Trade tariffs, the Russia-Ukraine and the Israel-Palestine crises are all issues F&C’s Paul Niven takes in his stride

Last year, Henderson European Focus Trust and Henderson EuroTrust merged to form Henderson European Trust (LSE: HET), with £680m of assets (after significant cash exits) and a well-regarded management

UK equities are having their time in the sun. The FTSE 100 recently hit an all-time high of 9,000, driven by a broad recovery in equity prices. To put it another way, the rally wasn’t just driven by a

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There has been a recent uptick in some geographies for actively-managed portfolios