BB Healthcare trust seeks to raise £200m in IPO

Sister for BB Biotech trust

Laura Dew
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Bellevue Asset Management, manager of the BB Biotech trust, is to expand its range with the launch of a broader healthcare investment trust today.

Zurich-based Bellevue has $4bn invested in the healthcare industry and is seeking to raise £200m for the new trust.  It will be a high conviction, long-only investment trust invested in listed or quoted global healthcare equities and have a maximum of 35 holdings. The trust will be able to invest regardless of market cap, sector or region and will have a broader remit than the specialist BB Biotech trust. Holdings could include pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical devices, healthcare insurers and drug retail with the firm saying it expects the majority of exposure will come from th...

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