It’s no secret that UK retail investment is suffering, with the London Stock Exchange (LSE) seeing 30 takeover bids for listed companies this year. Just 8% of wealth held by UK adults is invested in equities and mutual funds – the smallest of any G7 country. Meanwhile retail investor participation has fallen dramatically according to the ONS, from 54% in 1963 to 10.8% in 2022. LSE chief Julia Hoggett recently claimed that ‘investors are more fearful of investing in the real economy than investing in cryptocurrency’, and there is truth in that. 73% of investors aged 24–45 now favour Bitcoin over gold as a long-term ... (full story)