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Review: Downing ONE VCT

17 October 2019

Downing ONE is Downing’s longest-established and largest VCT, with net assets of £104 million (Mar 2019). Downing ONE VCT invests both in unquoted and listed (mainly AIM) companies.Under the current offer, the VCT seeks to raise ...

Review: Nexus Investments Scale-Up Fund

16 October 2019

The Nexus Scale-Up fund will invest in EIS qualifying companies across four sectors: education, healthy eating, data and digital. Whilst this is a new fund, the Nexus team has a strong track record in investing in ...

Top 10 most viewed offers

14 October 2019

Which offers are attracting investors’ interest? Every Monday we look at the offers Wealth Club members have viewed on our website the previous week. Then we compile the top ten across the different types of investment: ...

Review: Triple Point 2011 VCT

23 September 2019

Triple Point 2011 VCT has launched a Venture Share class, known as the Triple Point Venture Fund. The first share offer raised around £7 million. The 2019/20 share offer aims to raise up to £10 million ...

Review: Octopus Titan VCT

18 September 2019

Who hasn’t heard of Zoopla Property Group, the £2.2 billion company behind the property website? Octopus Titan VCT, then a minnow in the venture capital world, invested in 2009, two years after Zoopla’s launch.Ten years on, ...

Review: Pembroke VCT

17 September 2019

Since its launch in 2013, the Pembroke VCT has focused on growth investing, typically backing consumer brands with premium pricing potential. It invests mainly in five sectors: wellness, hospitality, education, apparel & accessories and media & ...

Review: University of Oxford Innovation Fund EIS

30 August 2019

University of Oxford Innovation Fund V is a collaboration between Parkwalk and Oxford University Innovation, a subsidiary of the University of Oxford. The fund gives private investors access to early-stage and startup opportunities spun out of ...

Today: the birthday of IHT-free ISAs

5 August 2019

Six years ago today a seemingly minor ISA rule change created a solution to one of the most vexing problems wealthy ISA investors face. That problem is: how do you prevent your ISA being clobbered by ...