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March 2021

Slides and Audio: ICG Enterprise

Download the presentation and listen to the audio from our 'Ideas for your ISA' Spring Conference on 04 March...

With momentum behind ICGT, we anticipate further NAV progress into the financial year end...

November 2020

The haves and have nots

With listed private equity trust discounts widening, are investors mistakenly assuming that underlying portfolios will perform worse than public market indices?...

July 2020

Active ownership of private equity in a crisis

An active approach is an effective means to minimise risks and maximise returns.

June 2020

Selling the family silver

Is there something fishy about a trust paying dividends from capital?

With its focus on defensive growth, ICGT’s current discount feels unwarranted...

November 2019

Results analysis: ICG Enterprise

In its interim results, ICG Enterprise celebrates its promotion to a new index and continued success...

13 November 2019

September 2019

ICG Enterprise Trust gives investors access to outperforming private equities...

July 2019

We examine the relationship between how much a fund costs and how it performs, with surprising results...

June 2019

Going private: Why should investors consider adding private equity to portfolios?

ICG Enterprise Trust busts some key myths surrounding 'risky' private equity...

Real growth in a world of fake news

Presentations and audio from our event at the London Stock Exchange, where six fund managers set out their stall for an exciting future...

April 2019

Results analysis: ICG Enterprise

Brief review of ICG Enterprise's 31st January Final results, announced 15 April 2019...

Because they're worth it

With the rise of the passives putting more pressure on fees than ever before, we argue that performance fees could be the key to encouraging truly active investment trust managers...

January 2019

Differentiated access to an asset class that continues to outperform...

October 2018

Missing something?

As more and more of the world's most exciting companies delay listing, the opportunity in private companies has become too large to ignore...

Results analysis: ICG Enterprise

Brief review of ICG Enterprise's 31st July interim results, announced 4 October 2018...

16 October 2018

August 2018

Reassuringly expensive?

Some investment trust premiums have been stretched to eye-watering levels. Have investors been enjoying themselves in the sun too much? We try to rationalise current levels and suggest alternatives...

The income edge

Last year saw investment trusts soar in popularity among both retail investors and wealth managers. We examine why this has happened, as well as the structural advantages of investment trusts for i...

February 2018

ICG Enterprise aims to deliver better than equity market growth over the cycle, through investing in private unlisted companies.

June 2017

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