VCTs / EIS

Passion and committment

Andrew Aldridge explores why advisers tend not to consider EIS for clients despite most funds accepting investments from £10,000 pounds. Yes, such funds should absolutely be considered 'high risk and illiquid' but is education also part of the problem?...

And future distributions...

Winners announced on 21 November

Just shy of 2005/6 tax year's £779m figure

Partner Insight: The sector will need time and a 'degree of adjustment' if it is to steer away from its reliance on buyouts and move towards growth investing over the long-term.

Partner Insight: A renewed focus on 'knowledge-intensive' companies should help investors realise that these entrepreneurial companies are found in sectors other than biotech or technology.

Partner Insight: Investment in the VCT sector has traditionally lagged in terms of the technology and infrastructure available for investors. This is finally changing, says David Lovell, operations director at GrowthInvest

Investment Week is delighted to announce the winners for this year's Investment Company of the Year Awards.

But clampdown on low-risk schemes