Green investment trusts in demand
Booming demand for green infrastructure investments has helped power a record run of fundraising for UK investment trusts, with managers breaking the previous annual record for capital raising in the first nine months of 2021. Read More
Closet trackers revealed
The Mail on Sunday ran a piece investigating funds that, though at the upper echelons of the fee scale, are little more than tracker funds (moving up and down with the FTSE benchmark by choosing many of the same stocks) disguised by marketing semantics.
Boom for ethical investing
UK investors seized the bull market last year, as statistics from the Investment Association last week revealed investors ploughed a record net £63bn into funds, ending 2017 at an all-time high of £1.2 trillion. Of particular interest, though, is mounting evidence that investors are seeking to put their money into ethically sound businesses (ethical investing).
Landlord backlash to 3 year tenancy plans (Property Investment)
The main body representing landlords’ interests has reacted angrily to government plans to introduce mandatory three-year tenancies, with a six-month break clause, to give tenants more security. The National Landlords Association (NLA) says that the new proposals will be too “rigid” and that it has been “misled” (Property Investment).
Bitcoin bounces back
Bitcoin has broken the $6,700 mark after a few days of hovering above the $6,500 mark. This price level is particularly significant given that it was the first drop level after the 10% dip in mid-June 2018. Many analysts had identified $6,700 and $6,900 as crucial resistance points in the march towards $7,000 (Bitcoin).
