Welcome to the second in a new series of bonus podcasts from the AJ Bell Money & Markets team all about investment trusts.
Published at the start of each month, the bonus podcast features a range of topics with investment experts and fund managers, with each episode debating some of the most popular trusts with retail investors, the big topics that matter, and a little bit of educational material to get listeners up to speed. This episode focuses on underperforming fund managers and mergers.
Should you pay a fund manager to try and outperform or use a low-cost tracker fund that simply follows the market and doesn’t try to beat it? It’s a key conundrum for investors, particularly as many big-name fund managers have lagged the market in recent years. Dan Coatsworth debates this topic with Stuart Gray, co-portfolio manager at Alliance Trust.
Nick Train-managed Finsbury Growth & Income is among the trusts that have underperformed over the past three years so Ian Conway and Steven Frazer from Shares magazine are on the podcast to discuss what the trust is trying to do and whether there are flaws to its strategy.
Shares magazine’s Tom Sieber also joins the podcast to talk about an investment trust that is shooting for the moon as it hopes to make money from investing in space. So far, Seraphim Space Investment Trust has delivered poor returns for shareholders who invested at its stock market debut in 2021.
Dan chats with James Carthew, head of investment company research at QuotedData, about the growing trend for mergers in the investment trust space. We’ve also got Laith Khalaf to run through what it means if one of the trusts in your portfolio goes through a merger, takeover or decides to be shut down.
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Big finance changes in 2022, fund manager mistakes and Apple’s $3 trillion valuation
Investment review of the year: what did well and what bombed? And what will 2022 bring?
Retailer joy, Evergrande update, Lifetime ISA special and bridging the investing gap
Black Friday turns red as markets get spooked by Omicron
Britcoin, cheapest cost of borrowing, US renewable energy and Einstein’s record auction
Diageo’s drinks dominance, Shell shifts to UK shores, eco banking options, and Buy Now Pay Later aims to get clean
Covid pill boosts market confidence, Tesla’s social sell-off, and the man whose stock market bets paid off
Popular Junior ISA investments, rising mortgage rates, Terry Smith backs Amazon, and Biffa’s new waste solution
Budget Special: picking apart Rishi Sunak’s tax plans and celebrating our 150th episode
Bank results, rate rise expectations and Netflix Korean cult hit
How much food and bills could go up in 2022, the real cost of retirement and THG’s share price collapse
October’s onslaught of cuts, rising gas prices and one London landlord’s recovery from the pandemic
Queues at the pumps, the winners and losers of the UK’s ongoing energy crisis and taking stock of ethical investing
Why problems with China’s Evergrande matter to investors worldwide, dealing with higher energy costs, big news from Netflix and a new bank account paying 5% interest
Inflation spikes, pandemic personal finances divide and the world’s most expensive beach hut
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Bitcoin bandwagon, billion-pound bids and bumper pensioner payrises
Defence sector sees M&A action, rising prices impact retailers and warnings about “Smishing” fraud
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