AIC: Interest in ESG investing falls for third year running
48% of private investors consider ESG factors when investing, according to the annual ESG Attitudes Tracker
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AIC: Cost disclosure breakthrough does not apply to VCTs
The AIC was ‘disappointed’ to learn draft legislation exempting trusts from cost disclosure requirements does not include VCTs
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AIC: More wealth managers willing to go off buy list for investment trusts
Discounts cited by over 80% as reason to buy
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‘A tentative start’: Bank of England cuts interest rates to 5%
MPC voted 5-4 in favour of a 25bps cut
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Private investors and wealth managers becoming keener on investment trusts again
216 investors quizzed for the annual UK Investment Trust Study.
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VCT investments drop to £506m but hold up better than wider industry
Large fall from the £705m recorded in 2022
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Calls for judicial review into FCA as investment trust sector faces extinction
Cost disclosure regulation has been called ‘illegal and irrational’ amid an ’emergency situation’ for investment companies
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Just one-in-10 Brits have a good understanding of cryptocurrencies
But nearly a quarter said they would consider getting into debt to buy them
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AIC launches course and certification for advisers
Accredited by the CII and CISI, it covers essential investment company topics
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Just 1% of advisers trust funds’ sustainability claims
But most agreed that ‘investments should make a positive difference as well as a financial return’
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UK delays changes to KID regime
Trade association says it is encouraging the ‘FCA has listened to industry concerns’ to ‘get it right’
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Woodford scandal pushed advisers to act over liquidity
As 69% call on FCA to impose stronger investor protections where illiquid assets are held in funds