By Matteo Anelli, News editor, Trustnet, 06 October 2025 Experts discuss why (and how much) you should invest in fast-growing economies. Emerging markets come in and out of favour and this year they are back with a boom: 2025 has been a ‘stellar year’ for emerging markets so far, with China and Latin America topping […]
by Dave Baxter, Investors Chronicle, October 2, 2025: It has been a tough few years for the renewable energy infrastructure trusts, as illustrated by the latest plan at Octopus Renewables Infrastructure (ORIT). The trust has unveiled what it dubbed a “strategic road map for growth”. This includes around £30mn of share buybacks and seeking to […]
Investment trust insider on Tritax Big Box REIT – James Carthew: The overly discounted Reit with plenty of growth ahead Investors are cautious of Tritax Big Box’s descent from a 30% premium to 26% discount, but its lengthy pipeline of M&A activity makes it one to watch. Tritax Big Box Reit (BBOX) ranks as one […]
Tara O’Connor, FTAdviser, 29 September 2025: Exchange traded funds are an efficient way of gaining exposure to equity indices while maintaining liquidity, according to advocates of the structure. ETFs can track a market index, providing investors with diversification across the whole or part of a market. In terms of diversification, one ETF can give investors […]
Data from ETFGI on European exchange traded funds for the end of August shows, of the total 3,333 ETFs, 567 were exposed to fixed income, compared with the 1,528 with equity exposure. Deborah Fuhr runs ETFGI and has been doing research on the sector since 1997. She says: “For the first 10 years [of […]
Linus Uhlig, Investment Week, 26 September 2025: In the latest attempt by Saba founder and CIO Boaz Weinstein to continue his activism, the hedge fund has registered for a Dublin-based ETF that will act as a European cousin to its existing closed-ended fund (CEF) ETF in the US. According to people familiar with the matter, […]
Investment trsut insider on abrdn Asia Focus – James Carthew: Exceptional Asia trusts are overdue a re-rating Chinese-focused investment companies are thriving at a time when many are looking to diversify away from the US. As investors look for alternatives to US assets, Asian markets (with the notable exception of India) have fared relatively well over […]
By ANNE ASHWORTH, Daily Mail, 20 September 2025: President Trump’s visit to Britain blended centuries-old pomp, pageantry – and an investment bonanza into the technology of the last half of the 21st century. Three members of the ‘Magnificent Seven’ of US tech – the Google group Alphabet, Microsoft and Nvidia – are committing billions to […]
Investment trust insider on BioPharma Credit – James Carthew: The overly discounted debt trust I’m considering buying Direct lending trusts are languishing after making some risky loans, but BioPharma Credit is a wholly more robust portfolio. Few parts of the investment companies sector are thriving, but one that is doing well is debt, as I […]
by Val Cipriani, Investors Chronicle, September 12, 2025: Over the past five years, the cumulative level of inflation has amounted to almost 28 per cent, according to the Bank of England. If you are living off income from your investment portfolio, you need this to keep up with the rising cost of living, so that […]
