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Martin Currie Pacific trust's shareholders have agreed to rename the company Martin Currie Asia Unconstrained trust, as it moves away from commitments to invest in Japan and Australia.

J.P. Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM) is eyeing the Channel Islands market to support the next growth stage of its 23-strong investment trust range.

TwentyFour Asset Management's UK Mortgages investment trust has raised £250m during its initial public offering.

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Investment trusts allocating to UK equities benefitted from an election-fuelled bounce which helped them top the performance tables in Q2, according to data from broker Winterflood.

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Neptune's Felix Wintle has described 2014 as a "frustrating" year for performance but has prospered again this year in part due to a zero weighting in "bond proxy" utilities.

Platform group Allfunds Bank has hired Simon Shapland to head up its UK and Ireland business, following the departure of UK managing director Stephen Mohan.

Lucy Macdonald, co-manager of the Brunner investment trust, says investors need balanced portfolio exposure and valuation discipline to take advantage of short-term opportunities.