perhaps it is a side-effect of the lockdown that it seems so recent, but that was back in March and April and we have been living with the effects of Covid-19 for almost six months. With the 2020/21 VCT fundraising season already upon us, in this latest article we outline some of our thoughts, more generally, about venture investments as part of a broader portfolio.
Many comparisons have been made and will likely continue to be made about the difference between the 2008/09 Great Financial Crisis (“GFC”), and the current economic recession.
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