Investment Trusts

Aberforth Partners is launching a split-cap investment trust that will offer enhanced income by investing in UK small caps.

Trust is to diversify away from concentrated UK sectors after 90% of investors voted to allocate non-UK companies

Standard Life Investments' Property Income Trust plans to grow its dividends by 10% this year after buying £21m of property in 2009.

Investors in exchange-listed hedge funds should expect higher returns than for unlisted funds to compensate them for the extra risks they are taking.

The Government has announced a consultation into the tax regime for investment trusts which will include rules on direct property investment.

Baillie Gifford's Mike Gush has increased exposure to India in the £119m Pacific Horizon investment trust after becoming bullish on the country's economic growth prospects.

The introduction of gearing to the £1.1bn Witan investment trust early last year has helped the multi-manager portfolio outperform its benchmark in 2009.

Winterflood Securities warns the private equity sector still faces widespread challenges despite recent results showing a rise in net asset values.

SLI's Gordon Humphries says the UK stock market has not been suffering in line with the UK economy in recent weeks and one of the key drivers of this dislocation is the massive overseas exposure of many UK-listed companies

Foreign & Colonial's Jeremy Tigue is expecting equity bull run to support private equity valuations in 2010