http://shet.news/jzwmz Copied! SHETLAND Charitable Trustâs (SCT) reserves have swollen to nearly £458 million as its investments surged by almost £150 million as global money markets recovered from the initial shock of the Covid-19 pandemic. Trustees heard at a meeting on Thursday that the boom followed an âextraordinary period for equity markets around the worldâ as fortunes slumped by as much as 35 per cent in early 2020 before recovering and surging to near all-time highs. 5 of 13Adverts Huge growth in technology and digital industries have driven the strong recovery, particularly in the US and Japan â leading SCT investments to generate some £130 million more than anticipated during 2020/21