Investment Trusts

The average UK growth & income trust has outperformed its open-ended counterpart by 6% per annum over the last ten years. Kieran Drake, research analyst at Winterflood Securities, explains why.

While open-ended emerging markets fund managers contended with redemptions last year, investment trust managers were able to cut through the short-term noise and focus on the task in hand. Here, managers explore some of the key emerging market destinations....

FundsNetwork's decision to list investment trusts later this year stole a march on its rivals. But will others follow suit? Charlotte Richards finds out.

The Association of Investment Companies (AIC) has suggested to members with modest investments in US securities that they may be better off not signing up to controversial tax initiative FATCA and taking the penalty charge.

TOP FUNDS

Aberdeen Asset Management CEO Martin Gilbert has said he wants to oust Katherine Garrett-Cox as chief executive of the £2.1bn Alliance Trust, according to a report in the Telegraph.

GOOD SHAPE?

Platform unbundling will no doubt make investment trusts more accessible - but the jury is still out on whether it will make them more popular.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is taking a closer look at firms operating as Authorised Corporate Directors (ACD), after warning of potential conflicts of interest.

Fidelity FundsNetwork has become the first of the fund supermarkets to confirm it will offer investment trusts ahead of RDR.