Personal Finance Show: Student accommodation sector opportunities and protection in falling markets

Nick Barker, director of GCP Student Living, tells personal finance writer Emma Agyemang what's driving opportunities in the student accommodation market. Taha Lokhandwala, deputy personal finance editor, looks at why British Empire Trust (BTEM) are planning to launch a Japan equity investment trust. And he also investigates whether funds that invest according to environmental, social, governance (ESG) criteria could offer protection in falling markets.

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