European equities do not naturally spring to mind when thinking about growth but that is wrong-headed according to fund manager James Rutland who runs the Invesco European Focus Fund (BJ04GL7).Against a tough market backdrop the fund has delivered handsome gains with a three-year return of 54% compared with 21% for the Investment Association's Europe Ex-UK sector.Showing it has more than one strin

Odey Asset Management founder Crispin Odey leaves businessPartnership separated from wider firmManagement changes and plans to mitigate potential client redemptionsOdey Asset Management has begun a shake-up of the partnership after founder Crispin Odey left the business last week following a Financial Times investigation.While Odey remains the majority owner of the business, the partnership has be

- On course for 57th successive dividend hike- Mining sector underweight detracts from H1 performance- Numis views trust as an 'attractive core holding'Popular investment trust City of London (CTY) produced a positive return for the first half to 31 December 2022 despite turbulent market conditions, though performance was slightly behind the 5.1% rise in the FTSE All-Share index.But the good news

It's been a tricky 2022 for global stock markets and that's made life hard for ordinary and professional investors alike. In this feature several leading fund managers explain what worked out for them over the course of the year and what went wrong.James Harries - Securities Trust of Scotland (STS)What worked?At Troy (Securities Trust of Scotland's investment manager) we seek companies that genera

- Trust outperforms benchmark on total return basis- Stock selection and valuation key to success- Larger than normal discount to NAV'All-weather' global equity vehicle Brunner Investment Trust (BUT) put in a respectable half-year performance, beating its benchmark in terms of NAV (net asset value) total return.As of the end of May the NAV per share with debt at fair value was £11.49, a drop of 1