IVA vs MPV Comparison

Inventiva SA is a France-based biopharmaceutical company specialized in developing drugs that impact on nuclear receptors, transcription factors and epigenetic modulation. The company is focused on developing its product candidate, lanifibranor, for the treatment of patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, or NASH, a disease for which there are currently no approved therapies. The company is also involved in developing a portfolio of pre-clinical therapy programs. It operates in the segment of Service delivery and clinical stage research, notably into therapies in the areas of oncology, fibrosis, and rare diseases. All the company's operations are in France. Majority of the group's revenue is derived from its research partnerships with AbbVie and BI.

Barings Participation Investors is a diversified closed-ended management investment company. The Trust's investment objective is to maintain a portfolio of securities providing a current yield and an opportunity for capital gains. Its principal investments are privately placed, below-investment grade, long-term debt obligations including bank loans and mezzanine debt instruments. The company invests in various sectors such as aerospace and defense; automotive; building materials; consumer products and others.