Jonathan Davis, editor of the Investment Trusts Handbook, and Simon Elliott, head of investment trust research at Winterflood Securities, review the main announcements and market movements in the latest edition of our free weekly investment trust podcast. Topics covered this week include: the market lull, more fundraising news, and a first foray into space.

Trusts mentioned this week (with tickers) include: Augmentum Fintech (AUGM), Polar Capital Global Financials (PCFT), Hipgnosis Songs Fund (SONG), Seraphim Space Investment Trust, Ashoka India Equity (AIE), Lindsell Train Investment Trust (LTI), Monks (MNKS), Momentum Multi-Asset Value Trust (MAVT), Montanaro UK Smaller Companies (MTU), River and Mercantile UK Micro Cap (RMMC), JPMorgan European Smaller Companies (JESC) / JPMorgan European Discovery Trust (JEDT), Montanaro European Smaller Companies Trust (MTE), Next Energy Solar Fund (NESF), Syncona (SYNC), Custodian REIT (CREI).

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Section timestamps:

00:22 – Review of the week
03:05 – Fundraising
18:23 – Results
31:00 – Results (UK and Europe)
41:01 – Results (specialist)
47:52 – Results (property)
50:02 – Forecasting the market
53:06 – Money Makers Circle
53:19 – Close

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Jonathan Davis started  his career as a financial journalist on The Times, Sunday Telegraph and The Independent before qualifying as a professional investor. He is a Member of The Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment and the author of several books on stock market investment, as well as editor of the annual Investment Trusts Handbook and a senior adviser at Saunderson House.

Simon Elliott has covered the investment trust sector since 2002 when he joined Winterflood Securities. Since 2008 he has headed the research team, which has been highly rated in subsequent Extel Surveys. Simon started his career with PWC, qualifying as a chartered accountant in 1998, before working in industry for three years. He completed a MBA with the Cranfield School of Management in 2002.

Ben Gamblin is the producer of the weekly Money Makers investment trust podcast and has many years of experience in radio and podcast production. This is a link to his professional website.