Talking Trusts: Weekly Review with Simon Elliott (15 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 this week include: inflation worries, the outperformance of the UK market, James Anderson’s farewell blast at Scottish Mortgage, the latest fund-raising news and some big trust names’ results. Trusts mentioned this week (with tickers) include: Strategic Equity Capital (SEC), Aquila Energy Efficiency, JLEN Enviornmental Assets (JLEN), Polar Capital Global Financials (PCFT), North Atlantic Smaller Companies (NAS), Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust (SMT), BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust (BRSC), Downing Strategic Micro-Cap (DSM), Finsbury Growth and Income (FGT), Schroder Income Growth Fund (SCF), 3i Group (III), 3i Infrastructure (3IN), JP Morgan Multi-Asset Growth and Income (MATE), NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF), Octopus Renewables Infrastructure (ORIT), Polar Capital Global Healthcare Trust (PCGH), Civitas Social Housing (CSH), GCP Student Living (DIGS), Impact Healthcare REIT (IHR), Residential Secure Income (RESI), Hipgnosis Songs Fund (SONG). Section timestamps: 00:19 Overview of the week 03:39 Corporate activity 06:26 Fundraising 15:27 Results (general) 36:58 Results (specialists) 46:37 Results (property) 55:30 Money Makers Circle (Nick Greenwood) 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.