Investment trusts outperform sister funds over 75% of the time - AJ Bell

'Alarming' performance differential

David Brenchley
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Investment trusts have outperformed their sister open-ended funds more than three-quarters of the time over the last decade, though are much more volatile, research from investment platform AJ Bell shows.

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