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The right for pensioners to benefit from investment trusts
Ros is not letting up in her determination to let CDC and DC get access to investment trusts without hindrance. To my mind, the Investment Trust/Company beats the LTAF in every way but the reward LTAF’s give the financial services … Continue reading
William MacLeod – sense on the Pension Schemes Bill and investment trusts
The debate on investment trusts/companies is not an easy one to follow, so it is good to have this man posting sensibly on a subject that matters.
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Investment Companies – heartbeat of FTSE 250 – forgotten by Pension Schemes Bill – Altmann
This is an excellent post . I will leave Ros and to make the point. Thanks William Macleod I too am surprised that promoting Investment Companies (or Trusts) is not part of the Bill’s intention to increase UK growth stocks … Continue reading
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Intervention by Altmann and Bowles to save investment trusts for DC pensions
It is inevitable that in drafting pension legislation as ambitious as the Pension Schemes Bill, mistakes are inadvertently made. It seems a mistake has been made stopping investment companies (investment trusts) from being part of the decumulation funds we look … Continue reading
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Fair value comes from the horse not just the cart. The Compact should look to that.
I was listening to my friend Chris Sier on Friday talking about how the transparency agenda has moved on. Chris was talking about how asset valuations are arrived at in private markets, particularly as regards “private equity” where there is … Continue reading
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Other ways to get a return on our money
Every so often, investors get cold feet on commercial property and rush to the door. A sharp exit from an illiquid sector causes headaches for property managers and all too often, the shutters are put up on the exit door … Continue reading