investment trusts

Looking beyond gold’s weak points

With discounts on listed private equity trusts almost back to long-term averages, value in the sector can be hard to find. But Ben Williams, investment manager at Saunderson House, argues the improving merger and acquisition market is likely to benefit...

The British Assets trust will be renamed BlackRock Income Strategies if proposals to overhaul the company are approved by shareholders.

The investment trusts for 2015 outperformance

RIT Capital Partners, the £2.3bn investment trust chaired by Lord Rothschild, is to acquire GVO Investment Management - formerly known as SVG Investment Managers.

From fee reductions and discount management, to more board scrutiny. Jeremy Beckwith, director of manager research at Morningstar, analyses the changing story behind investment trusts in 2014.

Canaccord Genuity's latest look at which trust boards and managers have invested in their own funds reveals 46 managers now have personal investments in their portfolios worth more than £1m.

Ascentric's managing director, Hugo Thorman, has argued advisers' use of model portfolios is hindering the popularity of investment trusts.

Investment companies fight for recognition

The winners of Investment Week's Investment Company of the Year Awards 2014 were crowned at a ceremony in London on 25 November.