Acting on behalf of investors
Friday, December 19th, 2008The structure of investment trusts offers some unique benefits to those ready to take advantage of them. An investment trust is a company, so it has a different management structure to other collective investment vehicles, such as unit trusts and
Investment trusts have an independent board of directors that meets several times a year to assess how well they are doing. This board has a legal duty to uphold the interests of the shareholders in the trust – its investors. Gavin Haynes, managing director at independent financial adviser Whitechurch Securities, says: “As with all quoted companies, they are required by law to publish their full year results, annual reports and so on, and to hold annual general meetings. (more…)













