Funds and Investment Trusts

The best funds for 2021

None of us will forget 2020 in a hurry, but from an investment standpoint it is possible that 2021 could…

Bitcoin: should you or shouldn’t you?

One of the most profitable areas for investors in 2020 was Bitcoin, but it is hard to think of any…

Busting some of the common myths about investing in private equity

Helen Steers, Partner at Pantheon and Manager of Pantheon International Plc (PIP), addresses some of the common myths surrounding private…

Another decent year for Nick Train’s Finsbury Growth & Income Trust

The Finsbury Growth & Income investment trust has an excellent long-term track record and despite losing money in 2020 has…

Without a Clunie – the fund manager who shorted Tesla is shown the door

Shorting growth stocks like Tesla has cost one fund manager his job, but should fund managers stick to their guns…

The tracker funds distorted by the pandemic

Capitalisation-weighted index trackers have seen their exposure to Covid winners increase at the expense of the Covid losers, which leaves…

Potential private equity buying opportunity

The strong performance of private equity relative to the public markets and wide discounts on listed private equity shares make…

JPMorgan Global Core Real Assets: an opportunity to invest at net asset value

The new C share issue gives investors the chance to benefit from the fund’s reliable and uncorrelated return without having…

The best funds to invest in China

The world’s second largest economy has actually grown this year and its stock market has delivered strong returns, which are…

Value versus growth: the investment trusts that will benefit the most

Growth has outperformed value for more than a decade, but the development of an effective vaccine could herald a major…