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Latest issue
Febraury 2026
This month in Compass, Ian Cowie heads to Canada and managers explain what’s next for VCTs. And the second year of fantasy fund manager kicks off!
- Foreword by Annabel Brodie-Smith: Annabel is dreaming of Spring
- O Canada!: Ian Cowie heads north in search of diversification
- Growing pains for VCTs: Managers explain the changes to VCTs
- Fantasy fund manager: Catch up with our contestants after a turbulent first month
Back issues
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.
April 2021
This month in Compass we are talking to the chairs of Edinburgh Investment Trust, Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust and Temple Bar, to find out what happened when they decided it was time for change.
March 2021
This month in Compass: Ian Cowie gets wealthier slowly with the help of investment company ISA millionaires, and value managers discuss the implications of inflation.
February 2021
This month in Compass, we find out how VCTs can help Britain build back better and explore the implications of a new Mr. President for the US and China.
January 2021
New year, new lockdown, same old problems - the horror of home schooling… This month Ian Cowie chooses his key investment themes for the year ahead and we hear from the first investment company specialising in energy efficiency.
December 2020
With the average investment company up 8%, Ian Cowie celebrating his winners and managers optimistic about 2021, we're in good spirits as we hang up our stockings.
November 2020
This month we visit Vietnam, Ian Cowie compares the coronavirus responses in Europe and Asia and Kyle Caldwell analyses investment company dividends post-COVID.
October 2020
We search for Brexit bargains with Ian Cowie, go green with Faith Glasgow, explore the future of the office and warehouses and raise a glass to VCTs.
September 2020
Compass turns American-as-apple-pie, managers talk Trump versus Biden and Ian Cowie gets his passport stamped.