Get set for when the upturn arrives

investment trusts

While the investment trust sector looks likely to continue to shrink for the short term at least, those trusts remaining should be well positioned for recovery

Investment trusts, in common with other retail investment products, are suffering from a lack of confidence in the markets. If property prices fall next year, we could really see people stuffing their money under the mattress. The performance of the markets is not something about which the AITC can do anything and nor, individually, can investment managers. But aside from the markets, there is a great deal the investment trust industry can do, both to restore confidence, as far as is possible in the circumstances, and to put ourselves in a good position to make the best possible use of t...