The first investment company was launched some 150-odd years ago in 1868. From the very beginning, they were pioneers, seeking investment ideas from around the globe – even in the emerging markets of their time: Cuba, Brazil and USA, for...
Investments teams are made up of more than just fund managers: they can include research analysts,...
Each week there is an almost overwhelming amount of economic data published by governments and...
Ethical investing has been around in the UK for thirty years or so. It started with negative...
After a decade of low interest rates and the Bank of England showing no signs of increasing them again anytime soon, the challenge of searching for income has never been harder for investors. The climate is worse when you consider figures from the...
Over the past decade, developed market equities, with cumulative returns of 254%*, have...
There always seems to be a reason to put off investing. Indeed, there have been 29 reasons over the...
How much you invest in small and large-cap equities is one of key questions investors should be...
Unless you are a parent (or maybe a sibling), you’d probably expect to get back any money you loan to someone – and maybe even a bit extra as a thank you. That’s certainly the expectation of bond investors when they loan money to...
Cyclists taking part in the Tour de France at the moment will be pleased that temperatures across...
Normally, when we invest in a bond, we are giving money to a government or a company as a loan and,...
Investing in China can be a bit complicated, as it has so many different types of shares available...
The TM home investor fund is the only funds available to UK investors, which invests directly in residential property. It holds over 200 properties across mainland UK. Manager Alan Collett has worked in residential property all his life. He is also...
There are certain times during the year when savvy shoppers dust off their elbow pads and try to...
Deciding where to invest your money isn’t easy, particularly when you consider the...
The National Health Service turned 70 on 5 July 2018. It’s one of the UK’s most loved institutions,...
Even since I was a little girl I can remember my Dad joking that, when he retires, he and Mum are going to sell their house and split their time living with each child – based on where the best weather is at the time. This new ‘retirement...
Watching Katherine Ryan’s new Netflix special over the weekend, one part stuck with me – and...
With Burger King trialling a 0% meat ‘Impossible Whopper’ and Sainsbury’s ‘Taste of the...
Another year older, another year wiser (so they say), and coincidentally my first year in finance...