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When you invest in a portfolio, you invest the money, and get your return by collecting the dividends and eventually selling the assets to get cash back at the end. Split Capital Investment [...]

Like most financial products ETFs were developed as a solution to a number of problems. The problems were:- How does the fund manager of a pension scheme put a £¼Mn in the Brazilian stock market [...]

A private family trust might be too small to hold a portfolio of individually held shares but it may wish to have a hedge against inflation by gaining some capital growth from its investments. [...]

Given that Index-Linked Gilts are so expensive, trustees need to explore other avenues for inflation protection and that means understanding a bit more about what drives inflation and why [...]

It’s easy to pay off the first Wonga loan. You just take out a bigger loan next time. However, eventually the debt just becomes too big to service. Understanding that is central to understanding [...]

As the taxation treatment of all trusts except absolute trusts is now relatively hostile with a 45% tax rate on income over £1,000 and 28% on capital gains, some care is required in selecting [...]

People used to talk about the "risk free return" but recent economic events have spawned a new phrase to capture the essence of current investment offerings "return free risk". It may be a joke, [...]

Two significant issues arise when investing a fund to provide for minors - potential taxation and running costs. Picking the right investments based on the liquidity required, the time period [...]

Ownership of Britain’s woods and forests is split between the state (mainly Forestry Commission) and non-state roughly in proportion of 35:65. While there are a few publicly owned non-Forestry [...]

Whatever kind of woodland or forest is being considered there are some basics that must be in place to offer the potential of a good investment: