Investment Trusts

SIPP investors who have the vast majority of their assets held in Unit Trusts or OEICs may be better off using a platform pension due to cost, says Skandia.

Alliance Trust has alerted the Financial Services Authority (FSA) after a number of its shareholders received bogus telephone calls offering to buy shares at double their market value.

Risk profiling, getting the right balance with pension funds and investing in America were all over the nationals at the weekend. Here's what your clients will be calling you about this week.

The winners of the Investment Week Investment Trust Awards 2011 were announced at a glittering ceremony in London last night.

Morningstar has changed its methodology for rating closed-ended funds, with the aim of making it easier for investors to compare risk-adjusted performance against open-ended equivalents.

Three companies providing will and trust writing services were wound up last week after an operation by Company Investigations (CI), a branch of the Insolvency Service.

NOT A DONE DEAL

With over 400 investment trusts available to investors, how do you pick the best one for your clients? Stephen Peters, investment trust analyst at Charles Stanley, offers his tips.

The battle between investment trusts and OEICs is long standing, but when it comes to cost, one side comes out on top, writes Kyle Caldwell.

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