Jonathan Davis, editor of the Investment Trusts Handbook, and Simon Elliott, head of investment trust research at Winterflood Securities, review the week and the main market movements in the latest edition of our weekly investment trust podcast.

This week will be Simon's final appearance on the podcast as he moves on to a new role. Simon has appeared in nearly every edition of the podcast since April 2020 and his contributions will be missed. The Money Makers team (and no doubt listeners alike) wish him all the best in his new position at JPMorgan! The podcast will continue with Jonathan at the helm, so stay subscribed and listen to this edition to find out how things will progress over the coming weeks.

Trusts mentioned this week (with tickers) include: Cambium Global Timberland (TREE), LXI REIT (LXI) / Secure Income REIT (SIR), Scotgems (SGEM), Digital 9 Infrastructure (DGI9), DP Aircraft I (DPA), Impact Healthcare REIT (IHR), HICL Infrastructure (HICL), JPMorgan Global Core Real Assets (JARA), Artemis Alpha Trust (ATS), Oryx International Growth Trust (OIG), Abrdn China Investment Company (ACIC), Abrdn New Dawn (ABD), Atlantis Japan Growth Fund (AJG), Augmentum Fintech (AUGM), Bellevue Healthcare Trust (BBH), Harmony Energy Income Trust (HEIT).

Section Timestamps:

00:18 - Changes afoot for the podcast

06:02 - Money Makers Circle

06:43 - Review of the week

09:35 - Corporate activity

16:14 - Fundraising

23:20 - Results

31:14 - Results (overseas)

38:03 - Results (specialist)

46:31 - Money Makers Circle

46:50 - Simon's final assessment of the health of the investment trust sector

49:59 - Close

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