Ruffer made money for its fund and investment trust investors even as stock markets tumbled in March By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 9 April 2020 | Updated: 16:26 BST, 10 April 2020 founded by Jonathan Ruffer, 68, has around $23billion (£18billion) of funds under management. Fund manager Ruffer raked in … Read more
Aberdeen Standard Investments, BMO, Janus Henderson, Columbia Threadneedle and Aviva Investors have today suspended trading on their respective open-ended property funds due to valuation uncertainty as markets continue to be rocked by the coronavirus panic. The groups join M&G which suspended its £2.3billion Property Portfolio at the end of last year due to liquidity concerns, … Read more
Fund manager Terry Smith is the Cristiano Ronaldo of the investment world. He is right at the top of his profession and, like the footballing maestro, he is handsomely rewarded for his particular ‘craft’ – an ability to generate stellar returns for investors that most rival managers do not possess. Yet, while most people accept … Read more
PUNT OF THE WEEK: Video game maker Codemasters has been hired by the Fast & Furious movie franchise By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 3 January 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 3 January 2020 Game on: Codemasters joined London’s junior market, AIM, in June 2018 and is worth £430m What is … Read more
PERSONAL ASSETS: A trust that is self-managed and run by its own board not an external investment firm By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 3 January 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 3 January 2020 Personal Assets is self-managed and run by its own board rather than by an external investment firm … Read more
From seeds to shops and fertiliser to fast food – and futuristic alternative meat sources – there is a basket-load of opportunities for investors to cash in on the food business. The food industry is not just about what we put in our mouths – but how it gets there. It is made up of … Read more
MIDAS SHARE TIPS: AFH, the firm offering finance for the over-50s, could give YOUR investments a brighter future By Joanne Hart for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:00 BST, 11 May 2019 | Updated: 16:47 BST, 14 May 2019 The UK is growing older. Around 40 per cent of the British population is over 50 … Read more
Go to the BT corporate website and the company says it uses ‘the power of communications to make a better world’. The firm’s 20 million-plus customers and 750,000-plus investors may not agree. Customers, including me, have to put up with disjointed call centre service and ineffectual engineers. Investors, again including me, have seen the shares … Read more
How can you profit from investing in loss-makers? It sounds bonkers, but can actually be highly lucrative. Just ask investors in Amazon, Twitter or Ocado. Taxi hailing app Uber was the latest loss-making firm to motor on to the New York Stock Exchange yesterday, completing one of the most highly anticipated US floats in recent … Read more
The Isa season officially ended with the tax year but the UK’s biggest DIY investment platforms have upped the ante in their bid to win investors’ funds by unveiling new propositions. Interactive Investor has announced the introduction of three subscription plans involving a monthly fee to replace its existing quarterly charging structure from 1 June. … Read more