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Established in December 1995, FE Trustnet was acquired by Financial Express (Holdings) UK Limited in October 2002. The company specializes in gathering, verifying, and sharing data on fund and equity prices, as well as factsheet information, making it a key data provider for the UK financial industry (www.financialexpress.net). Our platform caters to private investors and Independent Financial Advisers, focusing on UK collective investment funds. We ensure that all the information we provide is completely factual and impartial. Access to our website is entirely free for users because fund management companies featured on our site pay a subscription fee. For funds that do not subscribe, a limited amount of information is available. Additionally, we generate revenue through banner advertisements displayed on our site.

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Mansion House Accord: Pension providers to invest 10% of default funds in private assets by 2030

1 day ago | trustnet.com | Emma Wallis

Seventeen workplace pension providers have promised to invest at least 10% of defined contribution (DC) default funds in private markets by 2030, with at least half of this earmarked for UK assets. M&G, Aviva, NatWest Cushon, TPT Retirement Solutions, now:pensions, Mercer and others have committed to do this by signing the Mansion House Accord. This voluntary agreement doubles pledges made in the 2023 Mansion House Compact, which had a 5% private equity target.
The chart showing why geographic diversification needs a radical rethink

2 days ago | trustnet.com | Emma Wallis

It was easy to forget about regional diversification when the US was shooting the lights out and US exceptionalism seemed an innate advantage that would endure. But this year, the S&P 500 has slid from the top to the bottom of the performance charts like in a game of snakes and ladders.
Three European funds to play the continent’s resurgence

2 days ago | trustnet.com | Emma Wallis

European funds have produced the best returns of any regional equity sector this year, apart from Latin America. Even amid Donald Trump’s tariff onslaught, the continent has prospered as some of the headwinds it faced last year dissipated and tailwinds emerged, according to James Piper, fund analyst at FE Investments. German commitments to increase spending on infrastructure and defence have provided a boost to the economy, inflation is more stable and interest rates are coming down, he said.
Baillie Gifford the landlord: The trust that owns Aldi Supermarkets, Premier Inn hotels and a motorway service station

6 days ago | trustnet.com | Jonathan Jones

Baillie Gifford is synonymous with growth investing. When investors conjure an image of the Edinburgh-based firm they may well think of Scottish Mortgage or any of the plethora of growth funds that invest in high-risk, high-reward companies. But one trust going against the grain is Scottish American (nicknamed SAINTS). Managed by James Dow, it focuses on a total return of both income and capital gains.
Are cheap UK assets ready to roar?

6 days ago | trustnet.com | David Brenchley

Amid the general sense of doom pervading at the moment, could we be seeing a chink of light for UK markets? An interview given by BlackRock’s chief executive, Larry Fink in The Times perhaps suggests so. Fink said that BlackRock had been busy snapping up billions of pounds worth of UK assets that it sees as undervalued. Peek through the gloom and you can certainly see why.
Which fund should you buy: Fidelity European or BlackRock European Dynamic?

6 days ago | trustnet.com | Emma Wallis

European equities have captured investors’ attention this year by storming ahead of other regions. Not only is continental Europe the best-performing major equity market year-to-date in sterling terms, but it has achieved almost double the return of the next-best region – the UK – and has recovered all of its post-Liberation Day losses.
Scottish Mortgage’s Slater: We make no apologies for volatility

1 week ago | trustnet.com | Jonathan Jones

“Scottish Mortgage is not for everybody”. That was the message from Tom Slater, manager of the highly popular investment trust, who defended the portfolio’s volatility in recent years. The growth trust has been a rollercoaster for investors, topping the charts in 2020 with a 110.5% return. Since then it has been less stellar, producing below-average returns in 2021 and 2023 against its IT Global sector and making a 45.7% loss in 2022 – the worst performance of its peer group.
Should you move into cheaper stock markets?

1 week ago | trustnet.com | Emma Wallis

Many fund managers have been warning for months, if not years, that US equities were too expensive but it took the shock of Donald Trump’s extreme ‘reciprocal tariffs’ last month for that to become something of a consensus view. The tables have turned on relative regional equity market performance this year and investors are now faced with the question of whether less steeply valued equity markets outside of the US offer better prospects.
Baillie Gifford buys Uber for the first time – and it’s not Scottish Mortgage | Trustnet

1 week ago | trustnet.com | Jonathan Jones

Baillie Gifford has bought shares in controversial taxi company Uber for the first time, with managers of the Monks investment trust taking a stake in the business. The firm has held competitors, such as Lyft, but has shied away from Uber until now. FE fundinfo Alpha Manager Helen Xiong explained the company has historically been a “good product but a terrible business”, but expressed confidence in chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi, who took the helm in 2017.
The world’s cheapest stock markets revealed

1 week ago | trustnet.com | Emma Wallis

Small UK companies are even cheaper than Chinese stocks, while UK large-caps are the cheapest of any developed market. Despite the FTSE 100’s strong performance this year, its 12-month forward price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 11.8x was only just above emerging market stocks (11.6x) as of 30 April 2025, data from AJ Bell reveals. Valuations of major stock markets, Apr 2025 vs Dec 2024Source: AJ Bell, LSEGThe UK is still cheap relative to its own history as well, as the chart below illustrates.