MIRABAUD LAUNCHES GLOBAL EQUITY HIGH INCOME FUND

The fund will be managed by Kirill Pyshkin who joined Mirabaud earlier this year from Aviva Investors where he was a senior fund manager, global equities, in charge of the flagship retail equity fund in the Irish market Aviva Ireland High Yield Equity and all other active global equity funds with assets under management of more than.

The Mirabaud Global Equity High Income Fund aims to deliver attractive and growing income from dividends, at least 25% higher than that available on the broad equity market and growing above inflation, with potential for capital appreciation. Pyshkin intends to achieve this in a well-diversified, high-conviction, concentrated global equities portfolio, with overall lower level of risk and volatility than the broad all-countries equity index (MSCI AC World).

Kirill Pyshkin

CAN CROWDFUNDING AND MINI BONDS WORK IN HARMONY

The mini-bond market is set to boom, according to figures from Capita Registrars, which suggest it could grow to £1 billion this year and to a staggering £8 billion over the next five years, as investors increasingly look to put their money into them.

Mini bonds are becoming especially popular with growth companies, as well as more established brands, as a way of securing growth finance without having to go to the banks.  They give customers the opportunity to give something back by investing in their favourite brands, while securing their future growth and success.

Hotel Chocolat, one example of a company that has used mini bonds to great effect, raised money to expand its farm in the Caribbean and its range in its shops, and when the Jockey Club needed funds, it launched a bond, raising almost £25m – far exceeding its initial target of £15m.