by Jennifer Hill from interactive investor, 7th October 2024: For income-seeking investors, the attraction of allocating to traditional infrastructure or renewable energy was clear: long-term, stable revenues that are often government-backed and inflation-linked. However, as interest rates rocketed and demand for alternative sources of income plummeted, these investment trust sectors seriously sold off, causing share prices to plunge […]
by Dave Baxter, Investors Chronicle, October 4, 2024: Markets have not exactly been moving sideways in 2024. The S&P 500 has returned nearly 15 per cent in sterling terms over the first nine months of the year, with the FTSE All-Share making more than 10 per cent. Equity fund investors have had plenty to enjoy, […]
By Emma Wallis, News editor, Trustnet, 4 October 2024: Experts suggested Literacy Capital, Golden Prospect Precious Metals and Ashoka WhiteOak Emerging Markets. The investment trust sector has its fair share of heavyweights: from Scottish Mortgage, which usually features near the top of most-bought lists; to Pershing Square and its outspoken billionaire hedge fund manager Bill […]
By Emma Wallis, News editor, Trustnet, 30 September 2024: Investment trusts are charging unfair fees, according to Hawksmoor Investment Management’s Ben Conway. Most fund managers and investment advisers base their fees on the net asset value of investment trusts’ underlying portfolios, but for trusts holding hard-to-value private assets, those valuations are subjective and can fluctuate […]
Investment trust insider on my portfolio – James Carthew: New trusts for my portfolio Our columnist considers where to reinvest his cash from the Hipgnosis Songs takeover, and the forthcoming sale of assets in Abrdn Property Income. Flush with cash from the Hipgnosis (SONG) takeover and, soon perhaps Abrdn Property Income (API), which just announced […]
Investment trust insider on good news for the investment companies sector – James Carthew: Trusts that should rally on costs reform and rate cuts There was no pool of capital waiting to pounce on last week’s good news so there is still time to grab a bargain before over-sold investment companies start to bounce. On cost […]
By:Elliot Gulliver-Needham, Thursday 19 September 2024: The UK has finally exempted investment trusts from complying with cost disclosure requirements that industry experts say could unlock billions in investment. In a statement today, the government and Financial Conduct Authority said regulators would temporarily withdraw the requirements, which campaigners have argued force trusts to ‘double count’ their […]
Last week, four separate investment trusts handed in their notice, announcing they would be shuttering.. The number of investment trusts has fallen to its lowest level in years for a number of reasons, including high discounts, pressure on small trusts, and ongoing issues around cost disclosure.. With a total of ten mergers announced so far […]
Investment trust insider on a shrinking sector – James Carthew: We might regret what’s lost in the trust bloodbath Four more investment companies – Aquila European Renewables, Ecofin US Renewables, Gulf Investment Fund and Keystone Positive Change – are heading for the exit. The bloodbath in the investment companies sector seems to be getting worse. […]
The analyst’s view James Carthew for Portfolio Adviser, 13 September 2024: In a reversal of the pattern of the past couple of years, a trend towards lower interest rates should help rebuild confidence in the infrastructure sector. It came as a great surprise to many investors when listed infrastructure trusts started to trade on discounts […]
