Fallen fund manager Woodford to make comeback Fund manager Neil Woodford, whose retail fund empire crumbled less than two years ago, is to stage a comeback with a new investment business. In an interview with the Daily Telegraph Mr Woodford said that he planned to launch a new institutionally-focused fund manager called Woodford Capital Management Partners (WCMP). He plans to team up with US-based Acacia Research, to launch a bio-tech fund from Jersey. Mr Woodford has invested in Acacia Research via his failed Woodford Investment Management (WIM) business and Acacia has bought investments back from the shuttered Woodford funds. {loadposition hidden2} WIM administrator Link Fund Solutions wound up the Woodford funds following poor investment performance and spate of problems for investors who found themselves unable to withdraw funds due to a number of illiquid investments made by the funds. Administrators have been gradually selling off investments held by the Woodford funds including the former Woodford Equity Income Fund. So far almost £2.5bn has been distributed to investors since the fund began winding up.