Private equity represents a significant segment of the investment landscape, distinct from public equity markets. For retail investors in the UK, understanding how to navigate and access private equity is …
How to Invest in Hedge Funds (UK)
Hedge funds operate in private and release little information to the general public. Yet they’re known as one of the more exciting and interesting forms of collective investment. But how …
The Top UK Hedge Funds (UK)
Updated 19 September 2021. Our ranking of the best UK hedge funds has been updated for 2021. For an introduction to the structure, strategies and performance of hedge funds, visit …
How To Maximise The Returns Of Your Gold Investments
For years, gold has proven to be the most significant precious metal, leading to its high demand. Traditionally, investing in gold was limited to holding its physical form, which had …
What Is the Difference between Hedge Funds and Asset Management?
Hedging is a way to reduce risks and insure an asset against unwanted market trends in the future. The main goal of hedge funds, on the contrary, is to maximize …
The Top Venture Capital Trusts in the UK
Venture Capital Trusts, also known as VCTs (see definition) are collective investment vehicles, which use investor funds to make unlisted equity investments. Venture Capital Trusts provide access to a diverse …
How to Become an Angel Investor
Are you curious about investing in high-growth businesses in the start-up phase? Do you want to take the risks and enjoy the rewards of having equity stakes in small businesses? …
EIS – Enterprise Investment Schemes Explained
Introduced in 1 January 1994. The EIS scheme replaced the ‘Business Expansion Scheme’ (BES), which was more lucrative and covered some less risky companies. While EIS hasn’t been as popular …
Venture Capital Trusts (VCT) Explained
A venture capital trust is similar to an investment trust. They provide investors with generous tax incentives to encourage investment in a variety of small, unlisted companies. Disclaimer: Please note …
Further Venture Capital Platform Review
This Further Venture Capital Platform Review is a placeholder page about an upcoming product that is not yet available. Information is based upon the little publicly available information about Further …
Is Oil Doomed or Poised for Recovery?
The oil industry has had a profoundly interesting year to date, and one that is changing many people’s perspectives on oil as a commodity. The reality is that the spread …
The 3 Levels of Protection of Structured Products
As we explain in our guide to structured products, there are three different categories of investment, as defined by how much protection they claim to offer the investor. 100% protection …
Structured Products Checklist: What you Need to Know
As we explain in our guide to investing in structured products, these interesting investments can be complex beasts. This article serves as a checklist of all the information you need …
What is a Hedge Fund?
Hedge funds are pooled investments, where a number of investors entrust their money to a fund manager, who invests in various traded securities. Hedge fund managers will use active fund …
What is a Sophisticated Investor?
If you have recently chosen a stockbroker or signed up for a peer to peer lending platform, you may have been asked to certify whether you are a ‘Sophisticated Investor.’ …
How do Structured Products Work? Revealing the Magic Behind ‘Structured Products’
Structured products are like mythical creatures. You might be wondering, ‘How do structured products work?’ Many investors have never seen or even heard of them. Yet many folks do have …
Investing in Peer to Peer Lending Platforms
Update: This article was originally written in 2019. In response to market turmoil arising during the pandemic, several Peer to Peer lenders have changed their business models, either by modifying …
Is Bitcoin the Investment of the Future?
This article is designed to answer the question – is Bitcoin a good investment? We’ll begin with an overview of the technology, then weigh up the advantages and disadvantages of …
An Investors Guide to Spread Betting – Is Spread betting Profitable?
What is spread betting? Spread betting is a special type of wager entered into between a customer and a bookmaker. Is spread betting profitable? Read on to find out in …