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City of London 01 January 2017
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12 Feb 2025
Lies, damned lies, and statistics
The impact of the pandemic in 2020, and interest rates in 2022, will have a profound effect on performance data in March this year...
30 Oct 2024
Cream of the crop
We identify those trusts that use the distinctive features of investment trusts to the full…
02 Oct 2024
Fund Analysis
A strong year for CTY highlights its attractions…
17 Jul 2024
Balancing act
We ask why trusts with a more flexible approach have outperformed…
17 Apr 2024
Pretty, pretty, pretty good
Do investment trusts really protect capital and income against inflation? Let's take a look…
04 Mar 2024
Fund Analysis
CTY has benefitted from strong stock picking and the structural advantages of investment trusts...
13 Dec 2023
In-come all ye faithful
Equity income could be a beneficiary of the higher interest environment, with trusts a good way to capture it…
11 Oct 2023
Fund Analysis
CTY is an attractive package, backed by 57 years of dividend increases…
04 Oct 2023
To gear, or not to gear...
We examine the impact that rising rates have had on fund managers' appetite for gearing as a means to spice up returns...
06 Apr 2023
Fallen Kingdom?
Since the UK was described as a ‘Jurassic Park’ stock market, it has outperformed. Is this a new age for the stock market..?
02 Mar 2023
Fund Analysis
CTY’s managers aim to keep as many eggs in the basket as possible…
11 Jan 2023
Solving the Rubik’s Cube
We reveal the winners of our investment trust ratings for 2023…
23 Nov 2022
Guns n’ roses
A sustainable future for the free world may depend on investments in weapons and oil as well as traditional ESG friendly assets…
26 Oct 2022
Money for nothing
Debt measured at fair value has had a positive impact on NAV returns for a number of investment trusts this year...
07 Oct 2022
Fund Analysis
Longest (dividend growth), largest (market cap), lowest (charges)...
27 Jul 2022
Has the comeback begun?
Our analysts debate whether the market has fully priced in the current inflation and looming recession…
15 Jun 2022
Staying active
We highlight several alternatives to passive investments for investors looking for core exposure in uncertain markets...
22 Feb 2022
Fund Analysis
Strong relative performance, and improving revenues suggest CTY is bouncing back…
15 Dec 2021
Dividends in the time of corona
Investment trusts have proven their worth during the pandemic, delivering dividend growth despite the turmoil…
03 Nov 2021
Don't fear the reaper
With market direction hard to call, we consider the case for taking a long-term view in the investment trust sector…
23 Sep 2021
Fund Analysis
CTY’s manager is seeing a good recovery in portfolio income, in turn leading to improved dividend cover…
28 Apr 2021
The next value opportunity?
Two of our analysts debate whether Europe's improving vaccination programme will be the next opportunity for investors in their pursuit of returns...
24 Feb 2021
Fund Analysis
CTY’s large cap bias means it has lagged the index recently, but the dividend picture is still strong…
20 Jan 2021
Kepler's top-rated investment trusts for 2021
We update our annual quantitative ratings for investment trusts…
30 Sep 2020
Fund Analysis
CTY’s dependable track record of dividend growth continues, but it has slipped to a rare discount…
30 Sep 2020
Slides and Audio: City of London
View the presentation and listen to the audio from our 'Alternatives for Income Investors' event on 29 September...
25 Jun 2020
Selling the family silver
Is there something fishy about a trust paying dividends from capital?
23 Apr 2020
Sucker punch
Two of our analysts debate the merits of equity income and alternative income trusts at this point in time...
15 Apr 2020
Hold fast
Investment trusts' revenue reserves could make them a vital stronghold for investors facing UK dividend cuts of as much as 47%....
12 Mar 2020
The importance of buying earners*
Our analysis shows that the impact of dividend contributions on long term returns is anything but trivial...
05 Dec 2019
Holding something in reserve
A sterling bounce poses a threat to UK dividends - we look at how UK equity income investment trust managers stand prepared…
14 Oct 2019
Fund Analysis
Fifty-three consecutive years of dividend growth, and counting…
24 Jul 2019
Fool's gold?
We examine the relationship between how much a fund costs and how it performs, with surprising results...
17 Jul 2019
Ready for action
In the second part of our active management series, we assess the most active managers across the major closed-ended equity sectors…
03 Apr 2019
Nice guys finish first
We review the rise of ESG, its impact on investment trusts, and the various ways ESG has evolved in the trust world...
06 Feb 2019
Income for the long haul
With 'ISA season' looming we identify investment trusts which offer long-term, dependable income streams for yield-hungry investors...
05 Feb 2019
Fund Analysis
The trust with 52 years of dividend growth, and counting...
01 Jan 2017
Fund Analysis
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