EIS

Dermot Campbell, Managing Partner at Kuber Ventures on the FSA's long awaited decision as to whether EIS will be defined as an UCIS.

GOSLING'S GROUSE

Kuber Ventures has unveiled a six strong line-up of EIS fund managers, two months on from launching the first ever EIS platform.

Hollywood director Ridley Scott has partnered with Orchard Media Ventures to launch an enterprise investment scheme which will finance six UK films.

In the latest Big Debate, our panelists from Seed Mentors Ltd, Bulletin Marketing and Maclay, Murray and Spens LLP discussed Seed EIS.

Former Cofunds chief executive Brett Williams is to take an advisory role at Kuber Ventures, a multi-manager platform for Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) portfolios.

High-net-worth wrap provider Platform One and Seed EIS are to launch an integrated platform for Enterprise Investment Schemes.

The British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVCA) is holding talks with Treasury officials over the FSA's proposal to restrict VCT and EIS sales to sophisticated investors.

Brett Williams, the former head of platform giants Skandia and Cofunds, has moved into the EIS market with a series of launches through his new venture Old Burlington Investments (OBI).

Venture capital trusts (VCTs) and enterprise investment schemes (EISs) are to fall under the Financial Services Authority's (FSA's) upcoming guidance on unregulated collective investments schemes (UCIS).