In this week’s edition of the Weekly Investment Trust Podcast, Jonathan Davis, editor of the Investment Trusts Handbook and winner of the 2024 AIC Best Broadcast Journalist Award, reviews the week in the markets and speaks to Sachin Saggar, alternatives investment trusts analyst at Stifel.

Section Timestamps:
0:00:39 - This week’s guest
0:01:13 - Review of the week
0:03:08 - Results and the Money Makers Circle
0:04:58 - Changes to the podcast
0:06:17 - Q&A with Sachin Saggar
0:07:17 - Will the sector trade at a premium to NAV in the future?
0:09:02 - Reliability of NAVs
0:14:50 - The case for standardised disclosures
0:16:29 - Limited opportunity to raise new equity
0:20:57 - Reactions to proposals to buy into the alternative assets sector
0:24:15 - Evaluating the performance of alternative assets trusts
0:27:47 - Is there still value to be found across the sector?
0:28:21 - Looking at earnings multiples
0:29:44 - Cost disclosure
0:30:44 - Close


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Produced by Ben Gamblin.