Investment Trusts

The Investment Management Association (IMA) has called on fund groups to enhance transparency on charges across all investor-facing documents, as well as giving a more prominent position to the ‘ongoing charge' and provide details of transaction costs....

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Fidelity's legendary fund manager Anthony Bolton has admitted his China Special Situations trust is 'not where I had hoped to be' after the NAV fell 18.5% for the year ended 31 March 2012.

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INVESTMENT TRUSTS

The final part of Edward Bramson's strategic review into F&C Asset Management has revealed plans to expand its range of investment trusts and to market F&C multi-manager funds direct to consumers.

Sam Vecht, manager of the BlackRock Frontiers trust, examines the pros and cons of frontier market investing.

Compelling opportunities in smaller companies are being overlooked by investors. James Henderson, manager of the Henderson Opportunities trust, addresses some of the myths surrounding the space.

The average UK growth & income trust has outperformed its open-ended counterpart by 6% per annum over the last ten years. Kieran Drake, research analyst at Winterflood Securities, explains why.

While open-ended emerging markets fund managers contended with redemptions last year, investment trust managers were able to cut through the short-term noise and focus on the task in hand. Here, managers explore some of the key emerging market destinations....