Investment Trust

RIT Capital, the £1.9bn investment trust founded and chaired by Lord Jacob Rothschild, has announced the creation of a strategic partnership with international asset manager Edmond de Rothschild Group.

Jemma Jackson of the Association of Investment Companies (AIC) looks at the rise of the specialist sectors and explains why closed-ended structures lend themselves to the space.

Boards of trusts should manage premiums as closely as they manage discounts, says Grant Challis, partner at Frostrow Capital LLP.

Three advisers argue the case for investment trusts and reveal some of their favourites.

A number of misunderstandings have put advisers off the investment trust space, but excluding them from clients' portfolios is a big mistake, says Paul Taylor, managing director at McCarthy Taylor.

ITs

Nearly a fifth of investment trust directors do not invest in their own companies, the latest ‘Skin in the Game' report by broker Collins Stewart has revealed.

Morningstar has unveiled its inaugural investment trust ratings, with Anthony Bolton's Fidelity China Special Situations trust given a ‘neural' rating by the new ranking system.