High-quality defensive investment trusts for volatile markets

Professional investor Katy Thorneycroft chooses three top investment trusts to buy as the markets reprice in the face of lowered economic growth prospects.

A professional investor tells us where she'd put her money. This week: Katy Thorneycroft of the JP Morgan Elect Managed Growth fund chooses three top trusts.

A sombre mood has gripped markets in the closing weeks of the year. January's optimism faded long ago and now, as investors have begun to reassess economic growth prospects and reprice equities accordingly, risk appetite has come under attack from all sides.

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Katy Thorneycroft is manager of the JP Morgan Elect Managed Growth fund