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One could be forgiven for feeling slightly more optimistic about the future of the investment trust sector after a number of key corporate battles in recent months.

INVESTMENT TRUSTS

For right or wrong, it is an incontrovertible fact that more and more investors, as well as their advisers, are making the shift to using passive funds as part of their diversified portfolios.

David Barron, head of investment trusts at J.P. Morgan Asset Management, responds to concerns over the liquidity of closed-ended products.

EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS

ANTHONY BOLTON

IT ANONYMOUS

Patrick Sumner, head of property equities at Henderson Global Investors, has warned investors the market is pricing in a substantial fall in property values across Europe.

Peter McKellar, coordinating partner and CIO of SL Capital Partners and manager of the Standard Life European Private Equity trust, on the prospects for this unloved sector.