Investment Trusts

FIVE THINGS

The annual management charge on Anthony Bolton's Fidelity China Special Situations investment trust will be cut from 1.5% to 1.2% from 1 April 2013.

Baillie Gifford has cut the annual management charge across its specialist investment trust range, including Sarah Whitley's top-performing £169m Japanese investment trust.

LATIN AMERICA

Most investment company directors think the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) will be positive for the sector, a poll suggests.

Consumers are waking up to the follies of making knee-jerk investment calls as they become aware of opportunities missed and the returns they could have achieved in the four years since the 2008 financial crisis, according to one adviser.

Platforms are questioning whether delays among the 'big three' propositions in listing investment trusts (ITs) may be compromising the independent status of the advisers who use them.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is set to make clear that venture capital trusts (VCTs) and real estate investment trusts (REITs) will not be included in a forthcoming ban on the sale of unregulated collective investment schemes (UCIS) to most...

David Barron, head of investment trusts at J.P. Morgan Asset Management, is to leave the firm.

Investment Week hosted our 14th annual Investment Company of the Year Awards at a glittering ceremony in London last night.