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Matthew Read, senior analyst at QuotedData, analyses how two different trusts invested in Japan are benefiting - or not - from the country's internationalisation and Shinzo Abe's three arrows reform agenda.

Low interest rates, pension freedoms and less risky structures are some of the reasons driving the rise of alternatives in closed-ended funds according to Tim Mitchell, head of investment trust sales at J.P. Morgan Asset Management

Firms rallied after Autumn Statement

David Saunders, founding managing director of K2 Advisors, Franklin Templeton, explains how an allocation to hedged strategies can help investors outperform.

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Alternative finance becoming more mainstream

Former BMO managers to run fund

Alternative assets have dominated investment trust fundraising in 2015. A significant portion of the record net £3.9bn raised since the start of the year to 14 September was allocated to higher-yielding vehicles in areas including specialist debt and...