On The Money

Over the long term, some private equity investment trusts have delivered a strong performance, but in the short term it's been more challenging owing to interest rate rises. This has led to some uncertainty over the underlying valuations of assets held in private equity trusts. To address the concerns that some investo

In this episode Kyle is joined by Richard Hunter, head of markets at interactive investor, to discuss what the US election result means for investors. The duo explain how stock markets and bonds initially reacted, and name key sectors to watch. Kyle also explains how investors can reduce concentration risk given that t

In this episode, we focus on infrastructure, an asset class that behaves differently to shares and bonds. Joining Kyle to explain what this investment area can add to a portfolio is Donal Reynolds, manager of abrdn Global Infrastructure Equity. He points out that infrastructure offers inflation protection, explains why

Kyle is joined by friend of the pod Craig Rickman, personal finance editor at interactive investor, to examine key announcements in the Labour Party’s first Budget in 14 years. The duo discuss how the measures could affect your personal finances. On The Money is an interactive investor (ii) podcast. For more investment

In this episode, on the back of a pick-up in takeover activity, we discuss the good, the bad and the ugly in stock market acquisitions. Joining Kyle to discuss the topic is Ken Wotton, who manages various funds, including Strategic Equity Capital investment trust and funds for Gresham House. Wotton explains how he appr

Kyle finds out the reasons for the largest-ever investment trust merger involving Alliance Trust and Witan, which have combined to form Alliance Witan. Joining Kyle to explain how the two trust portfolios will be blended is Craig Baker, global chief investment officer at Willis Towers Watson, the investment manager for