The FCA is consulting on plans to change UK Listing Rules to ensure that closed‑ended investment funds, such as investment trusts and investment companies, manage conflicts of interest better.

The Schroder Asian Total Return Investment Company (ATR) has agreed to merge with fellow investment trust Pacific Assets Trust.

Aberdeen Investments is to become the investment manager of the Herald Investment Trust (HRI), following a deal with activist investor Saba Capital.

Aberdeen Investments has joined a growing chorus of calls for investment trusts to be included in the Pension Schemes Bill.

Ten of the twenty most viewed investment trusts on the Association of Investment Companies (AIC) website in 2025 were from the equity income sectors.

UK investment manager Baillie Gifford has urged shareholders to fight off a takeover attempt of three of its investment trusts by US hedge fund Saba Capital Management.

Investment trusts can choose to opt out of the requirements of PRIIPs Regulation and associated technical standards until new legislation comes into force, the FCA said in a statement today.