James Carthew: It’s time to invest in Polar Cap Healthcare – not cash out Shareholders are eyeing up the trust’s upcoming tender offer but stand to benefit more by remaining invested. Polar Capital Global Healthcare (PCGH) is doing the rounds with investors ahead of its liquidity event. Towards the end of November, shareholders in PCGH […]
Christian Mayes, Portfolio Adviser, 04 November 2025: Private equity investment trust Chrysalis has announced it will make no new investments prior to its next AGM in 2026, while the board mulls the split results of a shareholder consultation. In a stock exchange announcement this morning (4 November), the board said a “significant proportion” of shareholders […]
By Emmy Hawker, Senior reporter, Trustnet, 04 November 2025: With government debt levels surging and long-term interest rates of the rise, investors are facing a markedly different yield environment than in recent years, prompting them to reassess where value and resilience can be found. Trustnet asked fund pickers to select funds they believe are well-positioned […]
Cristian Angeloni, Investment Week, 30 October 2025: The board of Bellevue Healthcare trust (BBH) has decided to switch investment manager following a strategic review on the future of the vehicle. Shareholders will be asked to vote on the decision, which will see current manager Bellevue Asset Management replaced by Columbia Threadneedle Investments. The BBH board […]
James Carthew: Will Manchester & London’s new dividend fix its discount? The concentrated tech trust hiked its dividend to 5% last week, but time will tell as to whether it remedies its steep discount. Manchester & London (MNL) just moved from the Association of Investment Companies’ global sector to its technology sector. To be honest, […]
by Beth Brearley from interactive investor, 29th October 2025: China equity funds were on a roll over the summer thanks to a recovery in China’s markets.. A series of policies introduced by the Chinese Communist Party to encourage consumer spending and stimulate growth have also played a major part in driving performance, as has China’s […]
by Dave Baxter from interactive investor, 28th October 2025: Investment trusts have had good news this year, in the form of substantial share price rises and shrinking discounts to net asset value (NAV). After several years of fighting for survival, the sector is showing signs of recovery. But a disruptive force remains in the form […]
Linus Uhlig, Investment Week, 28 October 2025: Ian ‘Franco’ Francis, portfolio manager at mining and commodities trust CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income (CYN), has stepped back from the company with immediate effect. His departure follows CYN’s adoption of a total return strategy with an increased dividend, which was being funded in part by capital […]
Linus Uhlig, Investment Week, 23 October 2025: Investors will gain access to the Middlefield Canadian Enhanced Income UCITS ETF (MCTC) from today (23 October) as the investment trust in which activist investor Saba Capital pushed change, rolls into an ETF. The near £80m assets under management MCTC will launch today, listed on the London Stock […]
Investment trust insider on gold – James Carthew: Golden Prospect subscription right is a no brainer Shareholders will be foolish not to take the chance to buy shares in the top-performing trust at half price. By some distance, the best-performing investment company in my pension fund this year has been Golden Prospect Precious Metals (GPM), […]
