Want to get your investments in shape for 2021? Try our wealth workout

This month sees millions of us kick start new fitness regimes, diets and detoxes to get back into shape after a slovenly and calorific December.  But while January can prove a good time to refresh our health habits, our investments can also benefit from a similar treatment. Even the best investors can profit from giving … Read more

Jesus College Cambridge will remove Tobias Rustat memorial over Royal African Company investments

One of the University of Cambridge’s richest colleges is removing the memorial to a 17th benefactor who was involved with the slave trade. Jesus College, which is worth £344 million, is taking the memorial to Tobias Rustat out of its chapel because it is ‘celebratory’. Rustat, an advisor to King Charles II, was one of … Read more

How to make your pension and investments go green

The idea of investing in companies that contribute to society, help the environment and behave ethically has been around for decades.  Indeed, April this year saw record inflows of almost £1billion into responsible investment funds. What looked potentially like a knee-jerk reaction to the outbreak of coronavirus, proved more sustained, however.  Investment Association figures show that … Read more

Best Sipps: How to pick the best (and cheapest) Sipp to build your pension investments

Investing in a pension is a far simpler task than it once was, with a whole host of mobile, online and face to face options available today. Thanks to the rise of self-invested personal pensions, or Sipps as they are commonly known, it is possible to easily build and manage a retirement pot of shares, … Read more

Some £342m of UK investments will help fund Chinese debt

Some £342m of UK investments will help fund Chinese debt as Communist Party bonds are upgraded by the London Stock Exchange Chinese Communist Party to list its bonds on the World Government Bond index   Promotion to the global index gives China access to much larger pools of capital  UK funds have already invested £3billion in … Read more

The Queen is to get a bailout from the taxpayer after her land and property investments plummeted

The Queen is to get a bailout from the taxpayer after her land and property investments plummeted due to coronavirus pandemic Treasury said it will top up the Sovereign Grant to help maintain Queen’s income  Monarch’s income is based on a 25% share of the profits of the Crown Estate  Queen will now be receiving … Read more

How the cyber scammers suck you in to steal your investments

Pension cons are not the only way fraudsters can now steal your investments in an instant.  The pandemic has seen a rise in sophisticated scams targeted at investors looking to make their money go further. Industry body UK Finance says British savers lost £55.2 million to such scams in the first half of 2020 — … Read more

How the cyber scammers suck you in to steal your investments

Pension cons are not the only way fraudsters can now steal your investments in an instant.  The pandemic has seen a rise in sophisticated scams targeted at investors looking to make their money go further. Industry body UK Finance says British savers lost £55.2 million to such scams in the first half of 2020 — … Read more

DIRECTORS’ DEALS: Investments boss at TMT buys £2.9m worth of stock

DIRECTORS’ DEALS: Investments boss at AIM-listed venture capital firm TMT Investments buys £2.9m worth of stock By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 17 July 2020 | Updated: 22:07 BST, 17 July 2020 The head of investments at AIM-listed venture capital firm TMT Investments spent £2.9million snapping up stock. Entrepreneur Artemii Iniutin … Read more

Make your investments fly by picking the BEST of BRITISH

Investors who have flown the Union Flag over their portfolios this year have endured some stomach-churning turbulence as the UK stock market has fallen sharply and then recovered quickly. But some leading experts argue it will pay investors to hold tight.  Among them is Nick Train, of investment house Lindsell Train, one of the country’s … Read more