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.
Stagflation haunts the markets, the outlook for gold, lasting power of attorney overhaul and Olympics treasures
Big wobbles, big banks and ten years of Lifestrategy funds
Property special: housing market frenzy, top mortgage deals, Tritax’s warehouse boom and the future of property funds
Green list but no green light for travel, pension nudges and your pot, plus are bonds in or out of fashion.
Levelling Up, a supermarket treat and what’s changed 5 years after the Brexit vote.
Why inflation matters, UK football’s troubling finances and investing in overseas markets
Global tax changes, investor activism and why financial stocks are back in vogue
Oil and gold prices surge, the nagging questions behind the housing boom and pensions corner returns
The big reopening: how travel operators, pubs and car sellers are coping
Crypto volatility, small cap surges and why ESG investing isn’t a trade-off between value and returns
Why inflation fears matter, reopening winners, retailers’ share prices soar and social care funding disappointment
Pushing back minimum retirement age, dealing with fraudsters, companies with pricing power, and making money from trainers
Big companies’ big earnings, the Post Office’s new banking pilot and an Asian investment trust superstar
Market madness, housing bubbles and why AI investing is not just about Robots
Retail reopening, attractions of family-run businesses and return of Mark Barnett
The FTSE 250’s spring surge, pension pitfalls to watch when taking a tax free chunk and Deliveroo’s less floppy retail debut.
Deliveroo flop, doubling money on Royal Mail shares and helping younger people get into investing
Everything you need to know about ISAs, big change at Scottish Mortgage and a warning for young investors
Missing out on IPO gains, AstraZeneca's falling share price, growing demand to be a Cake Box franchisee and green investing with TRIG
Surviving the tech sell-off, teaching money in schools and getting clever with cash ISAs
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