What's on your January shopping list? AJ Bell's eight fund and trust picks for 2021

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Ryan Hughes, head of active portfolios at AJ Bell, looks back at the "rollercoaster" that was 2020, where the market crash and lockdown pushed new investors to investment platforms in record numbers, to reveal opportunities for next year.

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