Update (Oct 2026): Alex Crooke is retiring at the end of 2026, with Richard Clode, who joined as co-manager in September 2025, taking on his role. The trust has increased its portfolio concentration a little, and returned +21.1% versus +16.6% for its benchmark in the year to October 2024, +18.1% versus +21.0% to October 2025, and +3.7% versus +5.5% in the six months to April 2026.

Bankers Investment Trust (ticker: BNKR) was launched in 1888 and has been managed by Janus Henderson, under various guises, since 1970. Alex Crooke has been the trust's lead manager since 2003. Bankers has long had ...