Funds

The £509m Polar Capital Technology trust has managed to generate its first performance fee for the first time since the tech bubble more than a decade ago.

The managers of two Baillie Gifford investment trusts have significantly slashed gearing in the view growth prospects in the UK market are subdued for the rest of the year.

RDR may provide boost to investment trusts but the sector still faces headwinds, warns Numis Securities.

Investors need to scrutinise SRI funds more closely than ever, writes AEGON's Ryan Smith.

J.P. Morgan's Jim Campbell, manager of the European Smaller Companies investment trust, has predicted shares across Europe will rise by at least 10% or more by the end of the year.

Group gives Gait and Paul freedom to invest up to 20% in stocks listed outside region.

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has launched a high level review of the potential dangers posed by ETFs, weeks after the FSA and Bank of England expressed their own concerns.

The board of the £78m J.P. Morgan Japanese Smaller Companies trust has fired a warning shot at manager JF Asset Management to turn around the company's lacklustre performance.

Board of UK Growth investment trust scraps performance fee following period of outperformance.

Stephen Peters, investment trust analyst at Charles Stanley, says unjustifiably arrogant trusts are not helping the wider sector ‘survive and thrive' in the face of increasing competition.