Investment
Investment | 21 Sep 17
Six ETFs for altruistic investors
As the proportion of socially responsible assets has soared, from 3.4% in 2014 to 22% today, the range of ETFs designed to capture this demand has grown. Sam Dickens, assistant portfolio manager at IG, looks at some of the best impact ETFs on offer.
Investment | 21 Sep 17
Hawkish Fed to taper from next month
The US Federal Reserve announced it will begin to unwind its quantitative easing programme in October, and said another rate hike this year is likely despite persistently low inflation.
Sentiment to UK worse than after Brexit vote
Investors are less confident about the UK now than they were in the aftermath of the Brexit vote or the UK snap election, according to the latest reading from the Lloyds Private Bank Investor Sentiment Index (LPBIS).
UK sentiment now worse than after Brexit vote
Investors are currently less confident in the UK than they were in the aftermath of the Brexit vote or the UK snap election, according to the latest reading from the Lloyds Private Bank Investor Sentiment Index (LPBIS).
Fake cryptocurrency shut down
Switzerland’s financial regulator has shut down three companies for conning millions of francs out of hundreds of investors by selling a fake cryptocurrency and says it has 11 similar companies in its sights.