Finance

Weinstein Steps Up Baillie Gifford Attack Over SpaceX Sale

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifts off at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

Photographer: Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/AFP/Getty Images

Activist investor Boaz Weinstein stepped up pressure on the board of a Baillie Gifford fund ahead of a key shareholder vote, seeking answers to questions over a decision to sell down a stake in SpaceX.

In an open letterBloomberg Terminal published Wednesday, Weinstein’s hedge fund Saba Capital Management wanted to know why London-listed Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust didn’t communicate the sell-down of its stake to the market. Saba also asked whether facilitating a merger of EWIT with Baillie Gifford US Growth Trust played a role in the decision.