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.
NatWest boss quits, Greek wildfires, parents raiding kids’ savings and emerging market recovery
Cooling inflation boosts UK stocks plus US banks enjoy a rate hike bonanza
Why Jeremy Hunt’s pension plan has flaws, how teenagers manage money and the attractions of investing in Vietnam
Govt crackdown on greedflation, US-China tensions, bumper tax on savings and Tesla’s record deliveries
New boss leads a turnaround at Rolls-Royce and Ocado in focus after Amazon bid rumours
Frasers’ game of Monopoly, car insurance pains and problems with Boots’ owner
Navigating the mortgage maze, higher interest rates hurting companies and why takeovers have fired up the biotech space
Bond market turmoil (again), Vodafone/Three mega merger, child savings trick and Argonaut’s Barry Norris
Reaction to Apple’s headset launch, 5% cash interest versus equity dividends, and how Bloomsbury Publishing is in a sweet spot
Bond market mania, Blackrock mining trust, energy price cap and Nvidia bumper profits
How to fix Vodafone’s problems and discover the US fast food giant impressing the market
Facebook fine, BT cuts jobs, US market update and Nationwide windfall
Japan index at 33-year high, US debt ceiling fears, cracks in the luxury goods market
The good, bad and the ugly of earnings season, plus calls for “One ISA” and the 100% mortgage aimed at renters
Economic impact of the coronation and the pros and cons of changing the listing rules for UK companies
Big tech, big brands and a clampdown on fake reviews
Takeovers, cash rate war, finfluencers, Netflix disappointment and investing in Japan
Fund manager views on banking crisis, IMF’s bleak forecast and a pension boost for grandparents
Opec cuts, Credit Suisse says sorry and whilst Virgin Orbit goes up for sale Cineworld is off the market
Pocket money trends, US tech bounce-back, savers and investors braced for big tax changes
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