Blake Hutchins and Fergus McCorkell, Managers of the Trojan Income Fund, and Aniruddha Kulkarni, Analyst on the strategy, discuss performance and the rationale behind current positioning, as well as outline the importance of cashflow for generating sustainable dividend growth.
Please note that the webinar is for UK investors and professional investors only in Ireland.
Please see a breakdown of the topics covered below:
• 3:00 – Performance
• 7:40 – The cash generative economics we look for
• 10:08 – The cash generative economics we look for: examples
• 15:20 – Our investment universe
• 16:30 – Balancing quality, growth and yield
• 18:10 – Asset allocation
• 19:00 – Why UK equities and why now?
• 26:18 – Attractive valuation opportunities
• 29:05 – Significant transactions
• 31:35 – Avoiding the risks associated with higher yields
• 33:58 – Key messages
Questions
• 34:50 – What is the outlook for quality companies in the UK?
• 37:58 – Cold you give the team’s thoughts on the recent news about Reckitt Benckiser?
• 41:57 – Are you worried that more UK businesses will try to list abroad?
• 45:55 – I have held Legal & General shares for over 20 years and they have been consistently good and reliable. Why does this fund not hold them?
• 47:45 – What are your views on Barratt and Vodafone?
• 51:10 – Could you please give us your thoughts on Unilever?
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