Investment trusts outperformed open-ended funds run by the same manager over a 10-year period three-quarters of the time, with the majority also costing less in management fees, research from AJ Bell has found.
AJ Bell found the trusts run by the same manager were cheaper than the open-ended funds in 60% of cases, with the average funds it looked at costing 0.97% versus a 0.91% fee on trusts. However, AJ Bell warned investors should brace themselves for higher volatility in trusts as a result of their use of gearing - in fact, trusts are more volatile than their fund equivalents 90% of the time. Laura Suter, personal finance analyst, said: "There's been lots of talk recently about whether investment trusts or funds are the better vehicle for investors, so we decided to crunch the numbers on...
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