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		<title>Saba Capital&#8217;s Boaz Weinstein targets Baillie Gifford-run tech trust</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<div style="margin-bottom:20px;"><img width="1920" height="1080" src="https://financenews.one/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/107416509-1715954534877-gettyimages-1258512789-BLOOMBERG_INVEST.jpeg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://financenews.one/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/107416509-1715954534877-gettyimages-1258512789-BLOOMBERG_INVEST.jpeg 1920w, https://financenews.one/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/107416509-1715954534877-gettyimages-1258512789-BLOOMBERG_INVEST-300x169.jpeg 300w, https://financenews.one/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/107416509-1715954534877-gettyimages-1258512789-BLOOMBERG_INVEST-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https://financenews.one/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/107416509-1715954534877-gettyimages-1258512789-BLOOMBERG_INVEST-768x432.jpeg 768w, https://financenews.one/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/107416509-1715954534877-gettyimages-1258512789-BLOOMBERG_INVEST-1536x864.jpeg 1536w" sizes="(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px" /></div>Boaz Weinstein is calling for the removal of the entire board of a tech-focused fund managed by Baillie Gifford, in a bid to reverse what the activist investor sees as &#8220;unprecedented&#8221; value destruction. In a letter to the Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust&#8217;s board on Thursday, Weinstein — whose activist investment firm Saba Capital owns around [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<p>Boaz Weinstein is calling for the removal of the entire board of a tech-focused fund managed by Baillie Gifford, in a bid to reverse what the activist investor sees as &#8220;unprecedented&#8221; value destruction.</p>
<p>In a <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20251126379738/en/Saba-Capital-Sends-Letter-to-Edinburgh-Worldwide-Investment-Trust-PLCs-Board-of-Directors-Regarding-its-Intention-to-Requisition-a-General-Meeting-to-Replace-the-Board-and-Deliver-Value-to-Shareholders" target="_blank">letter</a> to the Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust&#8217;s board on Thursday, Weinstein — whose activist investment firm Saba Capital owns around 30% of shares in the trust — said the board has &#8220;objectively and categorically failed&#8221; to deliver the performance expected by shareholders.</p>
<p>EWIT&#8217;s portfolio comprises a global mix of smaller and emerging public and private companies focused on tech innovation and transformation, that target &#8220;significant disruptive growth potential,&#8221; according to the London-listed Baillie Gifford&#8217;s website. </p>
<p>Its holdings include Elon Musk&#8217;s Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, which makes up 8.4% of its portfolio.</p>
<p>Weinstein said EWIT&#8217;s net asset value is down 30.8% over the past five years, while its share price return has fallen 35%, having &#8220;massively underperformed&#8221; its self-selected benchmark, the FTSE All-Share Index, which is up 71.4% over the same period.</p>
<p>That means the company&#8217;s NAV return and share price performance ultimately lag the benchmark by more than 100% over the five-year period, Saba noted in the letter.</p>
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<p>&#8220;The magnitude of this value destruction is unprecedented among peer U.K. equity investment trusts over this period,&#8221; Weinstein wrote.</p>
<p>The trust&#8217;s total assets stood at £847.15 million ($1.1 billion) as of Oct. 31. </p>
<p>Now the high-profile activist investor is calling for a general meeting to appoint a new board composed solely of &#8220;qualified, independent directors… committed to delivering long-term value for all shareholders.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;We remain profoundly frustrated by the board&#8217;s prolonged inertia,&#8221; Weinstein wrote in the letter on Thursday. &#8220;We do not have faith in the current Board&#8217;s ability to implement the necessary strategic changes.&#8221;</p>
<p>The move follows an earlier attempt by Saba last year to shake up the EWI trust&#8217;s board, a bid which ultimately failed to win investor support.</p>
<p>Weinstein — whose New York-based $6 billion hedge fund trades credit relative value opportunities — has built a number of positions across the U.K. investment trust space lately. </p>
<p>Outlining <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/20/saba-capitals-weinstein-says-storm-brewing-in-uk-investment-trusts.html">two new bets</a> at the annual Sohn London investment conference last week, he said there is &#8220;a storm brewing&#8221; in the U.K. investment trust sector where discounts have widened sharply.</p>
<p>EWIT is expected to issue a statement later on Thursday. Baillie Gifford declined to comment on the matter.</p>
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<br />Read More: <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/27/saba-capitals-boaz-weinstein-targets-baillie-gifford-run-tech-trust-.html">Saba Capital&#8217;s Boaz Weinstein targets Baillie Gifford-run tech trust</a></p>
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