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Profile: Aurora Investment Trust

19th June 2024

UPDATE: Aurora took over Artemis UK Alpha in November 2025 and was renamed Aurora UK Alpha. The manager of Artemis UK Alpha, Kartik Kumar, joined the trust's management firm. ARR returned -4.3% in 2024 versus +9.5% for the All-Share, and +16.8% in 2025 versus +23.9%. In the first half of 2026, it returned -6.3% versus +7.2%.

Investment Trust (ticker: ARR) was set up in 1997 to invest in UK stocks. It endured a rocky ride and in advance of its regular three-yearly continuation vote in 2014, it was suggested that the trust would be wound up in 2017 when its long-serving manager was due to reti...

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