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What's new this week This week on the podcast, I talk to Max King, the writer and former fund manager, about the latest developments in the markets - the Iran war fallout, AI exceptionalism and the latest news from the investment trust sector.
Latest trust analysis My colleague Stuart Watson's most recent...
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This is our weekly roundup of investment trust announcements and movers. Tables courtesy of Winterflood Securities follow with the trust price and NAV performance, along with a table showing recent aggregate sector movements. If there are trusts you are interested in, the links in the list of news each day will take you to the relevant stock exchange announcement. The percentage figures in this list show the trust's discount/premium on the day of the announcement. Please note that the charts and weekly and year-to-date performance data are correct as of Friday mornings.
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3i Infrastructure (3IN) is the best-performing of the veteran infrastructure trusts, having returned 11% a year on a share price total return basis since its 2007 IPO, and just over 12% on an NAV basis, both well ahead of its 8-10% annual return target. Initially, 3IN focused on lower-risk core infrastructure assets, but around a decade ago, it began to shift towards higher-risk/higher-return core plus infrastructure. It has a very concentrated portfolio, typically around 10-12 holdings, spanning a range of infrastructure businesses, including data centres, subsea cables, cold storage and ster...
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The rivalry between Silicon Valley's leading lights over AI is symptomatic of a fundamental human flaw, says financial historian Edward Chancellor, author of a definitive history of past speculative excesses, from the South Sea Bubble onwards, and The Price of Time, a brilliant book about the folly of sustained low interest rates. Reproduced with the author's permission.
Human nature at work - beware! Economic theory posits that utility arises from within the individual; corporations aim to maximise profits; and investors seek the greatest returns for a given level of risk. But none of thes...
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What's new this week There are two guests on the podcast this week. First up is Mark Niznik, co-manager of Artemis UK Future Leaders (AFL), who makes the case for buying small-cap UK stocks with a value bias, coming off a long period of poor relative performance that could be a classic contrarian opportuni...
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This is our weekly roundup of investment trust announcements and movers. Tables courtesy of Winterflood Securities follow with the trust price and NAV performance, along with a table showing recent aggregate sector movements. If there are trusts you are interested in, the links in the list of news each day will take you to the relevant stock exchange announcement. The percentage figures in this list show the trust's discount/premium on the day of the announcement. Please note that the charts and weekly and year-to-date performance data are correct as of Friday mornings.
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Caledonia Investments (ticker: CLDN) is a self-managed trust whose story dates back to the 1870s, when the Cayzer family established a shipping business called the Clan Line. After the shipping business was sold off during the 1970s and 1980s, Caledonia continued as the Cayzer family's investment vehicle. It only became an investment trust in 2003, soon afterwards buying out some dissatisfied family members. The Cayzers remain the dominant holders, with the family owning around 50% of the trust's shares; this limits its ability to do significant buybacks, and CLDN's discount has widened from a...
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Exclusive to subscribers to the Money Makers Circle Contents - What's new this week - Latest trust profile - Trust and market news - Recent issuance and buybacks - Good reads - Videos and other recordings - Trust price and NAV performance - Z-scores - Investment Trusts Handbook - Appendices
What's new this week On the podcast this week, I talk about the biotech market with Ailsa Craig, co-manager of International Biotechnology (IBT), which recently transferred its mandate and its managers to Schroders. Biotech has been much in demand since last year after a long lean period, but with large ph...
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This is our weekly roundup of investment trust announcements and movers. Tables courtesy of Winterflood Securities follow with the trust price and NAV performance, along with a table showing recent aggregate sector movements. If there are trusts you are interested in, the links in the list of news each day will take you to the relevant stock exchange announcement. The percentage figures in this list show the trust's discount/premium on the day of the announcement. Please note that the charts and weekly and year-to-date performance data are correct as of Friday mornings.
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Aberdeen Equity Income (AEI) was launched in 1991. It was initially managed by Morgan Grenfell/Deutsche Bank, but has been part of the Standard Life/Aberdeen stable since 2005, with Thomas Moore acting as its lead manager since late 2011. AEI has typically been one of the higher-yielding trusts in the UK Equity Income sector, and it is classed as a Dividend Hero by the AIC. Since Moore was appointed, it has returned around 8.3% a year in NAV terms, versus 8.9% a year for the All-Share. In early 2026, AEI completed a merger with its Aberdeen stablemate, Shires Income, with Iain Pyle becoming co...
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