Talking Trusts: Weekly Review with Simon Elliott (06 February 2021)

Jonathan Davis, editor of the Investment Trusts Handbook, and Simon Elliott, head of investment trust research at Winterflood Securities, review the week and the main market movements in the latest edition of our weekly investment trust podcast. Trusts mentioned this week (with tickers) include: Alliance Trust (ATST), Blackrock Frontiers (BRFI), Baillie Gifford China Growth (BGCG), Cordiant Digital Infrastructure (CORD), Digital 9 Infrastructure (DG19), NextEnergy Renewables (NREN), SDCL Energy Efficiency Income (SEIT), VH Global Sustainable Energy Opportunities (GSEO), Warehouse REIT (WHR), Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (ASL), Blackrock Income and Growth (BRIG), Jupiter Emerging and Frontier Income (JEFI), Blackrock Energy and Resoruces Income (BERI0, Chrysalis Investments (CHRY) and ICH Enterprise (ICGT). The Money Makers circle is now up and running. It is a membership scheme that offers listeners to the podcast an opportunity, in return for a modest monthly or annual subscription, to receive additional premium content, including interviews, news updates, market and portfolio reviews and regular extracts from the editor's notebook. For more information about this new offering, please visit www.money-makers.co/membership-join. This week, Ewan Lovett-Turner, head of investment trust research at Numis Securities, discusses recent trends in discounts and issuance. A review of the progress of the Investment Trusts Handbook portfolio is also being recorded. The weekly investment trust portfolio will continue to be free. We are very grateful for your continued support and the enthusiastic response to our 40-odd podcasts since launch. You can find more information, including relevant disclosures, at www.money-makers.co. Our podcasts are also available on the Association of Investment Companies website, www.theaic.co.uk. Produced by Ben Gamblin.