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Good communication
Accountability is best assisted when accompanied by transparency – it is a symbiotic relationship. Investment trusts have usually maintained a high standard when reporting to their shareholders and this has improved further in recent years with the assistance of technology and more proactive boards, shareholders and an ever-enquiring media. Investors willing to undertake the necessary research will find a rich seam of information.
The key methods used by investment trusts to communicate with shareholders and the wider market are:
- ■the report and accounts
- ■regular communications – company NAV announcements, factsheets, websites and literature
- ■marketing and distribution
- ■investment roadshows and seminars
- ■the AIC.
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