Talking Trusts: Weekly Review with Simon Elliott (29 May 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. Topics covered include: market worries about inflation, a full on scrap over the future of Third Point Investors and the latest successful IPO. Trusts mentioned this week (with tickers): Strategic Equity Capital (SEC), Odyssean Investment Trust (OIT), Gresham House Strategic (GHS), Third Point Investors (TPOU), Ashoka India Equity (AIE), DGI9 Infrastructure (DGI9), Acorn Income Fund (AIF), Taylor Maritime Investments (TMI, TMIP), Tritax EuroBox (EBOX), AVI Global Trust (AGT), Caledonia Investments (CLDN), Majedie (MAJE), BMO UK High Income (BHI), Edinburgh Investment Trust (EDIN), Lowland Investment Trust (LWI), Henderson European Focus Trust (HEFT), J.P.Morgan Asia Growth and Income (JAGI), Chrysalis Investments (CHRY), Harbourvest Global Private Equity (HVPE), HICL Infrastructure (HICL), Drum Income Plus (DRIP), Picton Property Income (PCTN), Residential Secure Income (RESI), TR Property (TRY) and Warehouse REIT (WHR). Section Timestamps: 00:19 Overview of the week 02:30 Corporate activity 16:49 Fundraising 25:09 Results 39:45 Results (overseas) 42:06 Results (specialists) 46:25 Results (property) 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, performance data, forums, market/portfolio reviews and regular extracts from the editor’s notebook. This week's offerings include an extended 45-minute conversation with Richard Curling, manager of the Jupiter Alternative Monthly Income Fund, about deriving income from a portfolio of alternative asset investments trusts For more information about this new offering, please visit www.money-makers.co/membership-join. The weekly investment trust portfolio will continue to be free. We are very grateful for your continued support and the enthusiastic response to our nearly 60 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.