Investment Trusts

GLI Finance has announced plans to launch a new alternative debt investment trust which is aiming to raise at least £100m during its initial public offering.

P2P Global Investments has announced it will raise a further £250m through the issue of new C Shares.

HMRC has widened the range of investments available through ISAs to include peer-to-peer lending trusts.

FE Trustnet's Joshua Ausden highlights how fund capacity impacts open- and closed-ended vehicles, and picks some standout performers.

The J.P. Morgan Emerging Markets investment trust has cut its performance fee in a move it says means its charging structure is now more attractive than peers'.

The Lindsell Train investment trust has announced it will no longer give itself the option of gearing the portfolio, in part due to rising regulatory costs.

UK Smaller Companies trusts were among the best performers last month, after the political uncertainty of the general election subsided.

The Patient Capital investment trust is to enter the FTSE 250 later this month, two months on from its record fundraising.

Investment trust sales on adviser platforms reached a record high in the first quarter of 2015.

Aberdeen's Fran Radano and Paul Atkinson, managers of the £275m North American Income trust, said recent concerns about US earnings pressures have been overstated, as they question whether it is even possible to identify ‘normalised earnings' for this...