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J.P. Morgan Asset Management's Austin Forey is taking overweights in emerging market countries holding elections this year, in the view their shares could rally after a dismal start to the year.

The Association of Investment Companies is consulting members over whether to lobby for a change in how venture capital trusts are regulated, Investment Week can reveal.

The average investment trust discount is now close to the lowest it has been for over 30 years. Tim Cockerill, investment director at Rowan Dartington, asks if the trend is down to RDR.

INVESTMENT TRUSTS

The Association of Investment Companies has elected J.P. Morgan Asset Management's head of trusts Simon Crinage to its board.

The Association of Investment Companies (AIC) is putting together a list of shares and securities independent advisers can continue to recommend after restrictions on their use of higher-risk unregulated investments come into force next year.

The Association of Investment Companies (AIC) has changed the name of five of its sectors, bringing them into line with comparable sectors in the Investment Management Association's (IMA) universe.

VCT funds under management have hit £2.9bn this year, the highest level since the sector was established in 1995.

A solar power stock that has soared over 500% year-to- date has boosted Allianz Global Investors' RCM Global Technology trust to top-decile performance.

Investment company purchases on platforms by advisers and wealth managers are up 53% in the first six months of 2013 against the same period last year, research by the Association of Investment Companies (AIC) shows.