Martin Gilbert cements his return to investment world

Martin Gilbert cements his return to investment world with acquisition of Saracen Fund Managers for £2.75m By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 14 May 2021 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 14 May 2021 Martin Gilbert has cemented his return to the investment world with the acquisition of Saracen Fund Managers for £2.75m.  … Read more

BT accelerating investment to roll out more super-fast broadband

BT preparing to accelerate its investment to roll out super-fast broadband to millions more homes By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 9 May 2021 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 9 May 2021 BT is preparing to accelerate its investment to roll out super-fast broadband to millions more homes.  The company is getting … Read more

£145m fund for trees as Apple goes green: Firm boosts eco credentials with investment in forests

£145m fund for trees as Apple goes green: Tech giant boosts its eco credentials with investment in forests around the world The Restore Fund hopes to remove one million tons of carbon dioxide annually  Apple said protecting environment and making money ‘not mutually exclusive’  The Daily Mail’s Be a Tree Angel campaign raised £1.5million to … Read more

£145m fund for trees as Apple goes green: Firm boosts eco credentials with investment in forests

£145m fund for trees as Apple goes green: Tech giant boosts its eco credentials with investment in forests around the world The Restore Fund hopes to remove one million tons of carbon dioxide annually  Apple said protecting environment and making money ‘not mutually exclusive’  The Daily Mail’s Be a Tree Angel campaign raised £1.5million to … Read more

Five golden rules for lock down and investment property when market is unstable

A former music teacher who purchased his first house at 29 on a $51,000 salary and amassed a multimillion-dollar property portfolio has shared his golden rules for real estate investing.  Lloyd Edge, buyer’s agent and author of Positively Geared, said investing during unstable periods can be risky and daunting but can also be very profitable … Read more

How Isa investors can check up on niche investment companies with flashy gains

It might not surprise our regular readers that the top performing funds of the first quarter of this year were focused on the UK and small caps. And the topmost on the intersection of the two. Britain has organised a strong vaccine rollout, and despite some debate about the speed of reopening allowed to businesses … Read more

Best performing funds and investment trusts since the start of 2021

Funds investing in the UK were some of the top performers in the first quarter of this year as Britain’s fast roll-out of vaccines has tempted some investors to bet on the country’s recovery.  The Investment Association’s UK Smaller Companies sector came top of the table, with returns of 9 per cent in the first … Read more

Boss of green energy investment firm has plan to power homes

Vision: Helen Mahy in the six-acre wood she planted at her Surrey home Helen Mahy, chairwoman of one of Britain’s biggest green energy investment firms, is determined to show off her own sustainability credentials. Striding around the Surrey farm she shares with husband Mark and their two spaniels, the City grandee gamely clambers over a … Read more

British tech start-ups had a record year for investment

The British technology industry had a solid 2020, despite the pandemic and fears over Brexit, an annual study shows.  Tech start-ups and scale-ups in the UK have more than doubled their collective value since 2017, according to Tech Nation.  Collectively, they are valued at $585billion (£422.55billion) which is more than double the next most valuable … Read more

The top performing funds and investment trusts since Isas were launched in 1999? 

The final year of the last millennium: a total solar eclipse was eclipsed by cloud in the skies above the UK and the euro was born. Perhaps with less fanfare, the individual savings account was launched. But keen savers who piled into a stock and shares individual savings account in April 1999 – and those … Read more