The year so far has seen significant volatility for global stock markets driven by concerns over red-hot inflation, the impact on share prices of rising interest rates and war in Ukraine.Crunching the latest data from Winterflood Investment Trusts, Shares has spotted that discounts to net asset value have widened on a variety of trusts with interesting strategies and prospects.BANKERS ON SALEFor i

In late September 2021, when the UK market had its most recent wobble, many ESG or 'sustainable' stocks and funds experienced a sharper sell-off than the FTSE All-Share index, prompting some to wonder if the boom in ethical investing had run its course.Fast forward to today and the best of those ethical stocks and funds are trading at even higher levels than the start of September. Sustainable inv

It comes as quite a shock that Liontrust Asset Management (LIO) has scrapped plans to launch an ESG (environmental, social and governance) investment trust.It might have been more understandable if Liontrust was a newbie to the world of sustainable investing, but it has built a rich pedigree in the discipline, managing ESG funds for over 20 years and having more than £10 billion of assets under m

It may be early days but so far investment trust Keystone Positive Change (KPC) doesn't seem to have benefited from the magic touch of new manager Baillie Gifford.The asset management firm behind Scottish Mortgage (SMT) hasn't had the instant impact on the trust in the same way it has with Witan Pacific, which has jumped more than 25% in price since Baillie Gifford became manager and renamed it Ba