AIC raises concerns over Saba with FCA
AIC calls on platforms to reach out to investors to encourage voting for trusts
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Average investment trust discount widens despite record share buybacks
A record 10 mergers occurred in 2024 while five trusts were liquidated
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AIC: Trust managers rate healthcare as top sector for 2025
UK remains polarising for success in 2025
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Schroder Social Impact adopts SDR label
Schroder BSC Social Impact trust invests in UK social organisations and charities
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Weiss Korea Opportunity to undergo strategic review
Investment manager says the trust’s opportunity set is ‘less attractive’ than it has been in the past
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AIC: Interest in ESG investing falls for third year running
48% of private investors consider ESG factors when investing, according to the annual ESG Attitudes Tracker
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AIC: Cost disclosure breakthrough does not apply to VCTs
The AIC was ‘disappointed’ to learn draft legislation exempting trusts from cost disclosure requirements does not include VCTs
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Investment trusts: Retail investor take up of private equity trusts remains low
Just a small proportion of private equity trusts are owned by retail investors, despite predictions the asset class will be among the biggest earners of the next decade
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FCA temporarily exempts investment trusts from PRIIPs regulation in light of cost disclosure issues
Industry praises FCA’s move to amend cost disclosure issues for investment trusts
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Keystone Positive Change board considers folding into open-ended vehicle
Keystone Positive Change board is consulting over a potential rollover into the £1.8bn Baillie Gifford Positive Change fund
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AIC tables proposal for partnership with National Wealth Fund
The AIC has also called for the removal of stamp duty on British shares and the expansion of the VCT scheme
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Monks Investment Trust chair to step down
Sternberg to become non-executive director of Capital Gearing Trust