Richard Kaye has been living in Japan for the past 30 years. In this podcast he tells us about the Silicon Valley of Japan; why there are more women as a percentage of the workforce than in the US; why the country has ‘cool’ brands wider Asia wants to buy; and explains that, as a nation with no natural resources, Japan also has a lower carbon...
From animal testing to weapons, tobacco to doorstep lending, there are many ‘unethical’ practices that Bryn Jones excludes from the Rathbone Ethical Bond fund. He talks to us about the companies the excludes and the positive traits he looks for, as well as the growing opportunities in renewable energy. He also explains his thinking about human...
Manager Matthew Brett talks to us about how improvements in machine vision and artificial intelligence have led to robots being used more widely, tells us how Japanese strength in component manufacturing is benefiting from these advances, and explains why a Chinese internet giant and Japan’s second richest man, are both making a software company...
Jason Pidcock describes casinos as “niche property companies: they charge very high rents for people to spend time there.” In this podcast, he talks to us about his casino holdings in Macau, Australia and Singapore, tells us why “flying is the new smoking”, reveals which tech stocks pay a dividend, and discusses the possible economic impact of the...
The Canadians haven’t just gained an (ex) Royal couple recently, they’ve also bought some of our cheese: Saputo bought Dairy Crest – maker of Cathedral City cheddar and Country Life butter recently in a near £1 billion deal. James Baker, manager of MI Chelverton UK Equity Growth tells us why we may see more mergers and acquisitions of UK companies...
According to Matthew Dobbs, no business is so good that it can’t be ruined by bad management. In this podcast, the manager of Schroder Asian Alpha Plus and Schroder Oriental Income, tells us why meeting company management is so important, why there is ‘moral hazard’ in China and why slower growth is still stronger growth.
Can we rely on UK companies to pay their dividends this year? Nick Shenton and Andy Marsh join Darius McDermott in this podcast to answer this and other UK income questions. They also tell us how they go about researching a company, describe their ‘bad-cop, bad-cop’ approach to meeting management and explain how a mining company could be good for...
Simon Adler, co-manager of Schroder Global Recovery fund, talks to us about the history of value investing. Almost 100 years old, the investment style has delivered outstanding long-term returns, but has lagged in the past decade. But every ten years or so things change. Is now an unprecedented opportunity to return to value?
2019 turned out to be a good year for world stock markets. As we head into 2020 your hosts, Juliet Schooling Latter and Darius McDermott, take us on a whistle-stop tour of the globe, garnering opinion from Elite Rated fund managers as to the outlook for various markets and asset classes in the coming 12 months.
Global brands are plentiful, but which ones are any good as investments? Laura Bottega, lead portfolio specialist, talks to us about finding the best companies and brands for the Morgan Stanley Global Brands fund. She talks about Xbox and gaming and the changing face of Microsoft’s competitors, as well as engaging with companies on data privacy,...
Having badgered his parents for an investment in Foreign and Colonial investment trust at the age of 12, it’s perhaps no wonder that Alex Wright became a fund manager. Here he talks to us about his own trust, Fidelity Special Values, tells us why he invests in stocks other people don’t like, and debates the merits of banks and Brexit.
From turning the lights on, to driving a car or catching a train, infrastructure is a fundamental part of our everyday lives. Peter Meany has run this fund since launch in 2007. In this podcast he talks to us about investing in different types of infrastructure: utilities and the risk of politics, bullet trains and magnetic levitation, and how he’s...
Co-founder of Church House, and co-manager of Church House Tenax Absolute Return Strategies fund, James Mahon, looks back over the past twenty years and discusses the bursting if the tech bubble and the more recent Euro crisis. James also talks to us about the opportunities that could present themselves following the General Election in December,...
In the final podcast recorded at FundCalibre’s annual investment trust dinner, Peter Ewins, manager of BMO Global Smaller Companies investment trust gives us his thoughts on the US and UK elections, explains why Japanese funds dominate the portfolio’s top ten holdings, talks about the trusts’ exposure to gold mining equities and infrastructure...
In the second of three podcasts recorded at FundCalibre’s annual investment trust dinner, Bruce Stout, manager of Murray International investment trust tells us why he prefers the shares and bonds of emerging market companies and governments today, explains why he thinks financial forecasters are just there to make weather forecasters look good and...