The UK Investor Magazine Podcast is joined by Monica Tepes, Investment Companies Research Director at finnCap, to discuss the UK Investment Trust market.
We cover key trends including top level themes such as ESG and Tech ITs then drill down into the sectors currently catching Monica’s eye.
Investment Trusts have enjoyed the benefits of readily available investor funds for new issues and we explore those sectors impacted by the pandemic and how premiums and discounts have behaved as changes in restrictions drive investor sentiment.
Investment Trust providing investors with exposure to technology companies have rode a wave of investor interest and we discuss a recent issue focusing on space in addition to those holding some of the UK’s largest private tech companies.
ESG fund attracted record inflows in 2020 which has led to a wave of new ESG products in the UK and the entire universe adopting rating systems that can leave some investors confused about the true ESG characteristics of certain products.
We discuss niche sectors such as the growth story in Vietnam and one particular fund focussed on Uranium miners.
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