By Jonathan Jones, Editor, Trustnet 22 June 2022: Investors that need to find reliable income without the volatility may be best served thinking outside the box, according to experts. While traditional equity has struggled so far this year, and many open-ended income funds have held up better than expected, income trusts have struggled. The IT […]
By ROSIE MURRAY-WEST, FINANCIAL MAIL ON SUNDAY, 19 June 2022: With stock markets continuing to fall in recent days, many investment experts have reverted to using the ‘V’ word. That’s not V for victory, but V for ‘volatility’ – a term that seems to change its meaning when share price are in freefall. The FTSE […]
Investment Week, Kathleen Gallagher, 17 June 2022: Analysts at QuotedData are warning shareholders of the Boussard & Gavaudan trust to be wary of recent proposals to appoint two more board members that have been chosen by the investment manager. The £306.8m trust, which has two share classed, GBP and Euro, announced on 16 June that […]
By MIKE SHEEN FOR THIS IS MONEY 14 June 2022 Infrastructure assets have long been regarded as a go-to means of achieving inflation-beating returns and, while prices soar elsewhere, the London market may currently offer investors bargain options… Renewable energy infrastructure trusts have raised more than £1billion since the start of the year, according to […]
James Crux, Shares Magazine, 01 June 2022: Investors are increasingly looking for stocks, bonds or funds that pay a good income… Many people have this year lost money from backing high-growth but dividend-less stocks such as Tesla (TSLA:NASDQ) and Netflix (NFLX:NASDAQ), and they’re fed up. In the other side of the ring, tobacco manufacturers, utility […]
by Kyle Caldwell, interactive investor, 14th June 2022: 11 Baillie Gifford trusts are trading on wider-than-usual discounts. We ask analysts whether this is an opportunity for brave investors to pick up bargains… With inflation levels soaring and interest rates on the rise, growth companies, including tech firms, have fallen out of favour. Instead, investors have […]
By ROSIE MURRAY-WEST, FINANCIAL MAIL ON SUNDAY, 12 June 2022: Investing in emerging markets is often a step too far for investors with an ethical bent. Human rights issues and exploitation of labour put them off. Nowhere in the emerging markets world are these issues currently more prominent than in China, still the engine room […]
AIC Compass, Jennifer Hill, Friday 10 June 2022: Jennifer Hill finds four compelling reasons to invest in UK Commercial Property Investors wrote off property during the Covid-19 pandemic, often in the mistaken belief that UK commercial property trusts are chock-full of high street retail and office assets. But as the cloud of lockdown has lifted, […]
Investment trust insider on funds of funds – James Carthew: Flexible trusts of trusts pick private equity From time to time, I find it is worth checking up on what managers of the funds of funds in the AIC Flexible Investment sector have been up to – managers such as Peter Hewitt of BMO Managed […]
Investment trust insider on windfall taxes – James Carthew: Windfall tax confusion shows UK is a risk for renewables investors It was good to see Bluefield Solar Income (BSIF) announce it had managed to raise £150m in an oversubscribed share issue before the Jubilee holiday. This follows a similar-sized fundraise by Gresham House Energy Storage […]
