AIC

  • Income hungry investors pile in

    Income hungry investors pile in

    Investment companies have raised £2.7bn in the first half of the year, of which just under half has been through new issues on the London Stock Exchange.

  • Investment companies ditch UK

    Investment companies ditch UK

    Investment company exposure to the UK has fallen 9% over the past ten years, while investment in G8 economies has fallen by eight percentage points over the same period, according to data provided by the AIC.

  • Platform paper puts consumers in the driving seat

    Platform paper puts consumers in the driving seat

    Ian Sayers, director general of the AIC, has welcomed the FCA's long-awaited rules outlining how platforms can be paid going forward.

  • Choice at a premium for investment trusts

    Choice at a premium for investment trusts

    Markets may be on the rise, but a look at the investment trust universe proves investors' thirst for income and quality equity growth stories remains very much intact.

  • AIFMD continues to plague hedge fund managers

    AIFMD continues to plague hedge fund managers

    Hedge fund managers are remaining tight-lipped following HM Treasury’s decision to allow new funds to continue to market as normal for the year following the implementation of the Alternative Investment Fund Manager’s Directive (AIFMD).

  • Top 20 investment trusts revealed

    Top 20 investment trusts revealed

    Aberdeen is the star of the investment trust world, managing six of the 20 best performing trusts over the past decade according to stats provided by the AIC.

  • Small cap sector welcomes government support

    Small cap sector welcomes government support

    The abolition of stamp duty on AIM shares announced in this week’s budget has been welcomed by small cap fund managers, but more for its symbolism than for the financial impact it will have.

  • investor confident at long time high

    investor confident at long time high

    UK investor confidence has reached an eight-year high as low interest rates stoke appetite for stock market exposure, the latest research from Morningstar reveals.

  • Outsourcing key source of demand RDR

    Outsourcing key source of demand RDR

    Almost half (45%) of investment trust directors believe most of the demand arising from RDR will come from wealth managers and advisers outsourcing portfolio management.

  • Strong performance for Alliance Trust

    Strong performance for Alliance Trust

    Alliance Trust increased its dividend by 7% in 2012, its 46th consecutive annual increase, following a year of portfolio restructuring and team consolidation.

  • Quarterly dividends increasingly common

    Quarterly dividends increasingly common

    Around a quarter of Association of Investment Companies' (AIC) members now pay quarterly dividends, research conducted by the body reveals.

  • Investment AUM breaks 100bn

    Investment AUM breaks 100bn

    Total AUM for the investment company industry has exceeded £100bn for the first time, according to analysis by the Association of Investment Companies (AIC).