RE: AUGM6 Apr 2021 15:55
Private equity investment trusts, best kept secret on the market. 1800 equities on the LSE, the lowest for a long time, 1.6 million businesses in the UK, of course loads are SMEs but that's where the real growth is. With interest rates so low and listing so expensive companies can find plenty of cheap capital without having to go the IPO route. Also illiquid private equity assets are no good for open ended funds as outflows force the fund manager to sell, investment trusts are the best option. Unfortunately the shareholder needs to trust that the valuations are honest, so far I've found that they tend to underestimate the NAV. Members of the AIC, like AUGM, should be safer.