Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted is a Liberal Democrat peer. She was a member of the European Parliament between 2005 and 2014 and is a former chair of the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee.

UK investment trusts have transformed since the first one was founded in 1868. A British success story, they have become an attractive way for institutional and retail savers to access investment opportunities such as infrastructure, growth companies and renewable energy.