360: Richard Shepherd-Cross (CREI) - Money Makers Investment Trusts Podcast (31 Oct 2026)

This week on The Money Makers Podcast, award-winning host Jonathan Davis (editor of the Investment Trusts Handbook and winner of the AIC Best Broadcast Journalist Award, now for three years running) is joined by Richard Shepherd-Cross, manager and founder of Custodian Property Income REIT (CREI), in a discussion including the contraction of the commercial property sector, the trust's acquisition of private property companies, and how now may be a good time to invest in real estate.

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Timestamps

0:00:37 - Introduction

0:01:36 - Comparing REITs to commercial property investment trusts

0:05:30 - Explaining commercial property consolidation

0:09:29 - Buying private property companies

0:22:17 - Dividend cover