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Private investing

  • Thursday, 9 January, 2025
    Adventurous InvestorDavid Stevenson
    Could 2025 be the year to invest in private markets?

    Once the preserve of institutions, private assets are now promoted through semi-liquid funds

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  • Tuesday, 7 January, 2025
    LexPrivate equity
    Mom and pop pension savers could benefit from private markets, at the right price Premium content

    Private equity made strong returns from investing in alternative assets over the past 30 years

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  • Friday, 3 January, 2025
    Britons have ‘lowest appetite’ for stock market investing in the G7

    UK savers trail US and several European nations

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  • Tuesday, 24 December, 2024
    Free reader event: Quiz Stuart Kirk on his investment plans for 2025

    FT columnists Stuart Kirk, Claer Barrett and Moria O’Neill to take reader questions at online webinar

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  • Saturday, 7 December, 2024
    Investment trusts special 2024
    Investment trusts: a 150-year-old industry under siege

    Demand from investors is in retreat as the popularity of passive funds and fixed income rises — but loyalists are convinced that opportunities remain

  • Friday, 6 December, 2024
    Investment trusts special 2024
    Are ‘hero’ trusts the answer for income-seeking investors?

    Twenty LSE-listed investment trusts have increased their dividends for at least 20 years in a row.

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  • Wednesday, 4 December, 2024
    UK equities
    Investors signal a return to UK equities

    November was the first month for over three years that money came back into British stocks

  • Wednesday, 4 December, 2024
    Investment trusts special 2024
    Activist investor targets HarbourVest investment trust’s 45% discount

    London-based Metage Capital says FTSE 250 trust not delivering value for its shareholders

  • Tuesday, 3 December, 2024
    Simon Edelsten
    Are investment trusts still relevant?

    A year away has taught me a lot about the industry — and I still see opportunities on offer

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  • Thursday, 28 November, 2024
    Investments
    St James’s Place closes £1.8bn property funds and exits market

    Investors ‘increasingly cautious’ about the asset class

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  • Friday, 22 November, 2024
    Tax rises drive surge in venture capital trust investment

    Savers have put £250mn in VCTs since April, up 27% in a year

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  • Friday, 15 November, 2024
    Make an appointment to hear our new ‘Investment Clinic’ podcast

    Money Clinic seeks guests who will allow experts to run the rule over their personal investment portfolio

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  • Wednesday, 6 November, 2024
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    US election 2024 as it happened: World leaders congratulate Trump, Republicans’ control of Senate swells
  • Friday, 25 October, 2024
    Long-term asset funds: a new route to private markets?

    UK catches up with the US retail market, but investors need to be aware of liquidity constraints

  • Tuesday, 22 October, 2024
    Private equity
    Private equity management fees fall to lowest level since records began

    Fund managers are fighting to secure investors’ money in a tough environment

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  • Saturday, 14 September, 2024
    John Lee
    John Lee: 25 years of stockpicking successes . . .  and a few failures

    The first Isa millionaire says there are only two essentials in investing: common sense and patience

  • Tuesday, 3 September, 2024
    UK tax
    HMRC to allow fractional shares in Isas ahead of rule change

    UK tax authority reverses position as new Labour government prepares to update the law

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  • Friday, 9 August, 2024
    News in-depthHargreaves Lansdown PLC
    Hargreaves Lansdown’s private equity bid could herald fees makeover

    UK’s biggest DIY investment platform’s rivals offer services at ‘lower cost’

  • Friday, 9 August, 2024
    Hargreaves Lansdown PLC
    Hargreaves Lansdown agrees £5.4bn takeover

    Consortium of private equity groups offers £11.40 a share for UK’s largest retail investment site

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  • Friday, 2 August, 2024
    Simon Edelsten
    In praise of investing the old-fashioned way

    Share certificates, company reports on paper and annual general meetings have distinct advantages

  • Friday, 19 July, 2024
    Investments
    UK biotech, what’s in it for retail investors?

    After a peak pandemic surge, interest in the sector has dried up

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  • Friday, 19 July, 2024
    Serious MoneyClaer Barrett
    Would you turn to Reddit for investment ideas?

    It’s no surprise that social platforms are the go-to place when industry communications appear designed to obfuscate

  • Monday, 15 July, 2024
    Exchange traded funds
    BlackRock’s private market ETF ambitions draw scepticism

    Preqin acquisition gives access to data but does not solve problems such as illiquidity of assets, say industry observers

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  • Wednesday, 26 June, 2024
    Investment trusts
    Alliance Trust and Witan join forces to create £5bn investment trust

    Merger is latest in a slew of industry consolidations

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  • Friday, 7 June, 2024
    Skin in the GameStuart Kirk
    Are investment trusts the new Japanese equities?

    For me there is no sensible reason why their share prices trade at a discount to NAV

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