Funds

Core Capital is merging six of its top investments into an open-ended structure to raise new capital from investors.

Dexion to change Equity Alternative but Winterthur analyst warns it is too little too late.

Simon Ellis, managing director of Legal & General Investments, explains why passive funds are an attractive option to play the global transition to low carbon.

TIME TO DITCH INVESTMENT TRUSTS?

The closed-ended structure is well suited to private equity investment says Hamish Mair, manager of the F&C Private Equity Trust.

After two major equity bear markets in the last 10 years, the world of investing has become more about managing expectations, writes Brian O'Neill, manager of the Gartmore Global Trust.

Investment trust analysts warn UK Growth & Income sector's 2.6% premium could vanish following inevitable hikes in UK interest rates

ETF COMPLEXITY

State Street Global Advisors is launching its inaugural UK range of ETFs within the next quarter, as part of plans to launch more than 50 index-tracking funds in the next two years.

Ian Sayers, director general of the AIC, has suggested trusts be integrated into the Investment Management Associates' (IMA) open-ended investment company sectors.