Coronavirus weekly round-up: Donald Trump returns to the White House; UK pubs face closure as GDP disappoints
Four investors mull the events shaping portfolios over the past week
Investment
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Jupiter US Smaller Companies trust mulling options as veteran manager retires
Robert Siddles has run the portfolio for two decades and brought it with him to Jupiter from F&C
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Binary Capital MPS focused on investment trusts described as ‘encouraging’
Smith & Williamson among the few DFMs already offering trusts in their MPS
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Investment industry unsurprised as Tellworth’s Brexit Britain trust fails to IPO
‘Investors are likely to be wary of backing a launch only to find themselves with an illiquid holding’
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David Thomas: ‘Advisers do have a degree of power over fund managers’
Seneca boss explains the role the firm’s multi-asset value funds can play in DFM portfolios
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Advisers urged to look beyond headline cost as MPS price war intensifies
‘Everyone is muscling in on the action’ but don’t be lured in by the cheapest providers
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‘Mind boggling’ Woodford wind-up fees show system needs overhauling
‘The only winners are often those able to charge fees against a fund in distress’
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Merian Chrysalis aims to soon be self funding as it raises £95m in latest placing
UPDATED: The investment trust had already announced it was jacking up its target on bumper demand
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DFMs play down black and white market reaction to Covid vaccine
Pharmaceutical breakthrough might not be the binary outcome many market participants are expecting
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Adrian Courtenay: ‘Odey Asset Management is like a barristers’ chambers’
Odey Special Situations manager unpacks his unique merger arbitrage and long/short approach a year on from launch
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Liontrust purges look set to continue as Stephen Bailey funds wind up on the chopping block
FTSE 250 fund house currently has 16 sub £100m funds
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Alternative thinking: Investing for income in a post-Covid world
As the global economy lurches from crisis to crisis, income investors ought to consider alternatives to equities and bonds
