Both the managers of Guinness Asian Equity Income fund joined us for this podcast. They describe how Asian has evolved from being just a high-growth region into a dividend-paying one too, tell us about an Australian company that is holding its own against Amazon, explain why China is the new Korea, and give us the low-down on the true impact of the...
Eva Cairns, ESG investment analyst at Aberdeen Standard Investments, talks to us about climate change and the difference just a 1 degree rise in temperature could have on coral reefs, water and animal species. She also explains how she encourages fund managers to think about physical, as well as transitional risk, when it comes to assessing...
From genetics to palm oil, the plastic epidemic to gender diversity, zero-hour contracts to tobacco, the depth and breadth of EdenTree's research analysis is truly impressive. In this podcast, Neville White, head of Responsible Investment Policy and Research at EdenTree talks to use about how ethical investing has evolved and why biodiversity is...
Luciano Diana, manager of Pictet Global Environmental Opportunities fund, talks to us about investing in companies that are actively trying to solve the planet's environmental issues. From Amazon fires to a water-less Las Vegas, he also tells us how technology could help the human race avoid reaching tipping points in the Earth's ecosystem.
Having worked in Japan for a number of years, Dale Nicholls, found the growing investment opportunities in China more compelling and moved to Hong Kong six years ago. He believes that while many mainstream Asian equity funds look at Asia ex Japan today, very soon China will be so dominant they will look at Asia ex China instead.
Martin Lau talks us through the implications of the China/US trade wars, shares his excitement about the growing A-Share market and the potential to identify an entrepreneur with a sound business plan – and then enjoy a 10-year investment journey together - highlights Alibaba’s meteoric rise, and explains why soya milk, gas and electronics can make...
Jonathan Platt, manager of Elite Rated Royal London Corporate Bond fund, explains why government bond yields reflect a degree of pessimism he doesn’t share, why unrated bonds are not necessarily risky, why central bankers are worried about recession and what advice he’d give the new governor of the Bank of England.
From the luxury of Louis Vuitton to the discomfort of Ryanair - voted the UK's worst brand for customer service – Niall Gallagher, manager of GAM Star Continental European Equity, talks us through his investments. Niall also tells us why he wouldn't want to be governor of the Bank of England, why talking to former employees gives to extra insight...
Tesco has been under pressure from competitors Aldi and Lidl for sometime. But Richard Hallett, manager of Marlborough UK Multi-Cap Growth fund, believes its outlook is more positive in the short term. With every little helping in investment terms, he tells us why he is willing to take the chance on the company and explains why he tends to avoid...
Investing in assets that have lost 50% of their value could be scary stuff – but if you research them thoroughly, amongst all the rubbish you can occasionally fund something of value that has been mistakenly discarded by investors. Alastair Mundy talks to us about the loyalty of M&S customers, the quality of John Deere trackers, and tells us...
In a whistle-stop tour of the globe, David Coombs, manager of Elite Rated Rathbone Strategic Growth Portfolio, tells us about his belief in the US stock market, why he is investing in government bonds instead of cash, and why some of his top stocks are companies that produce makeup and Champagne.
Everything in the US seems to be bigger than in the UK. The cars, the roads, food portions... They have Silicon Valley in California. We have a silicon roundabout in Cambridge and a tech canal in Birmingham! Matthew Tonge, co-manager of Liontrust UK Micro-Cap fund explains why UK tech companies tend to stay small, but also how Brexit may help them...
From Cineworld's special dividend, to Big Yellow's success gaining planning permission and the opportunities in Scottish television, Siddarth Chand Lall, manager of Marlborough Multi Cap Income fund, talks to us about finding income opportunities in the UK's smaller – but growing – companies.
Having won a school investment competition a the age of 16 and been runner-up in the Observer 'Investor of the Year' at age 21, it's perhaps not surprising John Bennett became a fund manager. In this podcast he talks to us about his investments in Carlsberg and Nestle, as well as Mowi the salmon farming business. He also tells us why he thinks...
In this podcast, Tom Slater, co-manager of Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust, talks to us about electric vehicles, the falling cost of genomic sequencing and autonomous aircrafts that deliver blood to patients in Sub-Saharan Africa. That's quite a mix – but they all have one thing in common: they are disrupting whole industries.