215: Weekly Investment Trusts Podcast - with Marcus Phayre-Mudge and James Dawes (15 Jun 2024)

In this week's edition of the Weekly Investment Trust Podcast, Jonathan Davis, editor of the Investment Trusts Handbook, reviews the week in the markets and speaks to Marcus Phayre-Mudge, manager of TR Property (TRY), and James Dawes, finance director at 3i Infrastructure (3IN). We are grateful for the support of J.P. Morgan Asset Management, which enables us to keep the podcast free. Section Timestamps: 0:00:39 - Review of the week 0:02:08 - This week's guests 0:02:39 - Summary of results 0:04:09 - Money Makers Circle 0:04:59 - Q&A with Marcus Phayre-Mudge 0:05:59 - Early comments on Special Opportunities REIT (SOR) 0:11:39 - TR Property, the trust 0:18:16 - Opportunities in the sector 0:24:40 - Consolidation 0:31:48 - Discounts 0:37:15 - Potential impacts from the upcoming UK election 0:40:19 - Q&A with James Dawes 0:40:44 - Why 3i Infrastructure? 0:42:22 - A change in strategy 0:46:49 - The market for infrastructure 0:49:03 - Trends in the portfolio 0:50:33 - The discount 0:54:10 - Incentives in the structure 0:55:49 - Looking to the future 0:58:11 - Close Trusts mentioned this week (with tickers): TR Property (TRY), Abrdn New India (ANII), Lindell Train Investments (LTI), Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust (BGUK), Odyssean Investment Trust (OIT), Fidelity China Special Situations (FCSS), Custodian REIT (CREI), Value and Indexed Property Income (VIP), Tritax Eurobox (EBOX), UK Commercial Property (UKCM), Tritax Big Box (BBOX), LondonMetric Property (LMP), Custodian RIET (CREI), Abrdn Property Income (API), Balanced Commercial Property Trust (BCPT), Picton Property Income (PCTN), Phoenix Spree Deutschland (PSDL). 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 usual features, the Circle features a profile of BlackRock Smaller Companies (BRSC). Future profiles include Aurora Investment Trust (ARR) and Premier Miton Global Renewables (PMGR). Look out for the latest edition of our new expanded weekly subscriber email which summarises Jonathan's latest thoughts including some of his most recent trust purchases, and includes a comrehensive summary of all the latest news. The content of that email is also available for subscribers via the website. Finally, an Election Special is planned for release later this month, looking at the likely outcome of the vote and the impact for investors. More details will be announced in due course. 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 210 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.