Andrew Merricks, head of investments at Skerritt Consultants:

Andrew has been in financial Services for 18 years. He regularly appears in the trade and national press, as well as on TV and Radio, commenting on investment-related issues. Andrew is also the author of The Money Doctor, a monthly column for What Investment.

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Skerritt Consultants is a successful Independent Financial Adviser with offices on the south coast. The company has been trading for over 15 years. This success has been built on a customer friendly approach that includes:

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Disappearing trust 15 August 2008 [0 comments]

I wish to draw your attention to the ‘Resources Investment Trust’, which is listed in What Investment in the sector entitled ‘Specialist: Liquidity’. In fact, this trust should be in the sector entitled ‘Specialist: Commodities & Natural Resources.
The trust was correctly listed in ‘Specialist: Commodities & Natural Resources’ up to and including August 2007, issue 293, but in the next issue, September 2007, it had been moved to ‘Specialist: Liquidity’.
Also, the performance figures in issue 302 of What Investment, May 2008, for the Resources Investment Trust appear to be somewhat excessive – far outperforming the Merrill Lynch World Mining Trust. Are you certain that these figures are accurate? The reason I query the figures is because I have seen performance figures for these trusts in
other publications where the Resources Investment Trust mostly underperforms the
Merrill Lynch World Mining Trust.
Derek Crawford
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