Tom Aylott, Portfolio Adviser, 20 November 2024: Baillie Gifford’s Edinburgh Worldwide investment trust is to undergo a restructure following three years of negative returns. The £630m trust’s share price has more than halved since its peak in 2021, falling 58.7% – almost quadruple that of the 15.9% loss made by its peers in the IA […]
By ROSIE MURRAY-WEST, Mail on Sunday, 17 November 2024: Everybody loves a good discount and that’s exactly what is being offered to buyers of investment trusts. These stock market-listed investment companies offer access to a world of tempting portfolios, from handpicked selections of UK shares to clusters of shares in income-generating renewable energy firms. Investment […]
by Dave Baxter, Investors’ Chronicle, November 12, 2024: The past year has been an extremely strong one for markets, with many of the difficulties that emerged back in 2022 finally starting to abate for investors.. This ‘Goldilocks’ (ie, just right) backdrop has certainly worked out well for our two investment trust income portfolios. The two […]
Eve Maddock-Jones, Investment Week, 12 November 2024: Investment trust boards have been faced with a decision to either be barred from new investments if they do not publish costs in line with pre-Brexit regulations, or compromise on their Consumer Duty obligations. Meanwhile, retail investment platforms are raising similar client protection concerns as part of an […]
Investment trust insider on Trump and financials – James Carthew: The winners of Trump’s regulation bonfire Trusts that will leap on Donald Trump’s looser financial regulations and an environment of higher-for-longer interest rates. It will take some time for the dust to settle following the US election. The US equity market responded positively, but US […]
James Carthew: HINT chases growth just as value breaks through Henderson International Income (HINT) is supplementing dividends with payments out of capital to allow it to hold more low-yielding technology stocks. Is the move mistimed? Henderson International Income (HINT) has announced that following a spate of poor performance it intends to follow peers such as […]
By James Carthew, for Trustnet, 31 October 2024: You could argue that investing in infrastructure is boring. Long-term contracts, predictable cash flows, must-have assets, availability rather than demand-linked revenues, inflation-linked income and counterparties with strong credit ratings ought to make for ‘sleep at night’ investments. For many years, the ratings on listed infrastructure funds reflected […]
by Cherry Reynard from interactive investor, 29th October 2024: Every investor understands the basic premise of investing: to sell something for more than they bought it for. However, while objectively straightforward, it is fiendishly difficult to do in practice. Time, markets, and emotions can all get in the way. This is the appeal of the […]
Investment trust insider on Montanaro European – James Carthew: More to come as Montanaro leads the European rally The quality growth stocks in Montanaro European Smaller Companies are reaping the rewards of interest rate cuts and uncertainty over the eurozone economy. Looking at the European small-cap sector recently, I was pleased to see Montanaro European […]
by Jennifer Hill from interactive investor, 28th October 2024: There are many reasons why a fund might get a new manager, with the retirement of the incumbent manager and poor performance being chief among them. While some investment houses have navigated the task of replacing a veteran fund manager with aplomb, others have failed to […]
