This article was written by Follow Nick Ackerman is a former financial advisor using his experience to provide coverage on closed-end funds and exchange-traded funds. Nick has previously held Series 7 and Series 66 licenses and has been investing personally for over 14 years.He contributes to the investing group CEF/ETF Income Laboratory along with leader
Staffordshire’s highways lead has said the county council will be doing everything it can to ensure it is successful in bidding to the government’s new ‘Structures Fund’. The new fund, which opened for bids today, is designed to help councils fix key structures in their areas. Peter Mason, Staffordshire County Council cabinet member for Strategic
A £1.5 million FemTech challenge fund to accelerate the adoption of innovations for women’s healthcare is being launched as part of the government’s renewed Women’s Health Strategy. The strategy, published today, aims to ensure that women’s experiences are put at the centre of care across the healthcare system. It includes plans for services to be
Munro Concentrated Global Growth Fund Active ETF (ASX: MCGG) was subject to a brief trading pause on the Australian Securities Exchange today, 15 April 2026, stemming from a technical issue. GSFM Responsible Entity Services Limited (GRES), serving as the Responsible Entity for the Fund, confirmed that the underlying issue has since been rectified and a
Broken Piggy Bank Image source: Getty Images “Losing money” sounds dramatic when your account balance isn’t actually shrinking. But if your emergency fund is sitting in a standard savings account at Chase, Bank of America, or Wells Fargo, it’s losing ground every month. The fix takes about 10 minutes. What your emergency fund is probably
Lord Stirrup called for the government to “row back” on the “ever-increasing social provision at the expense of defence”. Fund the UK’s defence by cutting social spending, says former Chief of the Defence Staff. Picture: LBC The Former Chief of the Defence Staff has warned that “we need to get our act together very quickly
More than 100 cultural venues, museums, and libraries will share £130m extra funding as part of the largest cash injection into the arts for a decade, ministers have announced. The investment forms part of the Arts Everywhere Fund, a £1.5bn package to support cultural infrastructure projects over the course of this parliament, which was announced
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Brighton Dome and Worthing Borough Council will share in the £130 million national cultural fund, which is being delivered by Arts Council England to help improve accessibility to arts and culture and provide welcoming and affordable spaces for local communities to visit. The Brighton arts venue will receive £468,701, while the council has been awarded £371,278.
The Indian government has announced the Startup India Fund of Funds 2.0, with a total corpus of Rs 10,000 crore, to mobilize venture and growth capital for the country’s startup ecosystem. The fund will have an expanded scope, with the corpus divided into four segments, including dedicated support for deep-tech and manufacturing startups, according to