The Vox Markets Podcast

In this insightful discussion, Abby Glennie, a UK fund manager at Aberdeen Investments, shares her expertise on market trends and evaluates 18 specific stocks. She delves into the equity outlook and highlights companies like Avon Technologies and Chemring, as well as interesting picks like Treatt and CVS Group. Abby offers her favorite stock idea for the upcoming year, providing listeners with valuable investing insights and a glimpse into the current market landscape.

Ilian Iliev shares how EMV Capital is growing AUM, unlocking hidden portfolio value, and scaling a capital-efficient model focused on deep tech and life sciences — all in a challenging VC market.

Paul Scott, a UK equity analyst and stock market commentator, joins to share insights on small-cap investing. They delve into the recent Bank of England interest rate decisions and how these affect market dynamics. The discussion covers their thoughts on stocks like Bango, Costain, and PZ Cussons, spotlighting investment strategies amidst geopolitical uncertainties. With a focus on the evolving recruitment sector and recent IPOs, Paul emphasizes the importance of value investing while navigating risks, ending with a promising stock idea for the year ahead.

Klaus Eckhof has more than 25 years of experience working in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Among the companies he's worked with are Moto Gold, which was successfully sold to Randgold, and Alphamin, which is to this day one of the world's most important tin producers. Along the way he's built up considerable expertise in-country, which he is now deploying to the benefit of his latest venture, Rome Resources. Klaus tells us what it's like to work in the DRC, what the pitfalls and opportunities are, and he dispels some of the myths about the country.

Panther Metals is acquiring the Winston project in Canada in a three-way deal with First Quantum and ASX-listed Frontier Energy. The project boasts a four-year old feasibility study which shows EBITDA above C$60 million per year over a potential 8.5 year life. It also comes with huge exploration upside. Panther's chief executive Darren Hazelwood explains the implications of the deal, and outlines what happens next

In this investing masterclass, expert stock picker Richard Crow (alias Cockney Rebel) walks me through his view of the markets and latest thoughts on 14 stock ideas, including: 01:00 Equity outlook 05:50 Portfolio held in cash & YTD returns 07:15 Filtronic 14:40 Kier 19:25 Watkin Jones 23:30 Liontrust Asset management 26:45 Earnz 29:20 Future 33:35 Carclo 39:05 Creightons 44:00 Warpaint 46:45 How does Rich create his stock watchlist & whether he uses Level 2 share prices 50:00 Wood Group 51:35 Capita 55:15 theWorks 65:30 Staffline 67:55 Favourite stock idea for the next 12 months. Churchill China

More progress at Cadence Minerals' Amapa iron ore project in Brazil. it's a giant project, but the plan is to develop it in stages, and potentially to bring in a partner to help. Kiran Morzaria, Cadence's chief executive joins Vox to tell us how the project sits at the moment, andd what happens next.

Vast Resources has raised just over £2.7 million by way of a subscription and placing. The money will be used for the primary beneficiation of the company’s recently recovered diamond parcels, in a process which is expected to enhance their value significantly, and for the provision of financial support to the company’s new technical team. This team is undertaking a comprehensive technical review of the company’s portfolio of assets.

In this exclusive chat, we sit down with Scott Livingston (CEO) and Nick Lee (Non-Executive Chairman) of Tooru plc—the newly rebranded health & wellness group behind Juvela, Pulsin, and OAF (now in Tesco). From product to portfolio, they unpack what it takes to grow consumer brands—and where the next wave of opportunity lies in the wellness market. Key themes: - Building brands with purpose - Spotting scalable wellness trends - The road to retail with OAF - What’s next for Tooru plc

Blencowe Resources has put out a useful-looking announcement regarding the European Union's project SAFELOOP, to which it has exclusive rights to supply natural flake graphite. Mike Ralston talks us through the implications of progress at SAFELOOP for Blencowe, and also airs his thoughts on valuations in the graphite space and where Blencowe goes from here.