Funds and Investment Trusts

Disappointing year for the Woodford Patient Capital Trust

The £757m Woodford Patient Capital Trust (LON:WPCT) has recently announced its annual results for the year ended 31 December 2016.…

Peer-to-peer investment trusts experience mixed fortunes

One of the few areas to benefit from the 2008 financial crisis was peer-to-peer (P2P) lending, which allows people to…

Revealed: The Frontier Markets fund delivering superb long-term returns

One of the main advantages of investment trusts over their open-ended counterparts is that the permanent pool of capital allows…

Specialist India fund offers opportunity for the adventurous

One of the advantages of using investment trusts is that if you get the timing right you can benefit from…

Strong performance by specialist Vietnam fund

The £570m VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund (LON:VOF) has just announced a strong set of half-year results for the six months…

Are these the best contrarian stock-pickers in London?

The stock market is driven by investor sentiment with share prices often trading nowhere near their true fundamental value. One…

This trust has just posted its 42nd year of dividend increases

The £1.7bn Witan Investment Trust (LON:WTAN) has recently announced a mixed set of results for 2016. It operates in the…

Murray International has delivered strong gains and a 4% yield

The sharp fall in the value of the pound since the EU referendum has provided a major boost to the…

How to invest alongside the Rothschilds

RIT Capital Partners (LON:RCP), the highly regarded investment trust chaired by Lord Rothschild, has recently released its annual results for…

The managers and Boards that have real skin in the game

As an investor it is always reassuring to know that the fund manager and members of the Board have significant…