Matrix VCT to open for early orders

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Investment team headed by Peter Webb and including ex-Mercury manager Paul Harwood to run Aim portfolio

Matrix is to take advance reservations this month for Unicorn Aim VCT, which is targeted to launch on 1 October 2001. Unicorn Asset Management will manage the trust, which will concentrate on investing in Aim listed companies. Unicorn manages the Eaglet investment trust, which saw share price returns of 16.1% for the 12 months to 25 July 2001. The VCT will remain open until it is full but a reservation book will start this month as the group thinks there will be a lot of interest in the trust. The group is aiming to raise within the region of £25'£30m for the VCT. Bridget Cleverly...

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