investment trusts

Henderson's Ben Lofthouse lifts the lid on the team's favourite plays.

"I love all my children equally" is how manager James Henderson recently described running both open-and closed-ended vehicles.

Improvements for larger funds

Group adds investment trusts to range

Simon Gergel, manager of the Merchants trust, explains why he is shunning recently re-rated mid caps in favour of "disappointing" mega caps.

Fears that Europe's more radical protest parties would be the ones to lead the region's recovery are no more, following the Greek prime minister's resignation last month, says Tim Stevenson, manager of Henderson EuroTrust.

Managers fear further market falls

The £332.1m Ruffer investment company has announced a tap issue of 100,000 redeemable participating preference shares of £0.01 each, at a price of 216p per share.

Ceremony to be held in November

FE Trustnet's Joshua Ausden asks whether discount control mechanisms (DCMs) are really all they are cracked up to be.