Asset Management

Liontrust CEO under fire over ‘false rumours’ in email to GAM investor

Liontrust boss John Ions’ email prompts claims of ‘false rumours’ from activist group

‘He will retract the email. I never wrote those words, and I would never approve of those words’
‘He will retract the email. I never wrote those words, and I would never approve of those words’

Liontrust chief executive John Ions has been hit with a complaint after making “unacceptable” comments to a shareholder in takeover target GAM.

The activist group fighting to block Liontrust’s bid for GAM has written to the chair of the London-listed asset manager’s board, slamming an email its chief executive sent to a GAM-backer.

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