Investors are poised to snap up investment trusts at discounts almost as wide as at any point during the financial crisis, a recent survey has revealed.
Clients at interactive investor said they were more interested in buying investment trusts now than they were a week ago. A survey run by the investment platform between 23 March and 25 March showed 26% of clients said they were buying or planning to buy investment trusts, up from 20% in its survey from 11 March and 13 March. The research comes a day after data showed the average discount in the investment company sector was trading around lows seen during the financial crisis. Investment trusts defy market turmoil to increase dividends Data from research house Winterflood Investme...
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