Baroness Bowles sets out details of investment trust bill in the Lords
She said the trust sector had lost out on ‘£30bn and counting’ through the ‘glitch’ of cost disclosure rules for investment trusts
Investment
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UK income and small-cap trust discounts halve in 2024
Strong returns from UK equities had investors buying trusts again in the first half of the year
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Can we expect broader consolidation among investment trusts?
The investment trust sector is increasingly willing to take difficult choices to deliver shareholder value
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Nick Train’s FGT looks to renew buyback policy as discount remains stubborn
Trust has used 70% of its existing buyback authority since 23 January this year
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Downing’s Paget: A question of diversification
What does diversification mean during this period of mega-cap domination? Downing’s Alex Paget takes a look
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Macro matters: Why managers are buying China again
Those investors who fled China have flocked back in recent weeks after a pivotal shift in policy that has gone mostly unnoticed by wider markets
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Invesco: Sovereign wealth funds explore EM as geopolitics becomes primary concern
67% of sovereign investors expect EM to match or beat DM performance over three years
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UK dividends reach all-time high in Q2
Dividends were up 11.2% to a record-breaking £36.7bn, with UK banks more than making up for miners’ shortfalls
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The European Central Bank holds rates: Will we still see two more cuts this year?
Markets were assigning a 92% probability of the ECB holding rates prior to today’s meeting
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CT Fund Watch: Number of consistent top-performing IA funds falls to 1.9%
IA Japan housed the most funds achieving consistent top quartile returns
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Vulnerable clients: How can the unseen be seen by wealth managers?
Given all clients have the potential to be vulnerable, why are so many firms failing to acknowledge the existence of at-risk investors?
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What would a second Trump presidency mean for US equity allocations?
US small caps and defence tipped to see growth
