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Citywire's Funds Fanatic Show brings investors the latest news and views on funds and investment trusts.

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    Gore Street: COP28 ‘a disgrace' but energy storage well placed

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2023 36:47


    Alex O'Cinneide, fund manager of Gore Street Energy Storage, denounces the pressure petro states brought to bear on the climate change summit but says the global growth in renewable energy storage is unstoppable.

    This crash will look like a blip

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2023 40:55


    Swiss-listed BB Biotech celebrates 30 years of outperformance with fund manager Dr Daniel Koller confident the biotechnology slump of the past two years will in time look like a small setback.

    Chris Mills: It's hard to be optimistic, but we're money-makers

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2023 33:25


    Veteran activist investor and North Atlantic Smaller Companies fund manager Chris Mills discusses how he is cautiously reinvesting the investment trust's £107m cash pile after a series of spectacular successes.

    The top emerging market fund with no Indian stocks

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2023 26:10


    Kamil Dimmich, Citywire AAA-rated manager of the £690m Pacific North of South EM All Cap Equity fund, discusses avoiding the hottest pockets of emerging markets. 

    Abrdn UK Value's McCoy: How contrarian is oil and gas now?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2023 27:00


    Wesley McCoy, manager of the £375m Abrdn UK Value fund, discusses why banks like Barclays are now a more contrarian bet than energy giants but defends making money from coal companies. 

    Vietnam's oldest trust on its most turbulent year yet

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2023 39:26


    Dragon Capital founder Dominic Scriven discusses the anti-corruption drive that shook Vietnamese markets last year and the prospects for pioneering £1.4bn investment trust, Vietnam Enterprise Investments Limited. 

    Don't let 2022's slump fool you, real estate is reviving

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2023 37:38


    The fog of uncertainty is clearing around real estate investment trusts after last year's selloff, says TR Property's Marcus Phayre-Mudge, who tells Gavin Lumsden where he is finding good value in a sector trailing on steep discounts to asset value.

    Ken Wotton: Takeover resurgence should drive UK small caps

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2023 29:52


    Ken Wotton, the manager of the £361m Gresham House Multi Cap Income fund and Strategic Equity Capital trust, discusses lowly-rated British smaller companies and the next wave of corporate activity.

    A turbulent 2022 in review

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2022 40:17


    Gavin Lumsden and Jeremy Gordon discuss the best and worst performing funds and investment trusts in a rollercoaster year, key investment themes and what 2023 might bring.

    Matthew Tillett: Extreme UK bargains and why I jumped ship

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2022 39:55


    Having just left Allianz after 16 years to take over running the Premier Miton UK Value Opportunities fund, Matthew Tillett discusses why the switch and where he is finding bargains for the long-term while taking less risk today.

    Alex Savvides: ‘We've had many attempts at calling the bottom'

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2022 40:14


    Alex Savvides, manager of the £1.1bn JOHCM UK Dynamic fund, discusses investing in companies at the moment of change and once-in-a-generation value in the UK stock market.

    Tim Guinness: Asset management through boom and bust

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2022 42:24


    Guinness Global Investors chairman Tim Guinness discusses founding (at least) two asset managers, the evolving use of data in investing and opportunities in sustainable versus traditional energy stocks.

    Alex Wright: UK value will do best as markets revert to mean

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2022 37:31


    Fidelity Special Values fund manager Alex Wright explains why the next decade will be unlike the past 15 years. Investment returns will fall, but the cheap UK stock market is placed to do very well.

    Smithson: Our growth stocks will survive this crash stronger than before

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2022 27:08


    After three years of strong performance, Smithson investment trust has suffered badly in the 2022 growth selloff. Fund manager Simon Barnard explains how he is keeping faith with his stock picks.

    Commodity investing: Is it too late to hedge against inflation?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2022 41:29


    George Cheveley, Citywire AA-rated manager of Ninety One's Global Gold and Global Natural Resources funds, discusses the energy crisis in context, inflation, gold's lacklustre 2022, and whether his portfolios' strong run can continue even as we head for recession.

    The surprising secrets of growth in emerging markets

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2022 50:23


    Joe Studwell, economist, author and director of Baillie Gifford's Pacific Horizon investment trust, discusses the surprising secrets of development in Asia and Africa, and why the fastest growing economies rarely generate the best investment opportunities.

    Schroders: Don't let recession put you off property income

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2022 30:48


    Nick Montgomery of Schroder Real Estate explains how UK commercial property is well positioned for the slowdown in the economy and why real estate investment trusts can generate income ahead of inflation and also do their bit for the environment.

    Troy's James Harries: Lessons for life after the bubble

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2022 36:43


    Troy's James Harries, manager of the Trojan Global Equity Income fund and Securities Trust of Scotland, discusses inflation, recession, tumultuous global markets and why he expects to make steady returns despite all of the above.

    Hewitt: Why I cut Scottish Mortgage but will never sell

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2022 36:26


    Experienced investment trust investor Peter Hewitt explains how he cut his position in Scottish Mortgage before it halved this year but says he will never sell the stake entirely from BMO Managed Portfolio Trust.

    Baillie Gifford's James Dow: What most income investors get wrong

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2022 34:56


    James Dow, a global equity income fund manager at Baillie Gifford, on why long-term growth trumps all else, the Chinese market, and the lessons of great investors like Warren Buffett and the recently-retired James Anderson.

    Peter Spiller: The bear waiting for the big crash & a bull market

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2022 44:17


    Peter Spiller, the UK's longest serving fund manager, explains how Capital Gearing Trust is waiting for a ‘Volcker moment' when high inflation has caused markets to crash and interest rates are hiked aggressively, leading to a new golden era for investors.

    Schroders on value stocks' comeback: ‘Hostage to patience' not fortune

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2022 32:07


    Simon Adler, part of the Schroders team behind Global Recovery and other funds, makes the case for buying the cheapest stocks in the market and argues a recent recovery has barely scratched the surface after a lacklustre decade.

    Private equity: How to invest in tech stocks without the bubble

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2022 44:28


    Steven Tredget, partner at Oakley Capital Investments, reveals how the investment trust invests in established technology companies in Europe at lower valuations than publicly traded tech stocks.

    GRID battery fund: How we make money from renewables

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2022 26:41


    Ben Guest, manager of Gresham House Energy Storage, talks to Gavin Lumsden about how the volatility of power prices, not their high level, enables the battery fund to make impressive returns while helping the UK transition to clean energy.

    Impax: Investing in a faster energy transition after Ukraine war

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2022 40:39


    Jon Forster discusses the lessons of two decades running the pioneering £1.4bn Impax Environmental Markets investment trust and new opportunities created by an accelerated transition to green energy as a result of the war in Ukraine.  

    Income heavyweight Nick Clay: Why we left billions behind at ‘unsupportive' Newton

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2022 45:16


    Redwheel Global Equity Income fund manager Nick Clay discusses the right environment for success, the case for income investing, defence stocks post-Ukraine invasion and why you shouldn't buy Microsoft. 

    Merchants Trust: How to invest in the new world order

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2022 22:18


    Simon Gergel, manager of the 133-year-old UK equity income trust Merchants, talks to Gavin Lumsden about the stock market impact of high inflation, soaring energy prices and the war in Ukraine. 

    Liontrust's sustainable supremos: Why we can keep beating the market

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2022 39:47


    Peter Michaelis and Simon Clements, who run Liontrust's top-performing £15bn sustainable fund range, discuss crashing growth stocks, greenwashing, under-pressure Unilever, and the pros and cons of private equity in this in-depth interview. 

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    Top small caps fund manager: The 2022 outlook for UK equities

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2022 39:22


    Daniel Hanbury, manager of the chart-topping £630m River & Mercantile UK Equity Smaller Companies fund, discusses valuations, hidden gems and whether the UK stock market can finally deliver a bout of outperformance this year. 

    Ruffer: We're not a doomsday fund, but inflation upheaval is coming

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2021 36:40


    Alex Chartres, manager of the £4bn Ruffer Total Return fund, discusses the protective qualities of UK equities, that famous bitcoin buy, conventional bonds as ‘killing fields', and markets caught napping as a new inflationary era dawns.  

    John Chatfeild-Roberts: The secret to finding top fund managers

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2021 36:38


    John Chatfeild-Roberts, the fund-picking heavyweight who heads up Jupiter's £6.5bn Merlin range, discusses why he still believes in Terry Smith, personal lessons from Neil Woodford's downfall, getting the rise of passive investing wrong and the key traits he hunts for in active managers. 

    Liontrust Special Situations: Our UK ideas are ‘as strong as ever'

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2021 41:58


    Anthony Cross and Julian Fosh, managers of the top-performing and now giant £6bn Liontrust Special Situations fund, discuss the nature of competitive advantage among UK stocks, backing Shell and BP during the energy crisis, and why smaller companies remain the kings of compounding. 

    Fidelity's Jeremy Podger: Big tech could be worth more broken up

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2021 40:52


    Jeremy Podger, manager of the £3.3bn Fidelity Global Special Situations fund, discusses breaking up big tech, controversial takeovers and why he's getting ready for ‘another leg' of the value rally.

    Jupiter: ‘Coiled spring' Japan is still an active manager's paradise

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2021 41:53


    Dan Carter, manager of the Jupiter Japan Income fund, discusses investing for both income and growth in the country's inefficient stock market, getting ‘creative' as tech valuations rise, an unusual Olympics and why depressed Japanese equities are due a bounce. 

    Schroders: ‘Exciting' Shell can help manage climate change

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2021 30:28


    Sue Noffke, head of UK equities at Schroders, discusses dividends, the UK stock market recovery and her battle to make businesses like oil giant Royal Dutch Shell sustainable. 

    Gervais Williams: I've been waiting 30 years for UK micro caps to shine

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2021 37:15


    Veteran Premier Miton fund manager Gervais Williams talks to Jeremy Gordon about how his funds and investment trusts bounced back last year after a shocking 2019, the joys of the Alternative Investment Market and why the outlook has never been better for the UK's smallest listed companies. 

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    10 years beating Warren Buffett by investing in UK stocks

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2021 42:33


    Keith Ashworth-Lord, manager of Sanford DeLand's top-performing UK Buffettology Fund, talks to Jeremy Gordon about his investment philosophy inspired by the ‘Oracle of Omaha', why he's not worried about the recent ‘value' rotation and the importance of not taking profits.

    Covid-19: What does the future of vaccination look like now?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2021 40:31


    (Sponsored) Gavin Lumsden talks to BB Healthcare fund manager Paul Major, life sciences leader Dr Annalisa Jenkins, and cancer expert Professor Justin Stebbing about the challenges we face keeping coronavirus at bay.

    China's a ‘growth honeypot, but you have to mind your eye'

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2021 43:10


    Funds Fanatic Gavin Lumsden talks about investing around the world with Witan chief executive Andrew Bell for our ISA 2021 series.

    ISA 2021: Climate change, China's rise & risky index funds

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2021 39:24


    Craig Baker, chairman of Alliance Trust's investment committee, talks to Funds Fanatic Gavin Lumsden about key themes to consider when investing this year's ISA allowance.  

    How to invest in tech stocks cheaply

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2021 32:30


    Joe Bauernfreund, manager of AVI Global and AVI Japan Opportunities, describes how he buys into digital winners like fashion e-tailer Zalando and online GP Babylon through undervalued investment companies.

    The global collaboration that will help us defeat Covid-19

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2020 42:37


    Citywire talks to BB Healthcare fund manager Paul Major and professors Justin Stebbing and Tony Young about the remarkable co-operation between scientists, medical practitioners, and academics the battle against coronavirus has inspired (Sponsored). 

    James de Uphaugh: the Guardianista going for a ‘V'-shape recovery at Edinburgh

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2020 48:22


    Citywire's Gavin Lumsden speaks to Majedie's James de Uphaugh about picking up the pieces at Edinburgh investment trust about after Invesco's Mark Barnett and why he is optimistic about the UK stock market. 

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