16:20 | 20 Nov 2008
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David Campbell
Shareholders have blocked plans to turn the Eaglet investment trust into a directors’ dealing mandate, throwing the new ownership’s plans for the fund into disarray.
12:38 | 20 Nov 2008
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David Campbell
Colin McLean’s SVM UK Active trust has filed a painful set of results for the six months to the end of September, down 18% compared to a 13.5% FTSE All-Share benchmark.
14:16 | 14 Nov 2008
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David Campbell
The Standard Life Equity Income trust saw its total assets fall almost a third over the year to the September 2008, falling from £145.7 million to £99.9 million.
11:40 | 13 Nov 2008
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David Campbell
Liontrust managed to increase its profit before tax by 10% during the first half of the year but admitted that the second would be much tougher after a 28% fall in assets under management.
11:04 | 13 Nov 2008
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David Campbell
Martin Gray of Midas has called time on the commercial property downturn and has started building an initial stake in listed property vehicles.
17:19 | 10 Nov 2008
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David Campbell
Gartmore Smaller Companies trust has agreed to merge with Standard Life Smaller Companies trust.
10:33 | 07 Nov 2008
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David Campbell
The HSBC Infrastructure Company fund is likely to further diversify its holdings overseas as public finance initiatives are accepted round the globe, manager Tony Roper has said.
13:52 | 04 Nov 2008
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David Campbell
A ranking of the most consistent investment trusts over the last decade is dominated by emerging markets.
11:30 | 30 Oct 2008
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David Campbell
Invista Foundation Property has reported continuing sharp falls in its net asset value over the third quarter but good progress in paying down its borrowing.
15:03 | 28 Oct 2008
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David Campbell
Eaglet Investment Trust has changed its name and proposed buying up to 49% of ordinary shareholders’ stakes in the company as it attempts to liquidate its current assets and move to a new strategy.
11:18 | 28 Oct 2008
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David Campbell
Real estate investment trust Fabian Romania has recorded a falling net asset value in the third quarter but warned a sales collapse means it is near impossible to accurately price.
11:10 | 28 Oct 2008
| By
David Campbell
The financial storms now ravaging the emerging markets as well as the west have forced the City of London Investment Group to postpone its move to a main-market listing.
11:24 | 13 Oct 2008
| By
Sara Smith
Managing director of the Personal Assets Trust, Ian Rushbrook, died yesterday following a short period of illness.
16:09 | 09 Oct 2008
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Sara Smith
BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust posted a 4.7% fall in its net asset value (NAV) during the six months to the end of August versus a benchmark Hoare Govett Smaller Companies (HGSC) HIX Index fall of 14.8%.
12:56 | 06 Oct 2008
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Sara Smith
JPMorgan Investment Trust manager Ed Walker has been replaced by Jeroen Huysinga to cater for the gradual strategy change within the mandate.
16:17 | 30 Sep 2008
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David Campbell
Alliance Trust lost 4.8% of its net asset value over the first half of the year as it continued to concentrate its portfolio, compared to a 6.3% fall in the FTSE All-World Index.
14:40 | 30 Sep 2008
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David Campbell
At least 20 investment trusts face exclusion from the FTSE All-Share and a big drop in trading following proposed changes to the liquidity rules used to assemble the index.
13:44 | 25 Sep 2008
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David Campbell
Indochina Capital Vietnam trust has been upgraded to a buy following the appointment of chief investment officer Terry Mahoney and a review of its investment strategy.
00:01 | 21 Sep 2008
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Tim Cooper
This week our panel branches out to weigh up two investment trusts and need to consider some particular features which come into play with these vehicles.
10:14 | 15 Sep 2008
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David Campbell
Invesco Perpetual's Neil Woodford has been parachuted in to revive the fortunes of the Edinburgh Investment trust after a period of poor performance under Fidelity.
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