Weekly Investment Trusts Podcast - featuring Paul ffolkes Davis and Ian Lance (22 April 2023)

In this week's edition of the Weekly Investment Trust Podcast, Jonathan Davis, editor of the Investment Trusts Handbook, speaks to Paul ffolkes Davis, chairman of Rising Sun Management, investment advisor to Nippon Active Value Fund (NAVF), and Ian Lance, co-manager of the Temple Bar Investment Trust (TMPL). Section Timestamps: 0:00:57 - This week's guests 0:01:45 - The markets this week 0:03:30 - Results and announcements with Stuart Watson 0:10:16 - Q&A with Paul ffolkes Davis 0:11:18 - The investment approach 0:14:24 - Company reactions 0:17:06 - Japanese MBOs 0:18:40 - Benefits to the trust 0:21:36 - The impact of a newspaper article 0:26:44 - Corporate governance and the pace of change 0:28:07 - Risks 0:30:58 - Returning shares to a premium 0:33:24 - The Japanese market 0:36:47 - Q&A with Ian Lance 0:37:15 - Management style and performance so far 0:38:20 - Experience in 2022 0:40:22 - Performance so far in 2023 0:41:22 - What it means to be a value investor 0:44:11 - Oil, mining, and ESG 0:47:47 - Impact of the recent banking tremors 0:51:04 - The trust's dividend 0:53:05 - The discount 0:53:48 - The attractions of equity income 0:57:43 - Gearing employed by the trust 0:58:40 - UK economic and political risks 1:01:48 - What could change the UK being a cheap market? 1:03:48 - FTSE all time high 1:04:27 - Close Trusts mentioned (with tickers): Schroder Capital Global Innovation Trust (INOV), Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller Companies (IPU), Aurora Investment Trust (ARR), Balanced Commercial Property Trust (BPCT), Abrdn European Logistics Income (ASLI), Fidelity Asian Values (FAS), Fair Oaks Income (FAIR), Middlefield Canadian Income (MCT), RTW Venture Fund (RTW), Triple Point Social Housing (SOHO), BioPharma Credit (BPCR), Caledonia Investments (CLDN). If you enjoy the weekly podcast, you may also find value in joining The Money Makers circle. This 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, market/portfolio reviews and regular extracts from the editor's notebook. This week, as well as the regular features, the Circle will feature a profile of BioPharma Credit (BPCR). Jonathan's end of quarter review, looking back over the first quarter of 2023, is also available. For more information about the Money Makers circle, please visit money-makers.co/membership-join. Membership helps to cover the cost of producing the weekly investment trust podcast, which will continue to be free. We are very grateful for your continued support and the enthusiastic response to our over 150 podcasts since launch. You can find more information, including relevant disclosures, at www.money-makers.co. Please note that this podcast is provided for educational purposes only and nothing you hear should be considered as investment advice. Our podcasts are also available on the Association of Investment Companies website, www.theaic.co.uk. Produced by Ben Gamblin.