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All leaderships come to an end at some point. With investment trusts, however, it is rarely the electorate (aka shareholders) who initiate the change in manager. In some cases it is the board. In others, it is the management company itself recognising the need for a new manager, and replacing them before the board feels the need for more decisive action. A change instigated by the board will often result in a transformative outcome for a trust, perhaps with a change in management house as well as personnel. Changes proposed by the management company itself can be just as transformative, but can also be subtler. The aims are always the same: to improve performance for shareholders, and to stimulate demand to bring in the discount, or grow the trust through share issuance.
The last few weeks have seen some of the most dramatic changes of manager we have witnessed in recent years...
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