Fidelity Special Values has a great record of outperforming the UK market since it was launched in 1994, thanks to its value/contrarian discipline, a modest level of gearing, and its recent preference for small- and mid-caps. It also tends to invest around 15-20% of its assets outside the UK. Its popularity with retail investors means its shares have frequently traded at a small premium over the last four years. This trust was famously run by Anthony Bolton from November 1994 to December 2007 and by Sanjeev Shah from January 2008 to August 2012. Alex Wright has been the manager since September...
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Polar Capital Global Financials has had a very eventful two years. It was launched in 2013 with a seven-year fixed life but in April 2020 shareholders voted to extend it indefinitely although 39% opted to have their cash returned in a tender offer. The trust's shares have risen by over 70% since then and the number in issue has risen from 123m to 312m, thanks to regular share issuance, a C share offer, and a placing completed this past week. Polar Capital Global Financials is the only trust in the AIC's Financials sector and it has marginally outperformed its benchmark since its IPO. Financial...
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Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust, often shortened to ASCoT, is the largest trust in the UK Smaller Companies sector with nearly £1.6bn in assets. Launched in 1990, it makes up the majority of funds managed by the UK small-cap specialist, Aberforth Partners. It's run by a team of six individuals, five of whom have only joined Aberforth in the last few years. Unlike many of the trusts in the sector, it has a distinct focus on value and it largely ignores AIM shares, rarely uses much gearing, and has a relatively low profile among private investors despite its large size. Its value bias may offe...
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It has been a good week for the markets, with equity markets showing good gains despite bond yields edging up and further evidence of investors' love affair with technology stocks continuing, in the shape of IPOs jumping to huge premiums immediately after listing. The pound meanwhile is almost back to its pre-referendum level against the dollar, although that is at least partly due to the general weakness of the US currency. The Bank of England has instructed banks to prepare for negative interest rates, but appears to be shying away from suggesting it will resort to them - the latter, if true...
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