thematic investing

ESG

Investors call for high-level action on humanitarian crisis at sea

Covid-19 strands 400,000 seafarers

13 January 2021 • 3 min read

Global

Embracing the chaos: Will disruption, dynamics and digital trends dominate 2021?

Managers' top ten trends for the year revealed

12 January 2021 • 1 min read

Funds

Positive change in a negative year: What were the best-performing funds of 2020?

Sustainability and global equity vehicles dominate

12 January 2021 • 5 min read

People moves

Wood named co-manager of Sarasin UK Thematic Smaller Companies fund

Colm Harney also promoted

07 January 2021 • 1 min read

ETFs

Global X lands in Europe with video games and digital health ETFs

Follows senior European hires this month

18 December 2020 • 2 min read

Unit trusts/OEICs

Baillie Gifford targets healthcare companies with new OEIC

Diagnostics firms among 35-strong portfolio

17 December 2020 • 1 min read

Asia

Suganomics is coming to Japan - and it wants to unleash a digital revolution

Digitalisation central to new PM's plans

16 December 2020 • 4 min read

Technology

IW Long Reads: The unstoppable train to Digital Town - how Covid-19 forced the digitalisation of everyday life

Investors risk being left behind if they do not adapt to new technology

15 December 2020 • 4 min read

Wealth Management

Wealth management platform Vestrata launches with $4m funding round

Fintech company providing integrated investment solutions

15 December 2020 • 1 min read

Commodities

From 'speculative bubble' to 'strengthening brand': Waverton performs volte-face on Bitcoin

U-turn follows cryptocurrency market development

09 December 2020 • 2 min read

Most read

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'Bad news' for Labour as surging gilt yields puts pressure on government's debt management

08 January 2025 • 2 min read

02

Pair of Janus Henderson trusts set date for general meetings requisitioned by 'self-serving' Saba

08 January 2025 • 3 min read

03

Liontrust's James Dowey reappears at AXA IM amid thematic team hiring spree

07 January 2025 • 1 min read

04

Philip Chandler named CIO of Schroder Investment Solutions

07 January 2025 • 1 min read

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Shein's London IPO on the line as it fails to address forced labour concerns

08 January 2025 • 2 min read