With the latest research highlighting that over a third of over 50s are turning to the stock market to grow their retirement pots, FE Trustnet would like to urge investors to take stock of the risks associated with holding individual company shares.

Picking an investment fund is hard work for even the most seasoned investor, and it is even tougher for those starting off in the world of investments. The UK retail investor has around 38 sectors and more than four thousand funds to pick from, according to FE Trustnet data – so feeling a little out of your depth is more than understandable.

Multi-asset funds have been very much in favour in recent years, with the Investment Association -, the investment trade body – reporting some £1.1bn in net retail sales year-to-date in the mixed asset sectors.

An interesting article in FTfm, the Financial Times’ fund management industry section, caught my eye recently. The piece, based on new data from wealth managers SCM Private, argued that concentrated “best ideas” funds do not perform any better than more traditional diversified mutual funds.

Gone are the days where the sheer mention of the word ‘ethical’ in relation to investments conjured up pictures of soup-eating, hemp-wearing, free-spirited types with a bit of cash.

UK managers, Sarasin Investment Funds and the IA Unclassified sector all winners of FE’s latest Crown Ratings rebalance

New levels of transparency in the passive fund industry.  FE Trustnet Passive Fund Ratings prove that not all trackers are equal.