Investment trusts practice democracy

Those who are sick of waiting four years for the election to come around, should consider the benefits of investment trusts according to the Association of Investment Trust Companies. AITC communications director Annabel Brodie-Smith is using election fever to highlight the benefits of using investment trusts. According to Brodie-Smith, says their structure gives investors many advantages that are denied to unit trusts and Oeics - and one of these advantages is the right to vote every year and attend the Annual General Meeting. "Investment trusts are the true mutuals of the invest...