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Investment trusts that underweighted the UK and US markets and overweighted Europe and Japan are amo...

Investment trusts that underweighted the UK and US markets and overweighted Europe and Japan are among the best performers in the international generalist sector over the three years to March 2000. First in the sector was its actively managed portion of Tribune, run by Barings, which had a share price return of 112.83%, compared to the sector average of 63.03% over the three years to March 2000, while Brunner, managed by Dresdner RCM, had a share price return of 104.63% over the same period. Although one of the leaders in terms of share price performance, Brunner was the most volatile of ...

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