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Bedlam goes cherry-picking Old-established global investment trusts are too reliant on Anglo-Saxon large caps, reckons the maverick fund manager as it launches a highly focused competitor.
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Bedlam Asset Management is not averse to ruffling City feathers.
At its launch five years ago it lambasted fund managers for being
"grossly overpaid'' and threw down the gauntlet by promising to
charge fees only when its funds generated a positive return over a
set benchmark.
Now it is having a dig at the grandaddy of all investment funds-
the global investment trusts, many of which are more than a century
old. Bedlam reckons many do not do what they say on the tin and are
not, in fact...
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Investment: It's the new retro fashion for investment trusts
The Independent - London
; ARE WE seeing the start of a fresh dawn in the investment trust sector after several dismal years? I have asked this question more than once in the past three years, and mostly concluded that the sector would indeed come back into favour one day - but not for a while yet, given the many structural
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Return of the investment trusts; They had a bad press two years ago after the split cap scandal triggered the biggest-ever FSA investigation, but investment trusts are making a comeback.
Financial Adviser
; Investment trusts have unhappy associations for many investors but for others they clearly represent a timely opportunity. Not the most popular of sectors over the last three years, investment trusts appear to be making a comeback of sorts. The latest figures show them outshining other sectors over
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Gear up with investment trusts Do not be put off by their apparent complexity, writes Paul Farrow. A recent report shows that the sector is outperforming the more popular unit trusts
The Sunday Telegraph London
; Unit trusts grab the headlines and the advertising space, but it is investment trusts that have delivered superior performance over the past three and five years, according to a new report. Investment trusts have outperformed 12 out of 15 comparable sectors over three and five years, says Dresdner
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Tempting trusts: Harvey Jones explains why the investment trust sector is throwing up some not-to-be-missed bargains this autumn.(Focus: investment trusts)
What Investment
; The investment trust sector has had a rough ride in recent years, but while some problems can be pinned on tumbling stock markets, others have been firmly of its own making. Market falls hammered all equity-linked investments, but it took a special genius to come up with the split-capital
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SURVEY: Investment trusts.
Investors Chronicle
; ... of how they will actually work. Consultations are still going on between the industry and the Treasury on tax incentives, and news is not expected to break until this July. But the proposal is that 90 per cent of revenue must be paid out as a dividend. TR ...
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Survey: Investing For Growth - `Forgotten man' with a record to be proud of Investment trusts have not been as popular with investors as unit trusts. But, Harvey Jones says, as a whole their returns have been greater
The Independent - London
; ... Should you be swayed? Recent performance has certainly been good news for those wanting investment growth. Average investment trust ... volatile than unit trusts - and potentially more rewarding. The good news in recent months is that investment trust discounts generally ...
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Investment Trusts: The incredible shrinking discount
The Independent - London
; ... investment trust share prices have in general considerably outperformed the actual assets they have held. While this is excellent news for anyone who has been holding investment trusts for several years, it would worry anyone investing at the moment - what is ...
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In the dark on ITs? Many investors may overlook them, but they have a lot to offer. Harvey Jones turns the spotlight on investment trusts.(Focus: investment trusts)
What Investment
; In the investment fund world investment trusts have long been left in the dark, while their more popular cousin, the unit trust, has taken centre stage. Unit trusts boast bigger marketing budgets and star managers, but that doesn't make them superior, only different. Investment trusts are
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Discount Problem Dogs British Investment Trusts.
Daily Mail (London)
; ... Sunday, or to subscribe to the newspaper, go to http://www.financialmail.co.uk UKpound preceding a numeral refers to the United Kingdom's pound sterling. (c) 2004, Financial Mail on Sunday, London. Distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News.
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Investing For income: A little question of trust in the market Unit trusts captured the public imagination in a way that their older stablemate, investment trusts, never did - but the tide may be turning.
The Independent - London
; Savings accounts may be simple and safe, but venturing into the stockmarket can make your money work harder. Interest rates have picked up since their trough last summer, but they are still lagging behind the rates of return expected for shares. In the 20 years until last year, equities grew by an
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