Fund managers are expecting sterling to bounce back later this year after being one of the casualties of strong currency volatility this year.
M&G's Richard Woolnough has initiated a number of derivative positions in sovereign bond markets to try and profit from the volatility caused by recent eurozone pressures.
The expected rise in capital gains tax could attract investors towards venture capital trusts, experts say, because the vehicles are exempt from both capital gains and income tax.
At the beginning of this year, who would have bet on the potential disintegration of the euro?