Tom Aylott, Citywire Investment Trust Insider, 17 October 2025: A lack of demand for private equity trusts has kept their discounts wide this year, but investors should look below the surface at the many lucrative deals taking place in the sector, according to Winterflood analyst Shavar Halberstadt. Just yesterday, HgCapital (HGT) announced it would be […]
by Val Cipriani, Investors Chronicle, October 15, 2025: The listing of Norwegian tech giant Visma could leave private equity investment trust HgCapital Trust (HGT) with a sizeable listed holding, while a full sale would probably be delayed. Visma, the trust’s biggest holding, accounting for about 12 per cent of its portfolio, is reportedly planning an […]
Investment trust insider on property data centre schemes – Richard Williams: Reits pile in on data centre boom Property trusts are falling over themselves to get in on the data centre play, but only the very best will break ground. Data centres are the hot investment theme right now, so it was little surprise to […]
by Cherry Reynard from interactive investor, 14th October 2025: On the face of it, private equity looks like the bargain of the decade. The Association of Investment Companies (AIC) private equity sector has the strongest performance record of any investment trust sector. Over a decade, the average private equity trust is up 670% (to 13 […]
By Matteo Anelli, Deputy editor, Trustnet,13 October 2025: Emerging markets have surprised this year with a remarkable turnaround in performance, but investing in this vast and diverse area can be daunting. To provide some clarity, Trustnet asked experts why emerging markets have a place in portfolios and how big the allocation should be, as well […]
Investment trust insider on the data centre boom – James Carthew: Trusts set to thrive from the data centre boom Managers are eyeing up ways not only to benefit from skyrocketing data centre investment, but on how to address its negative consequences too. Many investment companies are getting excited about the prospects of the data […]
by Dave Baxter, Investors Chronicle, October 10, 2025: It has been a good year so far for UK equity fund managers, with the FTSE 100 surging and plenty of portfolios making hay.. But it’s worth noting that some of the best-performing UK equity funds also invest liberally in overseas shares.. Temple Bar leads the pack […]
by Holly McKechnie, Investors Chronicle, October 9, 2025: Following its unsuccessful bid earlier this year to take over seven investment trusts, US activist investor Saba Capital Management has renewed its efforts to create a collective vehicle to invest in trusts trading on discounts. As reported by the Financial Times, the activist firm run by Boaz […]
By Matteo Anelli, Deputy editor, Trustnet, 07 October 2025: Experts discuss how to invest in the emerging world. Emerging markets add growth and diversification to portfolios and are trading cheaply against developed markets. They are also more volatile and less liquid, but not necessarily riskier if risk is understood in terms of a permanent loss […]
by Beth Brearley from interactive investor, 7th October 2025: Large chunks of investor money can make it tricky for fund managers to quickly invest it as opportunities arise, particularly in the small and mid-cap space where it can prove difficult to enter or exit positions. As a fund grows in size, the investment universe becomes […]
