Special Paper No.13 – Private credit: canary in the coal mine?

Over the past two decades, a growing share of corporate ownership and financing has moved outside public markets, beyond the daily visibility of exchange prices and regulatory scrutiny. In the 1990s there were over 8,000 US-listed companies; today there are roughly 4,000.

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Investment Report No.86

9th October 2025 marked 25 years since the establishment of Troy. It has been quite a journey, beginning in the shadow of the dotcom boom and the ensuing equity bear market from 2001-2003. Remarkably, a quarter of a century on, markets appear once again suspended between promise and speculation.

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Multi-Asset Strategy Insights – Dynamic Asset Allocation

Troy’s Multi-Asset Strategy seeks to protect our investors’ capital and increase its value over the long term. 

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Investment Report No.85

In the world of financial markets, where a tendency towards complexity and intellectual cartwheels often obfuscates simple truths, it can be clarifying to speak to someone one step removed.

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Investment Report No.83

History in the making As events unfold, it can be difficult to parse out what will make it…

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Investment Report No.82

The late, great Paul Volcker, the towering former Federal Reserve chair, said in 2009 that “the ATM has been the only useful innovation in banking for the past 20 years”.  At Troy, we agree with the sentiment that most complex investment bank products are not good for customers. 

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Multi-Asset Insights – Equity

Troy’s Multi-Asset Strategy seeks to protect our investors’ capital and increase its value over the long term. 

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Investment Report No.81

As a politics graduate, I have a disproportionate interest in the subject.  I also recognise the distraction that political outcomes pose to investors, often adding mere noise, to be ignored, if we are to succeed. 

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Investment Report No.80

There is nothing wrong with admitting that you don’t know something.  What makes investing so fascinating and sometimes frustrating is not knowing all the answers.  Explaining market movements is never simple.

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Multi-Asset Insights – Gold

Our aim at Troy has always been to preserve our investors’ hard-earned capital and increase its value in real terms over the long term.

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