Dewi John: The best and worst of times in 2021
Which sectors returned the most, lost the most – and what, if anything, this intimates for the coming year
Investment
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GHAM and Harwood Capital battle spreads to new investment trust in £370m merger plans
Strategic Equity Capital shareholders seek to drop Ken Wotton a year after his appointment and join forces with Odyssean
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Lindsell Train trust delivers next to nothing compared to 16% gains in new benchmark
LTIT dropped its easy-to-beat gilts benchmark for the MSCI World this year
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Former Woodford holding Crystal Amber to wind down within two years
Only a slim majority of shareholders were in favour of keeping the £130m activist investment trust afloat
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Alasdair McKinnon delivers valedictory ahead of £1.5bn Scottish Investment Trust merger
‘There are many lessons to draw but perhaps the most striking is that change is constant’
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SJP delivers 30% blow to Magellan shares as it yanks £10bn worth of mandates
Australian star fund manager Hamish Douglass had been running several mandates for the wealth manager
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Ernst Knacke: We have been ramping up exposure to alternatives and gold
Shard Capital head of research says moving underweight equities has been a ‘tough call’ but valuations look ‘extreme’
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UK fund buyers have change of heart on European stocks heading into 2022
Asset class returns to favour after suffering £600m of outflows in Q2, latest Bonhill Intelligence report shows
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Fate of Gresham House Strategic sealed as shareholders vote to wind up troubled trust
Shareholders overwhelmingly green-light proposals put forth by former manager Gresham House AM
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While shepherds watched their stocks…with Whitechurch Securities’ Tim Jones
In a festive Q&A series investment experts reflect on how much markets and work life have returned to normal in 2021
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Alex Wright: ‘Being a value contrarian doesn’t always mean buying the cheapest stocks’
Fidelity Special Situations manager holds pricier tech stock Sage alongside recovery plays like Ryanair and Wetherspoons
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While shepherds watched their stocks…with BMO Gam’s Kelly Prior
In a festive Q&A series investment experts reflect on how much markets and work life have returned to normal in 2021
