UK-domiciled investment trusts have been granted greater flexibility in paying out dividends, with vehicles now able to distribute capital profits as income for the first time.
Investment Week |
27 Jan 2012
Henderson’s John Bennett has overhauled the Henderson European Focus trust, introducing more risk into the portfolio through active bets against the benchmark.
Investment Week |
23 Jan 2012
Numis Securities predicts established equity income investment trusts will be the main beneficiaries of RDR when it is implemented next January.
Investment Week |
23 Jan 2012
Nearly a fifth of investment trust directors do not invest in their own companies, the latest ‘Skin in the Game’ report by broker Collins Stewart has revealed.
Investment Week |
16 Jan 2012
The public's willingness to accept economic reform may be a greater problem for Europe this year than the stubbornness of the ECB, according to the managers of the Ruffer Investment Company.
Investment Week |
10 Jan 2012
Alliance Trust has appointed Karin Forseke as non-executive chairman to replace Lesley Knox, who announced last year she intended to step down from the role.
Investment Week |
05 Jan 2012
Tech star Ben Rogoff has blamed the “formidable headwind” of small caps for a 5% fall in NAV for the Polar Capital Technology trust over the six months to 31 October 2011.
Investment Week |
13 Dec 2011
The winners of the Investment Week Investment Trust Awards 2011 were announced at a glittering ceremony in London last night.
Investment Week |
24 Nov 2011
Standard Life Investments’ Thomas Moore is set to shake up holdings in the group’s £107m Equity Income trust when he takes over as lead manager next year.
Investment Week |
21 Nov 2011
IMA figures show net inflows drop to levels last seen at height of crisis, with just five trusts launched this year compared to 15 in 2010.
Investment Week |
07 Nov 2011
The board of the Invista Foundation Property Trust has confirmed that Schroders is to take over the management of the company.
Investment Week |
31 Oct 2011
F&C manager Phil Doel adds to holdings in major income-payers like Vodaphone in UK market to support dividend on £441m portfolio.
Investment Week |
31 Oct 2011
