Monks is worthy of the spotlight

Andrew Van Sickle: Peter, your fund is among relatively few investing solely in a collection of investment trusts (ITs). How did you come to set it up? Peter Walls: My background is entirely in the wo

We’re now halfway through the decade that began with Covid, which was succeeded by a surge in the cost of living. Geopolitical turmoil has also buffeted markets in recent years. This year, however, wa

Investors are rightly nervous when a well-regarded fund manager retires. The departure of Bruce Stout from the £1.9bn Murray International (LSE: MYI) in June last year after 20 years was no exception.

The leisure sector is but part of the gigantic services sector, which accounts for roughly 80% of UK GDP. The latter encompasses everything from professional services such as solicitors and accountant

More than two in five US adults are now classified as obese, and rates are rising across the rest of the world too. It is a chronic disease associated with a costly catalogue of long-term ill health,

Last year was a horrible year for the active fund-management industry. Investors have consistently been pulling money from active investment funds over the past decade, but outflows accelerated in 202