Money Makers podcast: 27 Sep 2025
In the latest edition of the podcast released this week, Jonathan Davis, editor of the Investment Trusts Handbook and winner of the 2024 AIC Best Broadcast Journalist Award, is joined by Bronwyn Curtis, chairperson of TwentyFour Income Fund (TFIF), and Aza Teeuwen, a fund manager from the same trust.
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297: Bronwyn Curtis and Aza Teeuwen
0:01:28 – TwentyFour Income Fund (TFIF)
0:04:22 – The history behind the launch of the trust
0:07:12 – Asset-backed securities
0:10:19 – Underlying risk
0:15:54 – The offering to private investors
0:24:13 – A short break
0:25:19 – Differentiation from the competition
0:29:06 – Freedom from capacity restraints
0:33:36 – The realisation opportunity
0:36:24 – The investment trust structure
0:40:23 – Close
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