Max King
Max has an Economics degree from the University of Cambridge and is a chartered accountant. He worked at Investec Asset Management for 12 years, managing multi-asset funds investing in internally and externally managed funds, including investment trusts. This included a fund of investment trusts which grew to £120m+. Max has managed ten investment trusts (winning many awards) and sat on the boards of three trusts – two directorships are still active.
After 39 years in financial services, including 30 as a professional fund manager, Max took semi-retirement in 2017. Max has been a MoneyWeek columnist since 2016 writing about investment funds and more generally on markets online, plus occasional opinion pieces. He also writes for the Investment Trust Handbook each year and has contributed to The Daily Telegraph and other publications. See here for details of current investments held by Max.
Latest articles by Max King
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Don’t try to time the market – here's how to get rich slowly with investment trusts
Sponsored Everyone wants to buy low and sell high. But that's easier said than done, says Max King. The best advice is to focus on the long term and ignore the market swings.
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Small-cap investment trusts have made a big comeback
Tips Small-cap companies in the bottom segment of the market came alive late last year, as have the funds that invest in them. The rally looks set to continue.
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Don't scrap pensions tax relief. We need people to save more, not less
Opinion Scrapping higher-rate pension tax relief would amount to double taxation and discourage retirement saving, thereby depriving the economy of crucial long-term investment, says Max King.
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There’s still money in bonds for careful investors
Tips Investors should tread carefully in the fixed-income market. But this well-managed investment trust fits the bill.
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How to build a properly diversified investment trust portfolio
Sponsored Max King explains how to build a well diversified portfolio using one of our favourite tools – investment trusts.
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A return to form at Temple Bar Investment Trust
Tips Temple Bar Investment Trust had an excellent 2019 and will profit from the revival of value investing, says Max King.
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Why investment trusts are the best vehicle for your money
Sponsored Max King explains the advantages of investment trusts – sometimes called closed-ended funds – over their open-ended counterparts (or Oeics).
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The return of split-capital investment trusts – and two to buy now
Tips Split-capital investment trusts fell out of favour after a scandal in the early 2000s. But now they're back. Here are two worth a look.
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Investing in commercial property: a tale of three markets
Tips Student housing, care-home and self-storage owners are solid long-term growth stories in the commercial property sector. But is now the time to buy? Max King finds out.
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Go green and make money with this energy-efficiency investment trust
Tips Helping the environment needn’t mean sacrificing profits, as this energy-efficiency investment trust shows.
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Investment trusts: the Cinderella of investment arrives at the ball
Features Investors should look beyond the market noise of a single year and examine the bigger picture. Max King explains what we can learn from 25 years of investment trust history.
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Music royalties fund Hipgnosis strikes a discordant note
Features Hipgnosis, a fund hoping to profit from song royalties, sounds beguiling. But is best avoided for now, says Max King.
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Oakley Capital: a tasty private equity fund at a bargain price
Features Oakley Capital, the private-equity fund, is cheap, yet its investments are flourishing, says Max King.
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How to solve Britain’s crippling housing crisis
Features Apart from Brexit, housing is the most pressing issue facing the incoming government. A new book explains what it should do. Max King reports.
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Neil Woodford continues to cast a shadow over his successor at Invesco
Features Mark Barnett, former star manager Neil Woodford’s successor at Invesco, has applied the same formula, and is struggling.
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How Argentina embarked on the road to ruin
Features A century ago, Argentina was economically on a par with France and Germany. Left-wing populism may now have irretrievably ruined it, says Max King.
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Five funds to buy into biotech's healthy future
Features The biotech sector has struggled over the past year, but it remains a solid long-term investment. Here are five good ways to buy in.
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Go global with the Genesis Emerging Markets Trust
Features The Genesis Emerging Markets Trust believes in thorough fieldwork when seeking out promising investments.
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Retail property stocks are in the bargain bin
Features The savage bear market in the retail property sector may be over, but investors must tread carefully.
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Will solar energy investment funds keep shining?
Features Investment funds designed to profit from the solar energy have done well, but now look expensive, says Max King.
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Unleash the power of private equity
Features Technology-focused private equity fund HG Capital Trust is a successful investor in unlisted companies that has shrugged off political uncertainty
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Find value in this Reit specialising in regional offices
Features This Reit focusing on opportunities in commercial property outside London looks appealing.
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One of the best investment trusts for emerging market investors
Features The Utilico Emerging Markets investment trust focuses on infrastructure, an area its competitors often ignore.
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Realise the big potential in micro-cap stocks with this investment trust
Features The Downing Strategic Micro-Cap Trust had a disappointing start. But it's finally looking like it's ready to achieve its potential.
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