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This month in Compass, we reveal which trusts would have made you an ISA millionaire! Ian Cowie weighs up ISAs vs SIPPs and VCTs celebrate their 30th birthday.

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Latest news & insights

Bringing together the latest news, research and insights about investment trusts from the AIC and other organisations. (Got a question? Contact us.)

AIC: exclude investment companies from the CCI regime

Investment companies should be taken out of the regime or ringfenced.

AIC launches Knowledge base for financial advisers

Six guides to investment companies written for investment professionals.

Dividend heroes

20 investment trusts have increased dividends for 20+ years.

Financial advisers give their ISA recommendations for young, middle-aged and retired investors

The AIC asked independent financial advisers and wealth managers for their favourite trusts for specific age groups.

Ownership of investment companies shifts towards institutions and private investors

Non-UK investors hold 40% of alternatives, including 25% held by US investors.

Monthly Round Up: Saba update, results from UKW and THRG, podcast and event highlights

Join Jo Groves, Ryan Lightfoot-Aminoff and David Brenchley from Kepler Trust Intelligence for a roundup of all the news that matters to investment trust investors in February, brought to you in association with Schroders.

How to achieve long-term investing success via investment trusts

Annabel Brodie-Smith discusses how to achieve long-term investing success via investment trusts with Peter Higgins and Henry Viola-Heir on the Twin Petes investing podcast.

Asia-Pacific Equities Outlook: Opportunities and Challenges | Future Trends March 2025

Join experts James Carthew of QuotedData and Abbas Barkhordar of Schroders as they discuss the current state and future prospects of Asia-Pacific equities, exploring dive...

Equity Markets Outlook: Strategies for 2025 and Beyond | Future Trends March 2025

Join Bill Chater, Investment Specialist Manager at Baillie Gifford and Martin Connaghan, Senior Investment Director at aberdeen, as they discuss the outlook for global eq...

Future Trends in Investment Trusts: Jeremy Taylor interview

Jeremy Taylor, CEO at Lazard Asset Management, discusses challenges and strategies for the Mid Wynd investment trust amidst market shifts, focusing on discounts, governan...

JPMorgan European Growth & Income

20 March 2025

JEGI provides consistent outperformance combined with a dividend yield.

Ashoka WhiteOak Emerging Markets

20 March 2025

AWEM's strong stock selection in SMIDs is driving outperformance.

Schroder Asian Total Return

20 March 2025

Schroder Asian Total Return (ATR) has released its financial results for the year ending 31/12/2024.

Henderson High Income

20 March 2025

HHI's blend of equities and bonds has supported outperformance and dividend growth over the past decade.

Pacific Horizon Investment Trust

20 March 2025

Inflection point approaching?

Asia’s evolution: China’s dividend drive could reshape your income mix

14 March 2025

The new US administration has sucked oxygen from other important stories around the world. While the world was focused on Trump’s tariffs, China quietly announced a $41bn package to boost consumer spending.

Tech-tonic shifts

13 March 2025

Why do tech stocks feature so highly for Asia equity income trusts?

The Best SIPP Providers

9 March 2025

Kepler Trust Intelligence takes a look at the best SIPP providers on offer for investors.

UK energy policy – up for grabs?

5 March 2025

UK energy policy has changed of late, following the election of a Labour government last summer. 

Party in the USA

27 February 2025

Why it might be time for US small-caps to have their moment in the spotlight.

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China’s ‘secular bear market’ creates challenge for Schroder Asian Total Return

The £437m trust notches up its ninth year of outperformance in the last decade.

Commodities & Natural Resources: the scramble for resources

This week The Armchair Trader analyses the Association of Investment Companies’ Commodities & Natural Resources sector.
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Backing the best of British

Britain has many good quality, growing companies, but investors have been ignoring them as they fixate on the dominant US mega caps. That’s left valuations close to low points and trusts focused on this area trading on wider than normal discounts. Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust (BGUK) is a good example of this. As with […]
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Temple Bar delivers another year of strong outperformance and proposes dividend uplift

Temple Bar Investment Trust (TMPL) has announced impressive results for the year ended 31 December 2024, delivering a net asset value (NAV) total return of 19.9%, comfortably outperforming its All-Share benchmark, which it says returned 9.5%. The share price total return was 19.1%, reflecting a modest narrowing of the discount to NAV, which stood at […]
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Literacy Capital’s long-term track record remains strong despite short-term NAV decline

Literacy Capital (BOOK) has released its final results for the year to 31 December 2024. The private equity investment trust, which focuses on direct investments in smaller, privately owned UK businesses, reported a 1.5% decline in NAV per share over the year, closing at 492.8p. Including the impact of a post-period bolt-on acquisition by portfolio […]

Directorate Change

21/03/2025 - 19:20

HydrogenOne Capital Growth PLC

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Transaction in Own Shares

21/03/2025 - 19:20

BioPharma Credit PLC

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BlackRock Greater Europe Investment Trust Plc - Transaction in Own Shares

21/03/2025 - 18:10

BlackRock Greater Europe

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BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust Plc - Transaction in Own Shares

21/03/2025 - 18:10

BlackRock Smaller Companies

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Transaction in Own Shares

21/03/2025 - 19:00

Impax Environmental Markets PLC

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