Investment Trusts not covered by the FSCS?
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This has never crossed my mind.
Surely investment trusts are the same as buying shares in any other company, so there is no reason why they would come under the FSCS any more than if you had bought shares in Tesco.
Exactly. I was a bit confused by the question but I guess it's understandable if you're not clear on the differencesRemember the saying: if it looks too good to be true it almost certainly is.0 -
What are the distinct advantages long term? Is it the fact that they can hold back income in good times to continue with growing dividends in bad times, or are they other advantages?
The major one is that a closed ended fund is not compelled to sell off its assets, pay out cash and get smaller, just because an investor no longer wants to invest. If an investor in an investment trust no longer wants to be an investor, the investor simply sells their shares to someone else via the stock exchange at whatever price the other person is willing to pay. The investment trust's portfolio continues intact.
This means that the trust can invest in interesting or illiquid stocks without having to dump them at fire-sale prices to meet redemption requests (which could cause a loss for all holders despite the assets being fine if they could have been held for the longer term), and likewise they don't have to hold cash on hand (a drag on performance) to be able to meet redemption requests.0 -
This has never crossed my mind.
Surely investment trusts are the same as buying shares in any other company, so there is no reason why they would come under the FSCS any more than if you had bought shares in Tesco.0 -
though of course if you use a fund manager/ adviser then nothing can go wrong, someone like Nicola Horlick for example, oh no, hang on....The idea was to appeal to investors online for funding to get the business, which aims to make Hollywood movies, off the ground. She used a well-known website, Seedrs Capital, where tennis champion Andy Murray sits on the advisory board.
Who told you that if you invest in Hollywood films via crowdfunding nothing can go wrong?0 -
Malthusian wrote: »Who told you that if you invest in Hollywood films via crowdfunding nothing can go wrong?
Where's the second quite from?0 -
I seem to remember major problems about 15 years ago with Zero funds which I think were Investment Trusts. Many of these lost a lot of money and I recall the Financial Ombudsman did a major investigation which resulted in compensation being paid...0
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I seem to remember major problems about 15 years ago with Zero funds which I think were Investment Trusts. Many of these lost a lot of money and I recall the Financial Ombudsman did a major investigation which resulted in compensation being paid...Remember the saying: if it looks too good to be true it almost certainly is.0
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