Talking Trusts: Weekly Review with Simon Elliott (12 June 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: PRS REIT (PRSR), Digital 9 Infrastructure (DGI9), Cordient Digital Infrastructure (CORD), Octopus Renewables Infrastructure (ORIT), Aberdeen Diversified Income and Growth (ADIG), Personal Assets Trust (PNL), Baillie Gifford UK Growth (BGUK), Aberdeen New India (ANII), JPMorgan Indian Investment Trust (JII), Fidelity China Special Situations (FCSS), Templeton Emerging Markets (TEM), Urban Logistics REIT (SHED), Biotech Growth Trust (BIOG), Gabelli Value Plus+ (GVP), GCP Infrastructure (GCP), JLEN Environmental Assets (JLEN), Hipgnosis Songs Fund (SONG). Section Timestamps: 00:19 - Weekly roundup 02:44 - Corporate activity 05:51 - Fundraising 13:39 - Results (flexible investments) 21:15 - Results (UK) 23:12 - Results (overseas) 30:52 - Results (property) 34:31 - Results (specialists) 46:20 - Mello Investment Trust and Fund Event 47:01 - Money Makers Circle 47:23 - Close 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. 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 over 50 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.