Why we like investment companies

The world has always been an unpredictable place for investors, and it has become more so over the past five years. Digitisation is partly to blame. News can travel from one side of the planet to anot

Managers of open-ended funds must carefully consider the liquidity of their holdings, because they may need to sell assets to meet redemptions. Since small and mid-sized companies are less liquid than

Ideas to give you protection , growth and income

The sale after 17 years of the last of the government’s stake in NatWest has led some to claim that this was good news for the banking sector. The stock overhang has been removed and the sale has got

This year’s “unusually good run” for beleaguered British shares shows “there is life in the old dog yet”, says Katie Martin in the Financial Times. True, the FTSE 100’s 10% year-to-date gain isn’t sen

There is an interesting change taking place in global equity markets. Investors are shifting their focus from US equities towards global stocks. Emerging markets are leading the charge, but demand for