Funds

The Invesco Perpetual Recovery Trust 2011, a split cap vehicle, has been wound up today.

Investment Week's Investment Trust of the Year Awards aim to recognise and reward excellence in fund management.

Henderson head of SRI George Latham believes we are building up ecological debt just as we accumulated financial debt in the past.

F&C's Sam Cosh has taken over the lead management of the European Assets trust following the departure of Paras Anand to Fidelity.

Wrap platforms Ascentric and Transact have criticised the FSA after it requested the wraps provide it with details of hundreds of their customers in order to gauge their views on platform rebates.

ETHICAL WEEK

Ian Sayers, director general of the Association of Investment Companies (AIC), believes as Skandia, FundsNetwork and Cofunds move towards unbundled pricing models, investment trusts move one step closer to competing on a level playing field with OEICs....

Japanese investment trusts' high concentration to small and mid caps has paid off, with the sector outperforming the open-ended space over the past year.

Fidelity FundsNetwork is launching a new third party discretionary management service for advisers.

The effect of fund charges over the long term make closed-ended trusts an attractive option for a child's investment, writes F&C's Ed Morse.