Net asset value (NAV) underperformed in first half£300 million spent on share buybacksLong term approach to identify secular growthGrowth investing may be creeping back into favour as investors bet on an end to interest rate hikes, but that hasn?t yet fed through to the Baillie Gifford-managed Monks Investment Trust (MNKS) judging by first half results.Net asset value total return slipped 3.3% fo

Unless they own shares in investment trusts, most readers probably will not have heard of the phrase 'continuation vote', and there is a chance a good many who do own investment trusts may be unfamiliar with them too.However, as the recent ups and (mostly) downs at music royalty fund Hipgnosis Songs Fund (SONG) have demonstrated, continuation votes can be literally a make-or-break event for trusts

Many of the world's most exciting businesses are not yet listed on a stock exchange, but that doesn't mean investors can't get exposure to this part of the universe. A number of investment trusts have holdings in unlisted (also known as unquoted) companies, giving you plenty of options as we discuss in this article.While venture capital trusts and specialist private equity vehicles tend to focus p