Neil Woodford’s former protege Mark Barnett fired from Perpetual Income and Growth Investment Trust for underperformance Mark Barnett had been manager of the £418million trust since 1999 The trust has lost 40% of its value over the past two years, putting him under pressure The decision comes days after Invesco wrote down the value of the … Read more
House price growth started to slow in January, official data from the Office for National Statistics and Land Registry shows. In the year to January 2020, the average cost of a home rose by 1.3 per cent to £231,000, against a boost of 1.7 per cent in the year to December. Monthly, typical property prices … Read more
‘They thought it was a tumour’: AFL WAG Jessie Murphy had a rare eye growth and two melanomas removed By Shive Prema For Daily Mail Australia Published: 08:02 GMT, 10 March 2020 | Updated: 08:02 GMT, 10 March 2020 She’s the glamorous wife of AFL star Marc Murphy. But on Tuesday, Jessie Murphy revealed she … Read more
MERCHANTS: Investment trust rewards investors with 4.8% income and growth as it benefits from UK shares on the rise £700m fund invests in UK stocks and is on track for 38 years of dividend growth Over the last 12 months it has returned 21% Only 3 rival UK equity income trusts have delivered better total … Read more
UK growth at fastest pace for nearly 18 months leaving major European rivals in its wake By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 GMT, 4 March 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 4 March 2020 Britain’s economy is growing at the fastest pace for nearly 18 months as it leaves major European rivals in … Read more
‘The philosophy is quite straightforward; we invest into high quality businesses at attractive prices,’ says Stephen Yiu, chief investment officer of Blue Whale Capital. That superficially simple approach has paid off in spades for Yiu and the Blue Whale Growth Fund he heads, which finds itself in exalted company. Its performance since inception two-and-a-half years … Read more
TR EUROPEAN GROWTH TRUST: The fund that has big ideas in world of small firms By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:02 GMT, 29 February 2020 | Updated: 23:02 GMT, 29 February 2020 It is not just in the UK where smaller companies are expected to outperform the rest of the stock … Read more