Investment Trusts

SVM Asset Management has launched a new child savings scheme that will give parents and grandparents the chance to invest in the firm's two flagship investment trusts.

Witan Investment Trust lagged the FTSE All Share in 2006, returning 12pc against 16.8pc for the index, its preliminary results show.

INVESTMENT trusts will prove the smart option for investors looking for smooth returns from UK equities, Aberdeen Asset Managers said this week.

WITAN investment trust has selected Mellon Capital Management to actively manage its international currency exposure.

JAMES Henderson will take over the management of the Henderson Strata investment trust as part of a move to restructure the portfolio.

THE Association of Investment Companies (AIC) has encouraged investors to consider split capital trusts.

SHAREHOLDERS in Gartmore's High Income trust can switch their existing investments into the Glasgow Income trust after the fund was selected as the sole roll-over option.

COLIN Hughes, manager of the Henderson Strata investment trust, has called for an improvement in the quality of AIM ‘Nomads' - companies which sponsor and vet IPOs to the market.

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