Investment Trusts
Smithson's record-breaking IPO shows 'cult of the star manager remains alive'
Largest trust IPO on record
Alliance Trust Savings sold to Interactive Investor for £40m
Create platform with £35bn AUA
Terry Smith's Smithson trust beats Woodford record with £822m fundraise
Smashed initial target
Are narrowing small-cap discounts a signal to sell?
Mixed fortunes for UK Smaller Companies and UK All Companies
Traditional equity trusts enjoy resurgence in 2018 but alternatives retain their allure
Twelve trusts launched so far this year
Janus Henderson's Tim Stevenson to retire after 35 years in industry
Joined Henderson in 1986
Aberdeen Standard Investments appointed manager of new sustainability trust ahead of IPO
Fundraise target of £200m
Gresham House targets £200m for renewable energy-focused investment trust
Plans to complete in early November
Update: Electra investment trust to be wound up
Outcome of third stage of strategic review
M&G targets £250m for private credit investment trust
Over 20 years experience in sector
AllianzGI appoints Amundi's Carbonneil as head of investment trusts
Will report to Adam Gent
Investment trusts and the quest for retirement income
AIC reveals its 'dividend heroes'
Update: Mobius unveils launch of emerging markets SICAV
Also unveils trust IPO raised £100m
Legg Mason's EnTrustPermal targets $250m for direct lending trust launch
Debt financing to the shipping industry
AIC calls for suspension of 'toxic' KIDs
Could lead investors to make 'disastrous decisions'
Mobius trust targets £200m as founding trio commit £5.7m
Staggered management fee structure
How Alliance Trust is recovering from 'awful period' and what can attract wealth manager interest
18 months on from multi-manager structure launch
Update: Smithson Trust board more than doubles fundraise target to £600m
Could be the biggest trust launch since Woodford trust
Two alternatives to the trusts on eye-watering premiums
Enthusiasm can sometimes get the better of all of us. Investors always find ways to justify prices for companies at any stage in the cycle, writes William Heathcoat-Amory, partner at Kepler Trust Intelligence.
Baillie Gifford mulls multi-asset trust launch as it takes crown from JPMAM
Now the largest provider of investment trusts
BlackRock's small-cap trusts lead AJ Bell's 'dividend heroes' by total return over last decade
Stalwart Scottish Mortgage takes third place
Board of BlackRock Emerging Europe trust offers shareholders rollover into group's Frontiers vehicle
Both co-managed by Sam Vecht
