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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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The deadline approaches – the countdown to Trump's tariff cliff is on | Trustnet

1 week ago | trustnet.com | Jonathan Jones

It is less than three weeks before the 8 July deadline for the rest of the world to make trade deals the US with or risk facing heavy ‘Liberation Day’ level tariffs initially imposed at the start of April. The deadline will have investors wondering if US president Donald Trump is a man of his word, or if the ‘Taco’ acronym – Trump Always Chickens Out – will be proved true.
Savers hit by higher inflation but cash rates are on the up

1 week ago | trustnet.com | Jonathan Jones

Savers are feeling the pinch as resilient inflation and the prospect of further interest rate cuts from the Bank of England have hit the savings market. This morning’s UK inflation figures showed headline CPI rose by 3.4% in the year to May, while core inflation (which strips out energy and food) stood at 3.5%. There are also concerns that escalating tensions in the Middle East and the upward pressure this is putting on oil prices could mean inflation is higher again in June.
Revealed: The winners of the FE fundinfo Alpha Manager of the Year awards

1 week ago | trustnet.com | Jonathan Jones

Man Group’s Jonathan Golan has been crowned FE fundinfo Alpha Manager of the Year, after a year in which his £1.4bn Man Sterling Corporate Bond and Man Dynamic Income funds both achieved top-quartile gains in their respective sectors. The former was the best performer in its IA Sterling Corporate Bond peer group, up 14.9%, extending its run of first-quartile returns to three consecutive calendar years. It is also the fifth-best performer so far in 2025.
Fund manager views – how escalating conflict in the Middle East could affect markets | Trustnet

1 week ago | trustnet.com | Jonathan Jones

Following Israel’s attacks on Iran on Friday and subsequent retaliations from both sides over the weekend, markets could be in store for a further bout of volatility, experts have said. While markets are a secondary concern to the devastating loss of life during any conflict, for investors, it will be a meaningful consideration.
UK hits new heights again – is now finally the time for a home bias? | Trustnet

2 weeks ago | trustnet.com | Jonathan Jones

The UK market hit another high yesterday, notching up a closing of 8,884 – the highest on record and 13 points above the previous top of 8,871 set on 3 March this year. Index heavyweights Shell, BP, GSK and AstraZeneca nudged the blue-chips over the line on Thursday but this year it has been precious metal miners including Fresnillo, defence stocks Babcock, BAE and Rolls-Royce, and financials such as Lloyds and Prudential that have propelled the UK to new heights.
Blue Whale’s Yiu headlines the newest members of the Alpha Manager Hall of Fame

2 weeks ago | trustnet.com | Jonathan Jones

Blue Whale Capital’s Stephen Yiu, Comgest’s Franz Weis and Richard Hodges from Nomura have been added to the FE fundinfo Alpha Manager Hall of Fame in 2025. Yiu has been the sole manager of the £1.3bn WS Blue Whale Growth fund since its launch in 2017, having previously worked on funds at Hargreaves Lansdown and Artemis. Since its launch, the fund has achieved a 164.2% return, the seventh-best in the IA Global sector, as shown in the chart below.
‘The wealth management industry is not very good at giving up-and-coming managers money’

2 weeks ago | trustnet.com | Jonathan Jones

Boutique fund managers often struggle to get their funds to scale early on in their careers. Without a big brand name behind them, it can be tough to make the industry pay attention. A good track record helps, but not always. A common rule of thumb for investors is to wait until a fund has a three-year track record. This can give them the conviction that the manager has a repeatable and proven process. But this has not been enough for the VT Holland Advisors Equity fund.
Traditional government bonds are less able to shield investors: Here’s what to use instead

2 weeks ago | trustnet.com | Jonathan Jones

Traditional government bonds will not provide the ballast to a portfolio they have historically, according to Peter Kent, co-head of fixed income at Ninety One, who warned investors that “asset allocation approaches need a reboot”. The main difference this time around is the rationale behind market volatility. In past crises, such as in 2008, the issue was demand-driven.
Market returns will halve in the coming years – here’s what to own to make the best of it | Trustnet

2 weeks ago | trustnet.com | Matteo Anelli

Equity investors should expect to make half the returns they have become accustomed to over the past decade and a half, as markets will be challenged on several different fronts in the years to come, according to Pictet Asset Management senior multi-asset strategist Arun Sai. “Both on earnings and on multiples, the primary drivers of growth tell us that returns are going to be much weaker for equities. It's going to be as much as half of the past five to 10 years,” he said.
Outperforming over all timeframes: The global trust with just £40m in assets investors might be overlooking

3 weeks ago | trustnet.com | Jonathan Jones

It has been hard for active global funds to excel in recent years. Even harder still when avoiding some of the ‘Magnificent Seven’ US tech stocks that have dominated in the artificial intelligence (AI) boom. Yet the little-known VT Holland Advisors Equity fund has achieved just this. The fund was launched in 2011 but was converted to a UCITs fund in 2021 – when Trustnet first started collating data on the portfolio.