Research from the Association of Investment Companies (AIC) shows investor confidence in the stock market has halved in the past two years as they face twin dilemmas of political uncertainty and low interest rates.
Demand for VCTs boomed in 2016 with fundraising up significantly on the total for 2015, according to the latest numbers release by the Association of Investment Companies (AIC).
With the right approach, Brexit could provide investors in the UK funds industry with significant benefits, said Ian Sayers.
As 2016 draws to a close, these are some of the key areas investors are pinning their hopes for the new year on.
Investments in commodities and natural resources bounced back to make it the top performing investment trust sector in 2016, according to new figures from the Association of Investment Companies (AIC).
Research by the Association of Investment Companies (AIC) has found correlation between fund manager longevity and fund consistency.
The Association of Investment Companies has launched a policy paper called ‘Balancing the EU Funds Market’, something which it says is not optimised to benefit the continent’s economies.
The 2015 Association of Investment Companies annual poll of fund managers found significantly less optimism than last year, but those with a positive outlook were still in the majority.
Net fundraising and secondary issuance hit an all-time high in 2015, according to research from the Association of Investment Companies.
The Association of Investment Companies has created a new flexible investment sector in a bid to further improve the comparability of open and closed ended funds.
Investment companies have raised £3.9bn in this year-to-date, already more than any full calendar year in history, the Association of Investment Companies said on Wednesday.
Having spent the past decade lobbying against hostile regulation, AIC chief executive Ian Sayers claims investment trusts are finally in a sweet spot.
