Jupiter Emerging & Frontier Income - A very successful fundraise Jupiter Emerging & Frontier Income (JEFI) offers investors access to the potentially exciting long-term growth prospects of emerging and frontier markets (see page 3) and one of the highest dividend yields in its peer group. Its portfolio is relatively focused, with just 44 holdings, yet it offers exposure to a diverse range of industries, geographies and sizes of companies. JEFI is differentiated too by the change-based philosophy (see page 6) that...

Premier Global Infrastructure Trust - Evolution, not revolution Premier Global Infrastructure Trust (PGIT), formerly Premier Energy & Water, has announced a change of investment emphasis within its portfolio. PGIT’s investment objectives remain unchanged (high income and long-term capital growth - see below) but fuller use is now being made of the existing authority to invest in non-utility infrastructure – areas such as ports and roads. A more concentrated portfolio is also to be revised into three distinct areas: income equities, growth...

Data protection is a phrase that can send a shudder through even the most proactive HR and business teams. The legislation is complex and its reach extensive. Now, with the General Data Protection Regulation ((EU) 2016/679) (the GDPR) hoving into view, UK businesses need to ensure that their systems and processes are compliant with the new regime. This is essential given that the GDPR is an EU regulation and, as such, does not require any implementing national legislation. Consequently, it...

Motivation can be hard at the best of times. In the darkest depths of winter, it can seem nigh on impossible. Here’s our guide to making it through to spring in great shape. Shorten your workouts This may seem counter-intuitive, but it could mean the difference between soldiering on through the spring or stopping altogether. Imagine yourself about to head out into the dark and the rain, now tell yourself you’ll be back in twenty minutes. Accomplishing the twenty-minute mark...

David Davis ordered to surrender unedited full Brexit impact reports Brexit Secretary accused of contempt of parliament MPs say contempt could lead to vote of no confidence in Government Reports emerge suggesting Government agrees Brexit divorce bill of up to £49bn with EU Britain to pay Brexit bill for decades "I did not say that it was my advice that the motion was binding or effective; as Speaker, I ruled that it was binding or effective,” House of Commons Speaker...

The landing site for Julius Caesar's invasion of Britain more than 2,000 years ago has been identified for the first time - in Kent. His ships arrived at Pegwell Bay on the Isle of Thanet at the north east point of the county, a spot never previously suspected because it was separated from the mainland. But the location matches Caesar's own personal account with three clues about the landscape being consistent with the amazing discovery. These were its visibility from...

London's craft brewing industry continues to get gobbled up by mega business after Heineken took a minority stake in Brixton Brewery. The move follows similar investment in the market by the world's biggest players. SABMiller and, subsequently, Asahi now own Meantime Brewing, while ZX Ventures, the venture capital arm of AB-InBev, own Camden Town Brewery. Earlier this year, Carlsberg, in partnership with Brooklyn Brewery, acquired London Fields Brewery in a deal reportedly worth £4 million ($5.3M). Brixton Brewery said it...

Amputees can learn to control a robotic arm or leg... with the power of thought, say scientists. Electrodes implanted in the brain create new connections between neurons - even years after losing the limb, according to new research. The discovery offers hope to thousands of soldiers, accident victims or diabetes patients who have had limbs amputated. It would enable them to hold a cup of tea, or go for a walk unaided. In the first experiments of their kind, rhesus...

The uncle of the Duchess of Cambridge was branded "a nasty drunk" for knocking his wife out in a row over his drug use after calling her a "nothing and a whore." Gary Goldsmith, 52, punched Julie-Ann Goldsmith, 47, after returning from a charity do in the early hours of October 13. But since the attack the pair are trying to reconcile with each other. Goldsmith, who has been in a relationship with his wife for seven years, has been...