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Fund overview: Smithson Investment Trust – Simon Barnard, Portfolio Manager
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Fund overview: Smithson Investment Trust – Simon Barnard, Portfolio Manager
We have recently become aware of a fraudulent company called “Capitalsmith,” falsely claiming to represent or be connected with Fundsmith. Please note that Capitalsmith has no affiliation whatsoever with Fundsmith.
Beware of fraudulent WhatsApp groups and text messages purporting to be from members of the Fundsmith team suggesting trading ideas, requesting money transfers, job offers or asking you to click a link to download a file.
In an interview with interactive investor, Smithson fund manager Simon Barnard reflects on performance five years after the trust's IPO, and explains why he is ‘excited’ about how cheap valuations are looking.
Discover the biggest success stories in the portfolio and where they see the best opportunities now.
As Investment Manager at Smithson Investment Trust, a growth-focused fund run by the team behind Fundsmith Equity, Simon Barnard is a key player in companies that have “already won”. Dave Baxter and Barnard discuss various strategies that the trust has used since its inception, including bottom-up techniques and a three-step process of acquisition.
Having spent the first decade of my career working in a bank and then becoming a top-rated bank analyst, I find that people often express surprise that I never invest in bank shares. But I think it is precisely because I understand banks that I never invest in their shares. The recent events surrounding the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (“SVB”) and Credit Suisse reinforce this stance. Why?
Jonathan Davis, editor of the Investment Trusts Handbook, is joined in this week’s edition of the Money Makers Weekly Investment Trust podcast by Simon Barnard, manager of the Smithson Investment Trust.
In this podcast, recorded last month before the mini-Budget, fund manager Simon Barnard tells Gavin Lumsden how he is keeping faith with his stock picks, including Fevertree (FEVR), which has struggled with shipping its premium tonics to the US.
I suspect you have all heard about the gilt market’s impact on UK pension funds’ liability driven investment (LDI) strategies. Why did this meltdown happen and who is to blame?
Beware of emails purporting to be from Fundsmith which have fake reply addresses using the domain fundsmithequity.com
Simon Barnard discusses Smithson and his view of recent financial market turbulence at length with Jonathan Davis, editor of the Investment Trusts Handbook and the Money Makers newsletter (www.money-makers.co).
The trust has been a strong performer and is sticking to a tried and tested strategy.
The Times' Tempus column discusses Smithson Investment Trust.
Beware of emails purporting to be from Fundsmith which have fake reply addresses using the domains; FUNDSMITH-CO.UK and ONLINE-FUNDSMITH.CO.UK
6 September 2021: Fundsmith LLP, the fund manager founded by Terry Smith in 2010, has been confirmed by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) as a signatory to the UK Stewardship Code.
It follows the same process as the popular Fundsmith Equity Fund but invests in different stocks.
A fast-food chain that specialises in chicken wings and a rapidly growing pest-control business are the latest stocks to form part of the giant investment trust overseen by the star fund manager Terry Smith.
Fundsmith Equity Fund, the fund founded by Terry Smith in 2010, has been awarded a AAA Rating by Square Mile Research.
Questor investment trust bargain: Smithson, the Fundsmith for smaller stocks, proved itself during the pandemic last year The pandemic has provided Smithson, the global investment trust for smaller and medium-sized companies from the Fundsmith stable, with its first major test. And so far it has done exactly what it set out to do: it has delivered steady returns despite the sharp market sell-off in March.