Latest issue
January 2025
Compass is off to a whirlwind start as we consider Saba’s proposals. Ian Cowie weighs up trusts under Trump and our first ever fantasy fund manager competition is up and running.
- Foreword by Annabel Brodie-Smith: Annabel is ready to vote
- Your vote counts: Find out more about the Saba proposals and how to vote
- Top Trump: Ian Cowie explores what Trump means for trusts
- Fantasy fund manager: Journalists pick their trust winners for 2025
Back issues
March 2022
With the human tragedy unfolding in Ukraine, in this month’s Compass Ian Cowie helps us understand what it all means for our investments and managers make sense of rising inflation.
February 2022
This month, Compass celebrates the Platinum Jubilee, Ian Cowie considers buying British and VCT managers reveal how they are helping the economy rebuild post-Covid.
January 2022
With rising prices here to stay, this month Compass looks at how investment companies can help. Meanwhile, Ian Cowie takes stock of last year’s successes and failures.
December 2021
Compass keeps smiling as we all head home a bit earlier than expected. But investors have plenty to celebrate.
November 2021
With COP26 in full swing, this month Compass looks at all things ESG, while Ian Cowie gets his head round the Budget and Faith Glasgow asks if ‘skin in the game’ really matters
October 2021
In a record-breaking month for fundraising, Compass investigates investment companies that offer access to alternative assets. Ian Cowie weighs up the prospects for property, we take a deep dive into direct lending, and Hannah Smith explains how you can invest in music through investment companies.
September 2021
Compass starts a new term with UK managers’ views on this summer’s private equity bids, while Ian Cowie looks at the investment impact of the tragic events of 9/11 and Faith Glasgow investigates the Flexible Investment sector.
July 2021
As the summer of sport continues, what are Japan’s prospects on the eve of the Olympics? Compass explains why the AIC website’s going green and how Ian Cowie got his first investment company ‘ten-bagger’
June 2021
Is inflation “the silent assassin of wealth” approaching? We look at how investment companies can offer your portfolios protection against inflation. Ian Cowie examines whether fortune may favour the brave when it comes to property and Faith Glasgow demystifies dividends.
May 2021
This month in Compass, we look at the prospects for hospitality and leisure as the UK opens up. Will warehouses or offices be post-Covid winners? Ian Cowie goes green with renewables and we discover what continuation votes are.
