Talking Trusts: Weekly Review with Simon Elliott (08 May 2021)

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. Trusts mentioned this week (with tickers) include: Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust (BGCG), JLEN Environmental Assets (JLEN), Liontrust ESG Trust, US Solar Fund (USFP), Aberdeen Latin American Income (ALAI), Schroder Oriental Income (SOI), Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF), Apax Global Alpha (Apax), Alternative Income REIT (AIRE), Custodian REIT (CREI), Standard Life Investments Property Income (SLI), UK Commercial Property REIT (UKCM), Tritax Big Box REIT (BBOX), Hipgnosis Songs Fund (SONG), Round Hill MUSIC Royalty Fund (RHM). Section timestamps: 00:18 Overview of the week 02:43 Fundraising 20:00 Results 28:10 Results (property trusts) 38:02 Results (music royalty trusts) 41:41 Looking ahead 44:36 Money Makers Circle (Peter Hewitt) The Money Makers circle is a membership scheme that offers listeners to the podcast an opportunity, in return for a modest monthly or annual subscription, to receive additional premium content, including interviews, news updates, market and portfolio reviews and regular extracts from the editor's notebook. For more information about this new offering, please visit www.money-makers.co/membership-join. embership helps to cover the cost of producing the weekly investment trust podcast, which will continue to be free. We are very grateful for your continued support and the enthusiastic response to our 50 podcasts since launch. You can find more information, including relevant disclosures, at www.money-makers.co. Our podcasts are also available on the Association of Investment Companies website, www.theaic.co.uk. Produced by Ben Gamblin.