Investment Trusts
Minority shareholders in F&C Commercial Property trust (FCPT) have rejected a proposed takeover by Ignis-managed UK Commercial Property trust (UKCPT) to create a £1.6bn vehicle.
The Witan investment trust has handed a £120m pan-European mandate to Marathon Asset Management.
RDR will force IFAs to recommend investment trusts as part of their advice to clients, according to the FSA.
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If you have been reading the national press in recent weeks you could be excused for thinking the actively managed fund industry was on its last legs.
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