Today sees the publication of the eighth edition of The Investment Trusts Handbook, the essential sector guide.
As in previous years, the eBook edition is free while the hardcover edition retails at £29.99.
Jonathan Davis reviews the year just gone and what lies ahead for the trust sector and there are contributions from: John Baron, Alan Brierley, James Carthew, Ben Conway, Richard Curling, Alex Davies, Simon Edelsten, Simon Elliott, Hugh Gimber, Nick Greenwood, Peter Hewitt, Alastair Laing, Anthony Leatham, Ewan Lovett-Turner,
Andrew McHattie, Sachin Saggar, Lucy Walker, and Joe Winkley. These cover a wide range of topics from how boards are tacking discounts and can market trusts, the challenges facing alternative asset funds, improvements on the cost disclosure front, continuation votes, and much more.
This year, I have contributed three trust profiles on Allianz Technology, abrdn Asian Income, and India Capital Growth plus there are Q&As with several managers including Paul Niven (F&C), Joe Bauernfreund (AVI Global and AVI Japan), Nitin Bajaj (Fidelity Asian Values), Sue Noffke (Schroder Income Growth), Stephen Paice (Baillie Gifford European Growth) and Rhys Davies (Invesco Bond Income Plus).
We also have the usual sections on how to analyse investment trusts and tables covering the oldest trusts, best long-term performers over 10, 20 & 30 years, longest-serving managers, lists of trusts with specific discount control policies, enhanced dividends, and so on.
In short, there’s something for everyone interested in investment trusts, whether you’re just starting or have been an investor in the sector for decades.
You can order a copy now at Harriman House and Amazon.
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