What are ‘thematic’ funds and could you profit with your Isa?

Blue sky thinking about the ideas destined to become big money spinners is among the most creative – and exciting – aspects of investing. Predicting what the world will look like in coming decades is notoriously hard though, and even financial professionals often get unstuck when forecasting trends and finding the companies most likely to … Read more

What are ‘thematic’ funds and could you profit with your Isa?

Blue sky thinking about the ideas destined to become big money spinners is among the most creative – and exciting – aspects of investing. Predicting what the world will look like in coming decades is notoriously hard though, and even financial professionals often get unstuck when forecasting trends and finding the companies most likely to … Read more

Relief for trapped savers as M&G reopens property fund after 18 months

M&G has said it will reopen its property fund on 10 May – nearly 18 months after it was suspended – offering some relief to trapped savers.  The investment firm froze its £2.1billion Property Portfolio Fund in December 2019, fearing that Brexit had caused too much uncertainty and that it would not be able to … Read more

The best global clean energy ETFs for UK investors and battery technology tracker funds compared

In the last two articles we analysed the choices for the DIY investors among first green funds and second green investment trusts. Here we turn our focus towards trackers and specifically exchange traded funds. It’s been an eventful year for clean energy stocks after their stellar gains last year. The shares of many firms in … Read more

SCOTTISH AMERICAN INVESTMENT: Trust keeps its dividend

SCOTTISH AMERICAN INVESTMENT: Trust keeps its dividend halo as payouts plunge By Rachel Rickard Straus For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:25 BST, 17 April 2021 | Updated: 22:25 BST, 17 April 2021 Last year was dismal for anyone seeking an income from their investments.  Dividends from UK companies plunged by 38 per cent, according … Read more

L&G chief calls on pension funds to help end housing crisis

‘We simply haven’t built enough’: L&G chief calls on pension funds to invest in projects to help end housing crisis L&G boss Nigel Wilson believes we haven’t built enough homes L&G has already backed a number of projects across the country  It has invested £450million in the regeneration of Cardiff Central Square By Emma Dunkley … Read more

Funds to help lower risk investors get better returns than on cash

Savers sitting on large Isa pots earning very little may be considering investing instead if they are sick of pitiful returns on their cash. But many worry about being hit by a sudden stock market crash and find the volatility of share prices concerning, even if they could ride out storms and do not need … Read more

Funds to help lower risk investors get better returns than on cash

Savers sitting on large Isa pots earning very little may be considering investing instead if they are sick of pitiful returns on their cash. But many worry about being hit by a sudden stock market crash and find the volatility of share prices concerning, even if they could ride out storms and do not need … Read more

RIVER & MERCANTILE UK RECOVERY: Fund to benefit from recovery

RIVER & MERCANTILE UK RECOVERY: Fund poised to benefit from UK stock market bounce as economy recovers By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:30 BST, 10 April 2021 | Updated: 22:56 BST, 10 April 2021 Veteran fund manager Hugh Sergeant has rarely been more positive about the UK equity market in a … Read more