SIT's Sherry-Ann Sweeting on why investment trusts can be ideal vehicles for investors seeking global exposure
In the early days of the industry, many investment trusts were set up with broad-based sectoral and international mandates. Today, ‘global’ investment trusts account for well over a third of the total assets of all UK-based conventional investment trust companies (AIC 30 April 2010) with ‘global growth’ by far the largest of all the investment trust company categories. There are a number of critical elements that can make investment trust companies in general, and global growth trusts in particular, the vehicle of choice for investors. Closed-ended A key feature is that investment tru...
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