Split investment trusts: the lessons learnt

investment trusts

Although the market and investors are still wary of split capital investment trusts following the losses that were made in 2001 and 2002, the sector is now in much better health and trusts are more transparent

Like all good scandals the split investment trust story twists and turns creating a complex web of causes and effects. Was it really a scandal? Or was it circumstances conspiring to create an unstable environment for split investment trusts? A scandal suggests deliberate wrongdoing, or at least a certain economy with the truth by those involved. Or did the heady days of the technology boom create an atmosphere in which the perception of risk changed, eg investors wanted risk, risk was good, risk meant the potential for greater returns on an investment? The split capital investment trust ...