Investment Trusts

Despite the challenging backdrop for financial markets, the trust's net asset value has outperformed its benchmark and substantially outperformed the average return of its peer group.

The Investment Trusts managed by JPMorgan Asset Management continue to demonstrate commitment to shareholders by announcing dividend payments to investors.

Enhancements to Hartford Platinum and the Trustee Investment Plan now give savers greater investment flexibility with two new asset classes and seven new funds.

In his presentation speech to investors fund manager Jeremy Tigue outlined his thoughts on the credit crunch and where markets are going this year: "2007 was one of our best years in the last one hundred and forty but that is history now.

Shares in F&C Managed Portfolio Trust PLC, a new multi-manager investment trust, have begun trading on the London Stock Exchange this morning following a successful rollover of assets held in F&C's legacy managed investment trust portfolio services.

Scottish Life International has introduced a new trust unique to the retail, IFA and insurance market, enabling the Settlor to make a Potentially Exempt Transfer and establish a flexible trust.

With Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust, Britain’s oldest investment company, due to celebrate its 140th Birthday on 19 March, the Association of Investment Companies (AIC) has looked at investment companies celebrating vintage years in the wider sector - and there are a good many of them.

The Lincoln Income Trust is positioned for slowing economic activity and stockmarket volatility in the UK this year.

Next week sees a remarkable milestone for the fund management industry as the Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust, a £2.5 billion London-listed company, clocks up a staggering 140-year track record.

Standard Life has launched a new discretionary trust to enhance its suite of estate planning solutions and to provide further flexibility in IHT planning.

Alliance Trust Savings, the financial services company, today announces the successful completion of almost 4,500 ISA, PEP and Share Plan wrapper transfers from Allianz Global Investors’ (AGI).

JPMorgan Income & Capital Trust plc (the “Company” or “JPMICT”) will be launched on Monday following a successful fund raising and reconstruction of its predecessor company, JPMorgan Income & Capital Investment Trust, at the end of that company’s planned life.

Aberdeen Asset Managers (Aberdeen) believes recently announced increases in the dividends paid by some UK companies will benefit investment trust investors this year and over the long term.

F&C, the leading investment trust management group, is poised to launch one of the first new investment trust companies of 2008 by proposing to rollover its existing managed investment trust share portfolio services into a new vehicle: the F&C Managed Portfolio Trust.

A revolution occurring in the world’s electricity supply can help power investor returns even through a recession according to a leading fund manager.