The second in a series of articles investigating growth sectors, developing technologies and niche themes that adventurous private investors can back in their Isas – and how they might do so. The first, on open-ended funds in the environmental sector, is here. The UK’s energy mix is in the process of transitioning from coal and gas … Read more
A number of investment trusts have come to the market in recent weeks. These include the successful launch of Home, which will invest in homeless accommodation, mentioned here earlier this month. It is to be followed by other launches, including the Buffettology Smaller Companies Trust – inspired by the investing philosophy of star US fund manager … Read more
Fund managers in many sectors have earned their considerable salaries for those who kept faith with them since the turn of the millennium, data from an investment industry body suggests. Despite the growing popularity of cheap passive or tracker funds, managed investment vehicles have outperformed benchmarks in many sectors and regions as global markets have … Read more
JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Is it time for global trusts to get their Faangs out? That’s Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Alphabet (Google as was) by the way By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 21:48 BST, 29 August 2020 | Updated: 21:58 BST, 29 August 2020 As regular readers of our Wealth section will … Read more
Dozens of NHS trusts tell women seeking IVF to prove they’re in a ‘stable’ relationship – creating infertility ‘postcode lottery’ IVF patients in some areas in England must prove 3-year ‘stable’ relationship status to be eligible for free infertility treatment 24 CCGs require relationship stability to ‘ensure the welfare of the child’ However, local policies differ … Read more
Some of the most popular income investment trusts have failed to bounce back from the coronavirus crash – and experts reckon it could be time to sell them. Merchants Investment Trust is down 39 per cent this year and Murray International is down 25 per cent. Yet the FTSE 100 is down by just 20 … Read more
An ‘aggressive’ deer at an English beauty spot had to be shot dead after it injured a park-goer in an incident believed to have been sparked by a family feeding it carrots. The National Trust says the wild animal had to be put down after it began ‘posing an immediate threat’ to visitors at Knole … Read more
Global funds and trusts have enjoyed a strong run in recent months despite the significant sell-off that hit stock markets around the world in March. Investors in some big name funds took a pounding as markets nosedived, but those who didn’t panic sell have been rewarded for holding their nerve. These big beasts of the … Read more
Olivia Buckland trusts husband Alex Bowen to SHAVE part of her head as she receives a DIY haircut at home By Ellie May Donohoe For Mailonline Published: 16:40 BST, 30 May 2020 | Updated: 16:40 BST, 30 May 2020 There has been a wave of celebs exploring DIY hairstyles at home amid the coronavirus lockdown. … Read more
Terry Smith is one of the shrewdest investors to come out of this country in a long, long time – although he now runs his successful investment operation Fundsmith from the sun-kissed island of Mauritius in the middle of the Indian Ocean rather than the UK (currently enjoying its own bit of sun-kissing). What Smith … Read more