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For our report on passion investing we surveyed investors, looked at key trends and spoke to industry experts in the investment sector. We’ve explored how passions and biases impact investment decisions, including alternative investments. <\/p>

Our report includes findings from our survey of 2,000 adults on how they choose what to invest in, the changes they made to their portfolios in 2022 and the alternative investments they hold. We’ve also included expert insight from Vedat Mizrahi PhD, chief financial officer at Mintus; Matt Cooper, chief commercial officer at Crowdcube; Charlie Macpherson, head of investment at CIRCA5000; Jonquil Lowe, editor of The Good Retirement Guide<\/i>, published by Kogan Page; and Marc Hendriks, chief investment officer at GreenGrowth.<\/p>

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