Equities have the potential to drive real growth in your investment portfolio and often out-perform safer investments such as cash and bonds over the long term. Investing in equities means that you can receive capital growth through potential increases in the share price, and you may also gain from any potential dividends paid by the individual companies.
Specialist Equity Funds allow the investor to focus on a specific sector, such as technology. That way, the investor can gain exposure to companies in industries that have the potential for rapid growth, or may be of particular interest to the investor.