Exclusive to subscribers to the Money Makers Circle Contents - What's new this week - Latest trust profile - Trust news over the past week - Recent issuance and buybacks - Good reads - Video reviews - This week's biggest movers - Z-scores - Investment Trusts Handbook - Appendices
What's new this week On the podcast this week, Peter Hewitt, the recently retired fund manager, and I discuss the latest developments in the investment trust sector, looking at discount movements over the course of 2025, the prospects of further consolidation in the industry, the importance of yields and probable fut...
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AEW UK REIT (AEWU) joined the London market in 2015 and has been the best-performing trust in the rapidly dwindling UK commercial property sector since then, with an annualised NAV return of around 9%. It owns a sectorally diversified portfolio of around 30 to 35 properties, which it actively manages, historically completing an average of two acquisitions and two disposals a year. AEWU adopts a value-based approach, aiming for a net initial yield of between 7% and 10% on any purchase plus the potential for rental growth. Its property portfolio is valued at just over £200m, so the average lot s...
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What's new this week On the podcast this week, Andrew McHattie and I have one of our regular conversations about recent announcements from the investment trust sector. Trusts we discuss include Chrysalis (CHRY), Golden Prospect Precious Metals (GPM), Third Point Investors (TPOU), Dunedin Income Growth (DIG), PRS REIT...
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AEW UK REIT (ticker: AEWU) has been the best performing trust in the Property: UK Commerical sector in recent years and has returned just over 11% annualised on a net asset value basis since its 2015 IPO. It has a diversified approach when it comes to both regional and sector allocation although it currently has a heavy bias toward industrial, which makes up just over half of its portfolio. AEW UK looks to buy cheap properties with relatively short leases and rents that are agreed at open market values rather than being inflation-linked. It also seeks to be an active investor and a number of i...
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