City of London Investment Group PLC (LSE:CLIG; OTCQX:CLIUF) is a United Kingdom-based asset management company that specializes in closed-end fund investment strategies through its two wholly owned subsidiaries; City of London Investment Management Company Limited (CLIM) offers emerging markets, international, opportunistic value, frontier markets, listed private equity, and balanced/fixed income closed-end fund strategies primarily to institutional clients including pension funds, foundations, endowments, and other institutional money managers; Karpus Investment Management (KIM) provides closed-end fund strategies across all asset classes to wealth management clients in the United States. The company employs proprietary quantitative tools, macroeconomic analysis, and trading expertise developed over more than 20 years to generate repeatable performance. Founded in 1992 and headquartered at 77 Gracechurch Street in London, the group operates primarily in the United States and Canada, with additional presence in the United Kingdom, Europe, Singapore, and other regions.
In recent developments, funds under management grew 4% to $11.2 billion as of 30 September 2025 from $10.8 billion at 30 June 2025, driven by $66 million in net inflows across emerging markets, international, and opportunistic value strategies, plus $74 million into balanced and fixed income offerings, alongside new mandates including $46 million for emerging markets and $60-70 million for listed private equity. The group marked the fifth anniversary of its 2020 merger with Karpus Investment Management in its fiscal year 2025 annual report, affirming the integration's success despite the retirement of key figures Barry Olliff and George Karpus, whose principles continue to influence operations; it also issued a revised chairman's statement and paid an interim dividend of 11 pence per share in April 2025. Marketing efforts have intensified outside the US amid widening closed-end fund discounts, with outperformance noted in emerging markets, opportunistic value, and listed private equity strategies.