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Mark Dampier: Don’t get caught up in the investment trust hype

The vehicles have become hugely popular, but investors risk overpaying or specialising too tightly

This year alone, investment trusts have raised £13.6bm in new IPOs and secondary funding
This year alone, investment trusts have raised £13.6bm in new IPOs and secondary funding Photo: Getty Images

Mark Dampier is the former research director of Hargreaves Lansdown and author of Effective Investing.

Being fiercely independent doesn’t always make you sound like you support certain areas of the financial industry. One such area for me is investment trusts.

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