One of the few value funds to survive the decade or more of ultra-low interest rates is the £780m Temple Bar, which has recently released its interim accounts.
John Cornford gives his position on current goings on in the energy investment trusts field.
Bruce Stout, the long-standing manager of the £1.7bn Murray International Trust has just announced that he is going to retire in June 2024.
It has been an interesting first few years for the £2.5bn Smithson, which became the largest investment trust IPO when it floated in October 2018.
It has been an interesting few months for investors with the different sectors and asset classes experiencing a wider than normal range of returns.
The sharp increase in interest rates in recent months has put pressure on the prices of many income paying securities, most notably in the alternative asset classes, but it has also had an impact in the equity markets.
It has been a tough year so far for the defensive multi-asset trusts with none of them really living up to expectations.
US markets are on a strong uptrend and megacap tech stocks are rising to unchartered territory.
Nick Sudbury looks at whether now is a good time to get in to this fintech fund.
The sharp increase in interest rate expectations in recent weeks has had a detrimental impact on many parts of the market including the various bond proxies.
