M&G has said it will reopen its property fund on 10 May – nearly 18 months after it was suspended – offering some relief to trapped savers. The investment firm froze its £2.1billion Property Portfolio Fund in December 2019, fearing that Brexit had caused too much uncertainty and that it would not be able to … Read more
SCOTTISH AMERICAN INVESTMENT: Trust keeps its dividend halo as payouts plunge By Rachel Rickard Straus For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:25 BST, 17 April 2021 | Updated: 22:25 BST, 17 April 2021 Last year was dismal for anyone seeking an income from their investments. Dividends from UK companies plunged by 38 per cent, according … Read more
Tomorrow’s easing of lockdown restrictions will be at the forefront of many people’s minds as they plan a mini-spending spree at their local shops. But canny investors among them will not have forgotten that a new opportunity to invest tax-efficiently in the months ahead has just begun. One that should be used – despite the … Read more
RIVER & MERCANTILE UK RECOVERY: Fund poised to benefit from UK stock market bounce as economy recovers By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:30 BST, 10 April 2021 | Updated: 22:56 BST, 10 April 2021 Veteran fund manager Hugh Sergeant has rarely been more positive about the UK equity market in a … Read more
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
It is time to be positive. After almost 12 months of hunkering down as Covid-19 raged, economic recovery is on the way. Not just in the UK, but globally as economies across the world emerge from lockdown and life hopefully returns close to normality. Although China is leading the global economic reboot, the UK is … Read more
CLIMATE ASSETS: Attenborough effect boosts climate fund investing in electric cars, renewable energy and clean water By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:16 GMT, 20 February 2021 | Updated: 22:16 GMT, 20 February 2021 Having run the Climate Assets fund for the past 11 years, investment house Quilter Cheviot is not new … Read more
LAW DEBENTURE: The dividends keep flowing at £773m investment trust By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:16 GMT, 6 February 2021 | Updated: 22:16 GMT, 6 February 2021 Investment trust Law Debenture will soon announce the final quarterly dividend payment to shareholders for its 2020 financial year. Although it refuses to reveal … Read more
After the extraordinary events of 2020, you would expect Colin McLean to be somewhat circumspect in his predictions for the new year. However, the founder and chief investment officer of SVM Asset Management does not demur when asked to assess what lies in store over the next 12 months. Looking beyond the latest set of … Read more
After a rollercoaster year on the stock market, The Mail on Sunday’s City team reveal which shares they will be following in 2021 – and assess whether their hunches from 12 months ago delivered the goods… or got hammered by the Covid lockdowns. Hamish McRae has picked Rio Tinto, the Anglo-Australian mining and minerals giant … Read more