Discoverie Group (DSCV)

We like the effort to secure higher value business at electronics engineer DiscoverIE (DSCV). This used to be a fairly simple distributor of parts and components in the industry and today around 40% of revenue still comes from long-run contracts to supply bits of kit. But that is where the company has come from, not where it is going. During the past few years it has made a deliberate attempt ...

Last year (2017) saw a record-breaking £46bn of cash invested into UK funds, almost 600% more than in 2016 when initial fears about the UK’s decision to leave the EU caused investors to pull money out of funds in droves.  It’s easy to see why funds are popular as you get exposure to lots of different assets through a single product.  Unfortunately, knowing which fund to pick can be ...

London markets get off to a fairly slow start on Tuesday with the blue-chip FTSE 100 index sliding around 20 points to 7,722 in early trading. Acting as a drag is banking group Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) as the UK Government says it plans to sell another slug of its stake in the bank left over from the 2008 bailout. Confirmation comes through today of a 7.7% share stake will be sold at a ...

Dr Paul Jourdan has won Best UK Smaller Companies FE Alpha Manager Award 2018, beating off competition from a short list of more 70 other fund managers. Jourdan runs the TB Amati UK Smaller Companies Fund (GB00B2NG4R39). It has delivered a total return performance of 27.9% over the past year, almost twice that of its IA UK Smaller Companies benchmark (15.7%), and in 2017 chalked-up a ...

Investors tend to flock to the most popular options when it comes to choosing investment funds and trusts. This herd mentality means many people are missing out on some first-class investments simply because they are under the radar. But seeking out these lesser-known names could provide a serious boost to your returns; several investment trusts which would have tripled your money over the past ...