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Frozen Perth fund made a big bet on a German cannabis stock

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Merchant Fund’s decision to gate its pre-IPO Opportunity fund will be sure to rattle its unitholders. But the signs were all there if they looked closely.

Accounts for the $70-odd million fund, which Street Talk revealed on Tuesday has closed its doors to redemptions, showed more than a third of its funds under management is held in a single unlisted medical and medicinal cannabis company – EuroCann Corporation Limited.

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Sarah Thompson has co-edited Street Talk since 2009, specialising in private equity, investment banking, M&A and equity capital markets stories. Prior to that, she spent 10 years in London as a markets and M&A reporter at Bloomberg and Dow Jones. Email Sarah at sarah.thompson@afr.com
Kanika Sood is a journalist based in Sydney who writes for the Street Talk column. Email Kanika at kanika.sood@afr.com.au
Emma Rapaport is a co-editor of the Street Talk column. Prior to that, she was a markets reporter at The Australian Financial Review. Connect with Emma on Twitter. Email Emma at emma.rapaport@afr.com

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