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. 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).

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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Produced by Ben Gamblin.