Welcome. This Investor Centre seeks to provide an easy-to-understand guide to the world of funds and investment. Its aim is to offer clear answers to the questions investors are asking, from the relationship between risk and reward to the meaning of diversification.
Here we look at how investment funds work, the different types of investments that funds offer, and the rules and safeguards covering the industry. Here you will learn how to work out your investment profile and to identify the funds that match your needs. We also look at how your investment goals develop throughout your lifetime and how you might adapt your choices accordingly.
Today more and more investors are turning to investment funds as a way to help them achieve their financial goals. Many people can now no longer rely solely on a comfortable company or state pension, and funds have become a key tool in planning for retirement. This is more important than ever as people live longer and their money will need to stretch over a longer period after they retire. But after a few years of scary headlines about the crisis in the financial sector, investors are naturally anxious to know more about funds and investment in order to be sure they can make the right decisions for their future.
Whether you are saving for school fees, a luxury holiday or looking forward to a comfortable retirement, you have goals to meet and you want to find the best way to achieve them. The ALFI Investor Centre is not designed to give you advice on what to invest in, but it does provide some of the essential information you need to make the right investment choices together with your financial adviser.
