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The latest issue of Shares offers nine investment trust ideas for anyone seeking to take advantage of the new tax year's £20,000 ISA allowance.

Also this week: the biggest dividend yields among FTSE 350 companies, funds, investment trusts and ETFs providing exposure to Vietnam, and how to get younger people interested in finance.

Shares looks at growing demand for cannabis stocks and debates the merits of conglomerates.

Great Ideas

Reduced dividend isn’t a reason worry about Central Asia Metals

The market has failed to spot that the miner reset its dividend policy

Great Ideas

Top-quality Judges Scientific deserves a higher rating

The company has a proven model of expansion, profit growth and value creation

Great Ideas

Sorry, we got it wrong on Jersey Oil & Gas

Results of North Sea appraisal drilling did not turn out to be the positive catalyst we anticipated

News

The week’s big news: Saga, Debenhams and more

We look at the share price movers and key announcements

News

Funding Circle income fund to close after performance flop

The news raises questions about the peer-to-peer model

Great Ideas

Steady-eddy SciSys has more growth in the fuel tank

The shares have increased by a third in value over the past year

News

Brexit blamed for worst business investment figures since 2008

However businesses are awash with cash which could aid the economy in the future

News

Superdry shares still weak despite Dunkerton win

The hard work starts now with the retailer’s turnaround

Great Ideas

Restaurant Group is too cheap to ignore: buy now ahead of the recovery

The company has a plan to fix its problems so get on board

Great Ideas

Price-fixing probe leads us to sell out of VP

We’re cutting our losses and exiting the trade because of potential bad news

News

Jupiter European funds downgraded as star manager set to step down

But Alexander Darwall will continue to run one of the asset manager’s investment trusts

News

Lack of IPOs is bad news for brokers

Companies are no doubt scared about floating on the UK market until there is clarity over Brexit

Ask Tom

‘What are Pensions Dashboards and when will I be able to use them?’

AJ Bell’s pension expert Tom Selby explains how the online system will work

Funds

Why and how to get exposure to Vietnam

We look at relevant funds, investment trusts and ETFs

Editor's View

It is time to wave goodbye to the conglomerate model

Such firms are hard to analyse, they aren’t always run well and they rarely add value

Feature

Nine ways to fill your ISA

We show you the investment trusts to buy now

Feature

The biggest dividend yields in the FTSE 350

We look at the importance of payouts being covered by earnings and cash flow

Russ Mould

Why are government bond and share prices both rising?

Markets are sending odd signals although there is a plausible explanation

Feature

How to get young people interested in finance

We offer a few ideas to help engage children in the subject matter

Personal Finance

The benefits of using your partner’s ISA allowance

Four important points to consider to help you minimise tax payments

Feature

Is cannabis the next investment bubble?

Be careful with stocks in this market despite projections for rapid growth

Education

Can you give shares as a present to family or friends?

We reveal how the process works and the tax issues to note