US Solar Fund appoints manager after shareholders pass new investment policy

Amber Infrastructure Investment Advisor

Elliot Gulliver-Needham
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The US Solar Fund has appointed Amber Infrastructure Investment Advisor as its new investment manager, after shareholders approved changes to the trust's investment policy.

In a stock exchange notice today (17 November), the trust's board said the motion to amend the investment policy had been approved by 89.6% of shareholders. Amber Infrastructure Investment Advisor will replace the former investment manager New Energy Solar Manager (NESM). US Solar fund unveils revised investment policy Last month, the trust said that as well as changing managers, it would expand its investment mandate, which would come into effect once the appointment was confirmed. The amendments to the strategy include allowing investment into "development stage assets" and ot...

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