Edinburgh Investment Trust (EDIN) was launched in 1889 and has for many years been one of the largest trusts in the ever-popular UK Equity Income sector. However, EDIN has undergone numerous management firm changes since 2002 with Majedie Asset Management, now part of Liontrust, taking over most recently in 2020. Imran Sattar has just taken on the lead manager role from James de Uphaugh but the core strategy of holding around 40 to 50 (mostly) UK companies remains in place. The focus is on total return and owning either smaller FTSE 100 or larger FTSE 250 stocks. Buybacks have increased in rec...
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For premium subscribers we periodically do interviews with fund managers and analysts about current market conditions and funds and markets (occasionally shares) that we invest in. This one is with Peter Michaelis, who is the head of sustainable investments at Liontrust. At a time when ESG is all the rage, he and his colleague Simon Clements have the great advantage of having run sustainable investment portfolios since 2001, well before the world and his dog joined in. They joined Liontrust from Alliance Trust in 2017, having started their career at Morley, the asset management arm of Norwich...
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Jonathan Davis These are the latest extracts from my weekly diary, highlighting interesting research and other odds and ends that I have read, heard or noted. Some will relate to specific stocks, others to more general market phenomena. In addition I will keep you updated on future developments and additions to the circle content.
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