Original Broadcast: The Investment Trust Show
This is our regular weekly programme, "The Investment Trust Show" in association with Henderson Global Investors. Each week we discuss the major issues, factors and news that impact on investment trusts and in today's show we're focusing on UK equity investment trusts. Joining Juliette Foster in studio are, Simon Gergel, manager of the Merchants Trust, Job Curtis manger of the City of London Trust, and of course Share Radio's Senior Analyst Ed Bowsher.
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Original Broadcast: Crowdfunders
This is Crowdfunders, the show that covers the fast-growing world of alternative finance, hosted by Share Radio's Senior Analyst, Ed Bowsher. With all the talk of Brexit, Ed takes a look at whether a 'leave' vote would make any difference to the alternative finance industry by speaking to David Stevenson from the Altfi website to find out more. He also looks at a business that is trying to help investors counteract their behavioural biases - so for example, some investors are reluctant to take a loss and hang onto a share for too long. A business called Essentia helps fund managers avoid that kind of mistake, and is raising money on one of the leading equity crowdfunding platforms. He talks to the companies CEO, Clare Flynn Levy.
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Original Broadcast: The Apprentice Investor
This is The Apprentice Investor. Regular listeners to the show will know that our Apprentices are five members of the Share Radio team who've each been given fifteen thousand pounds of virtual money to build individual share portfolios. They have a minimum of eight stocks, which they've been buying and selling through The Share Centre. So…are our apprentices flush with wealth or burdened with losses? Apprentices Valsa de Winter and Alexi Phillips are in the studio and dispensing advice and observations is Ed Bowsher, Share Radio's Senior Analyst.
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JustLoans Group is an alternative lender aiming to disrupt business banking. Founded by serial entrepreneur John Davies who's been involved in the lending industry for over thirty years since 198, the company only lends to SMEs and they've developed a fintech platform which gives initial lending decisions in ten minutes. Linda Lewis finds out why their CEO is on a mission to disrupting business banking.
Guests: John Davies
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A new study by the Institute of Inertia has shown that half of British parents don't have life insurance and that over three quarters would be able to pay the mortgage if the main breadwinner dies. Sarah Pennells is joined by Emma Thomson, Head of Customer Care at LifeSearch, Andrew Jenkinson, Director of Drewberry Insurance, and Anna Sofat, from Addidi Wealth. Together they guide listeners through the maze of insurance and explain which policies are need and what to look for if you're going to buy one.
Guests: Emma Thomson,Andrew Jenkinson,Anna Sofat
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Original Broadcast: Share Food with Sainsbury's Magazine
Sue Dougan and Sarah Alcock start the programme by exploring Scottish food with Adam Waugh from Mac and Wild. Food writer Oliver Rowe talks about seasonal foods and how to make the most of them, while Charlie Jacoby, Royal historian and writer, reveals what the Royals like to eat. Joudie Kalla talks about her new book, 'Palestine on a Plate', and what dishes are cooked in the holy month of Ramadan.
Guests: Sarah Alcock,Adam Waugh,Oliver Rowe,Charlie Jacoby,Joudie Kalla
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Original Broadcast: The Week Ahead
Let's review the week's stockmarket activity. Juliette is joined by Helal Miah, Investment Research Analyst at the Share Center – this weeks firms include Bellway, Berkeley Group, Findel & much more!
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Original Broadcast: The Investment Trust Show
The Investment Trust Show in association with Henderson Global Investors. This week, we're going to look at gearing for investment trusts. Our guests were Jeremy Beckwith, investment analyst, Dice McCairn, Editor of Whichinvestment Trust, and finally Innes Urquhart, analyst at Winteflood Securities.
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Original Broadcast: Crowdfunders
On this week's Crowdfunders, Ed Bowsher is talking to the new boss of a sizeable alternative finance business, GLI Finance, a company that invests in the business that run peer-to-peer lending platforms. And later on we're going to take a look at all the main categories of lending you can do on peer-to-peer platforms.
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Original Broadcast: Small Cap Investors
It's our small cap investor slot and our guest this week is John Lee, his more formal name is Lord Lee of Stafford, and he became the first ISA millionaire back in 2003. Since then, the value of his portfolio has since gone over the four-million-pound mark. He's also been a columnist in FT, an MP, and is now Liberal Democrat peer. He spoke to Share Radio’s Ed Bowsher.
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