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The city has been abuzz with chatter recently after a very public, scathing attack on the unfriendliness of the UK stock market to new listings. Although the comments could be seen as an ego-massaging exercise to divert attention away from a floundering business, therein lies some truth that the UK stock market is evidently less attractive than our cousins across the pond.

It is the time of year when we, in the northern hemisphere, emerge from winter, welcome new life, and even start a new UK tax year. Our gardens sprout new growth and rediscover colourful displays, it is in many ways an optimistic time of year. Investors might be tempted to have similar feelings towards the investment trust market.

The spectre of a banking crisis returned to haunt markets in March, with the collapse of two mid-sized banks in the US, as well as the fall of the much bigger Credit Suisse into the hands of its rival UBS, a transaction orchestrated by Swiss regulators. (more…)

So far this year we’ve had very little respite from the relentless pace in markets. Russia continues to wage its atrocious and unprovoked war in Ukraine, a global recession looms, and the first quarter is ending with a bang as the dissolution of Credit Suisse into UBS has gripped investors’ attention.