We round up some notable events and significant movers across the world of investment trusts in the first half of 2021.
It was a decent half-year for global stock markets with the MSCI All Country World Index up 11.4% in pound terms, not far short of its 13.2% return over the whole of 2020. In the UK, the FTSE All-Share returned 11.1% while the FTSE All-Share Equity Investment Trust Index, a decent proxy for the investment trust sector that includes nearly 200 trusts, rose 6.9%. The total amount of assets in the sector topped £250bn for the first time, reaching £256bn as of the end of June 20...
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Some thoughts on markets and investment trust performance. My own thoughts will alternate with more Q and As with leading professional investors in the weeks ahead.
Too much bullishness I wrote this heading before the weekend news of the new virus strain spreading rapidly across the UK, which has resulted in new lockdown measures, travel restrictions inside the country and the banning of travel to many Continental countries. For the UK in particular, still crawling in crablike fashion towards the end of the Brexit transition period without as yet putting a signature to an EU trade deal, this...
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