Emerging markets, bitcoin and funeral plans - here's our weekly heads-up on the financial stories that may have caught your clients' attention over the weekend …
The last cheap investment or a risk too far? The investment in question is emerging markets investment trusts - a sector that, according to this Daily Mail article, has seen some impressive returns in recent years and yet has a number of its top-performers trading at double-digit discounts due to a lack of investor interest. According to the Association of Investment Companies, the Morningstar Global Emerging Markets investment trust sector has risen by 68% in the past two years - well ahead of the 38% return over the same period posted by the MSCI Emerging Markets index of large and m...
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