If you had squirrelled away £100 a month, they could now have a pot worth £16,300 By ROSIE MURRAY-WEST, FINANCIAL MAIL ON SUNDAY 20 November 2021 The cost of bringing up children is considerable enough, without thinking about saving for their future as well. However, even small sums put aside early on in a child’s life […]
By ANNE ASHWORTH FOR THE DAILY MAIL 19 November 2021 Black Friday is almost here, and Christmas is only 34 shopping days away. If you want to bring seasonal cheer to your portfolio, you could consider the opportunities in the sprawling retail logistics steel sheds that line motorways and have sprung up close to towns and […]
By Eve Maddock-Jones, Reporter, Trustnet, 19 November 2021 Trustnet looks at which UK investment trusts are trading below their five year average discount/premium level and which ones are running well ahead of the norm. Several UK investment trusts are running well below their five-year-average discount presenting major buying opportunities, according to fund pickers. The pandemic […]
Kathleen Gallagher, Investment Week, 17 November 2021• 2 min read In the past 18 months, four trusts have fallen off the Association of Investment Companies’s (AIC) dividend hero list for various different reasons. However, investment trust experts are cautiously optimistic the list will grow over the next few years, with the main barrier to that […]
In response to the UK inflation data, editor, Rory Palmer looks at another traditional inflation hedge – commodities What Investment, Rory Palmer, 18 NOV 2021 The latest inflation data announced on Wednesday revealed that UK CPI inflation was at 4.2% in October, up from a reading of 3.1% in September. In Tuesday’s WI Daily, I […]
Investment trust insider on US versus UK closed-end funds – James Carthew: Higher governance standards help UK beat US in closed-end funds The flood of fresh money streaming into the investment companies sector is incredible. I was chatting to investors, directors and journalists at an event to mark the third anniversary of AVI Japan Opportunities […]
QuotedData’s James Carthew looks at how declining forecasts of long-term power prices are impacting renewable investment trusts ESGClarity, 15 November 2021 / Opinion Following a successful £210m new issue from Harmony Energy Income, there are now 20 companies in the AIC’s renewable energy sector and at least two more – Atrato Onsite Energy and ThomasLloyd Energy […]
The listed fund vehicles are financing innovation in clean fuels, space and digital infrastructure Mary McDougall, Financial Times, NOVEMBER 12 2021 Investment trusts seem to be coming full circle. For most of the 20th century, they gradually moved away from their origins as entrepreneurial schemes investing in specific targets, often in Britain’s colonies, to running […]
Investment trusts enjoy record year for fundraising as they back a new wave of innovation November 11, 2021, Investors Chronicle, By Mary McDougall Investment trust fundraising amounted to £11.4bn in the first 10 months of the year, a record for the ancient fund structure which is now financing a new wave of innovation. Most striking is the […]
Mary McDougall NOVEMBER 11 2021 Investment trusts focused on infrastructure, particularly those involved in renewable energy projects, have boomed this year as income-hungry investors and those wishing to back the energy transition have flocked to participate in record numbers of share issues. There is little sign of this momentum losing pace. One energy efficiency trust, […]
