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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.)

Top performing investment trust sectors in 2024

Growth capital and private equity power ahead.

AIC fund manager poll: healthcare tipped for the top in 2025

Read comments from 19 investment trust managers.

Venture capital trusts celebrate 30 years of funding Great British startups and powering economic growth

Over £12 billion raised to support the best of British innovators since 1995.

A gift that keeps on giving: saving for children with investment trusts

Average investment trust returns £4,631 on £1,000 over 18 years. Private Equity sector tops performance charts.

“A port in a storm”: capital preservation investment trusts

Multi-asset managers on impact of Trump and UK Budget on inflation and portfolios.
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Ships, satellites and small caps

Ian Cowie reveals the trusts that drove his biggest gains in 2024.

What is an investment trust?

Annabel Brodie-Smith, Communications Director of the AIC, explains what an investment trust is.

Which way now, growth or value?

David Prosser on which style of investment will triumph next year and beyond.

Meet The Manager: Alan Gauld

Lead Fund Manager of Patria Private Equity Trust.

Keep calm and carry on?

Investment trust shareholders have a powerful voice and can vote to wind up the trust if they are not happy. David Prosser explains how and why.
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Gresham House Energy Storage

4 December 2024

Improving prospects suggest discount is overdone.

Triple Point Social Housing REIT

4 December 2024

Fully covered DPS.

Edinburgh Investment Trust

3 December 2024

Strong stock selection across EDIN's portfolio has been driving returns.

abrdn Asia Focus

3 December 2024

AAS offers a portfolio of exciting growth opportunities at a significant discount.

Polar Capital Global Healthcare

3 December 2024

Executive interview.

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Risky business

24 November 2024

Addressing the concentration conundrum in US equities doesn't have to mean sacrificing returns.

Going toe to toe

14 November 2024

What really happens when you compare investment trusts and OEICs with near identical mandates?

Healthcare-focused trusts: A sector on the mend

12 November 2024

Edison’s healthcare-focused trusts report examines the current state and prospects of healthcare-focused investment trusts, highlighting the sector’s resilience and potential for recovery following the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent market corrections.

Slow burn

1 November 2024

Falling rates have boosted private equity managers’ share prices, but what of PE funds?

Are the clouds clearing for emerging markets?

18 October 2024

Emerging markets may be poised for a turnaround. 

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Southey Capital offers unhappy Home Reit investors a £32m exit

Distressed assets investor offers 4p a share to Home Reit investors unable to sell the scandal-hit real estate fund during its suspension of nearly two years.
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It’s nearly the end for the former Woodford Patient

Schroder Capital Global Innovation, the former Woodford Patient Capital Trust, faces a continuation vote early next year that will likely spell the end of a fund that suffered ‘a painful destruction of value’.
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Home REIT receives tender offer for company

Home REIT has received a tender offer from Southey Capital Ltd for its shares at 4p each, valuing the company at around £32m. Southey said that the offer provides shareholders with an opportunity to realise liquidity before a full de-listing. The board of Home REIT said that it was not contacted by Southey ahead of […]
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Finsbury Growth & Income offers continuation vote

After reporting another year of underperformance under fund manager Nick Train, the £1.4bn UK equity investment trust will give shareholders a vote on the company’s future.
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Challenges continue for Finsbury Growth & Income Trust leading to continuation vote in 2026

Finsbury Growth & Income Trust (FGT) announced its annual results for the year ended 30 September 2024. The company delivered a NAV total return of 8.2% compared with a benchmark total return of 13.4%. The share price return over the same period was 3.4%, reflecting a widening of the discount to NAV which was 8.5% […]
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BlackRock Throgmorton Trust Plc - Transaction in Own Shares

04/12/2024 - 17:40

BlackRock Throgmorton Trust

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BlackRock Greater Europe Investment Trust Plc - Transaction in Own Shares

04/12/2024 - 17:40

BlackRock Greater Europe

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BH Macro Limited - Transaction in Own Shares

04/12/2024 - 17:40

BH Macro

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BH Macro Limited - Transaction in Own Shares

04/12/2024 - 17:40

BH Macro

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BlackRock Income and Growth Investment Trust Plc - Transaction in Own Shares

04/12/2024 - 17:40

BlackRock Income & Growth

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The future of investing

In an interview with ITN Business, Richard Stone explains how investment companies can power portfolios and energise capital markets.

To watch the programme in full, visit the ITN Business Hub.

Getting started

If you're new to investment companies (investment trusts), find out what they're all about here.

Saving for your children’s future?

Find out how to invest for your child with investment companies and why they offer good long-term performance.

Investing for growth

Find out what growth investing is and how it could help you achieve your long-term financial goals.

Recorded 1 November 2022.

An introduction to ESG

What is ESG and how does it relate to investment companies?

What are investment companies?

Find out more about investment companies (investment trusts) and their benefits compared to other types of fund.

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Learn more

Read our guide to investment trusts and find out how they could support your financial goals.

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Invest & engage

Discover how to invest in investment companies, compare investment platforms, and find out how to vote your shares.

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