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• 21 Sep 2018 2 min read

  Murray Income hurt by Provident Financial profit warning

  Murray Income hurt by Provident Financial profit warning – Murray Income reports that, over the year ended 30 June 2018, it returned +3.9%, which the board considers to be disappointing when compared to the All-Share Index return of +9.0%. The chairman’s report says that performance attribution analysis shows that UK sector allocation accounted for about three […]

• 21 Dec 2017 1 min read

  BlackRock Income and Growth says stock selection aided performance

  BlackRock Income and Growth says stock selection aided performance – BlackRock Income and Growth Investment Trust has published its annual report for the year ended 31 October 2017. During the year the NAV returned 13.8% and the share price returned 14.8%. By comparison, the benchmark, the All-Share Index, returned 13.4%. The board has declared total dividends for the year of […]

• 28 Nov 2017 3 min read

  Keystone portfolio shaken up under James Goldstone

  Keystone portfolio shaken up under James Goldstone – Keystone has published results for the year ended 30 September 2017. It lagged its benchmark, the All-Share index, over the period, returning 7.8% in NAV terms against 11.9% for the index. The discount widened from 8.4% to 12.6% and so the return to shareholders was 3.2%. The total […]

• 28 Sep 2017 2 min read

  Jupiter European sticking with Novo Nordisk

  Jupiter European sticking with Novo Nordisk – Jupiter European Opportunities says that, for the financial year to 31 May 2017, its total return on net assets was 30.5%, which compares with 35.7% for the benchmark. The total return on the shares was 30.6%. There is a 6.5p dividend. The manager says that the underperformance is partly explained by sector weightings – […]

• 18 Sep 2017 1 min read

  Investment trust insider on UK equity income

  James Carthew: UK income trusts standing out from the crowd What makes an investment trust stand out from the crowd? It is a question that preoccupies many boards and it is relevant in a time when many investors are being warned off me-too funds, quasi-index trackers and even active investing. Two high-profile funds in the […]

• 17 Nov 2016 3 min read

  Shires Income beats benchmark aided by rising oil and commodity prices

  Shires Income has announced its interim results for the six months ended 30 September 2016. During the period, the trust provided an NAV total return of 15.9% and a share price total return of 16.4%, both of which outperformed its FTSE All-Share Index benchmark, which it says returned 12.9%. The trust’s chairman, Anthony B Davidson, […]

• 29 Jul 2016 2 min read

  Law Debenture swaps Henderson OEICs for Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies

  Law Debenture says its Net Asset Value total return for the six months to 30 June 2016 was 1.5%, compared to a total return of 4.3% for the FTSE Actuaries All-Share Index. Most of this underperformance arose from the movement in fair value of our long term debt as a result of lower gilt yields. […]

• 07 Jun 2016 3 min read

  Perpetual Income Growth doubles dividend over ten years

  Perpetual Income & Growth has published results for the year ended 31 March 2016. Over that period its net asset value was unchanged. By contrast, the return on the FTSE All-Share Index was -3.9%. The discount widened however and so the return to shareholders was -2.9%. The dividend was increased by 4.1% to 12.8p and […]

• 26 May 2016 4 min read

  Edinburgh Investment Trust sees strong benefits from its Tobacco holdings

  The Edinburgh Investment Trust, managed by Mark Barnett (pictured), has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 March 2016. During the year, the trust produced an NAV total return +4.6% (with dent at market value) versus a negative return of 3.9% for the trust’s benchmark, the FTSE All-Share Index. The company’s share price total […]

• 11 May 2016 3 min read

  Oil underweight holds back Keystone

  Keystone has published its interim accounts for the six months ended 31 March 2016. The company’s shares gave a total return of -3.6% over this period. The underlying net asset value per share (with debt at fair value) gave a total return of +1.2%. These compare with a total return by the company’s benchmark for performance measuring […]

• 25 Feb 2016 2 min read

  Law Debenture puts a value on the fiduciary business

  Law Debenture’s results for 2015 show its net asset value total return for the year to 31 December 2015 was down 0.3%, compared to a total return of 1.0% for the FTSE Actuaries All-Share Index. Net revenue return per share was 18.1p, an increase of 6.8% over the previous year, as a result of a […]

• 05 Feb 2016 2 min read

  Further outperformance from Jupiter European Opportunities

  Jupiter European Opportunities published its interim results on 4 February. Over the six months to the end of November 2015, the total return on net assets was 3.1%, well ahead of the -4.7% returned posted by the FTSE World Europe ex UK index. Demand for the company’s shares (£35m worth of new shares were issued […]

• 30 Nov 2015 3 min read

  Keystone profits from tobacco exposure

  Keystone Investment Trust has published its accounts for the year ended 30 September 2015. On a total return basis (i.e. including income), the FTSE All-Share Index returned -2.3% over the year. Keystone however managed a return on net assets of 6.4% and a return to shareholders of 7.3%. The base dividend was increased slightly from […]

• 24 Nov 2015 3 min read

  Tobacco exposure drives Perpetual Income & Growth’s outperformance

  Perpetual Income & Growth has published interim figures for the six months ended 30 September 2015. The FTSE All-Share Index returned -7.2% over this period but Perpetual Income & Growth returned -0.2% on net assets and the return to shareholders was +2.4% (the shares moved from a 3% discount to 0.1% discount). The dividend for […]

• 17 Nov 2015 3 min read

  Edinburgh Investment Trust holds up well and moves to premium

  Edinburgh Investment Trust has announced results for the six months ended 30 September 2015. The FTSE All-Share Index delivered a negative total return of -7.2% over this period but Edinburgh’s net asset value total return was +1.1% and, as the fund moved from trading on a 3.5% discount to a 1.7% premium, shareholders got a return […]

• 01 Jun 2015 1 min read

  Shires Income beats UK index

  Shires Income’s results statement for the year ended 31 March 2015 says the company generated a return on net assets of 9.7% for the year, ahead of a 6.6% return on the FTSE All-Share Index. The company’s shares did not keep pace with the net asset value however and the return to shareholders was 4.9%. […]

• 12 May 2015 3 min read

  Keystone outperforms, says little threat to tobacco holdings from plain packs

  Keystone’s interim results for the six months ended 31 March 2015 show the fund’s net asset value delivering a total return of 7.8% – ahead of the 5.3% return generated by the FTSE All-Share Index. The return to shareholders was 7.2%. The dividend was maintained at 18p per share. The report says holdings in Reynolds […]

• 24 Apr 2015 2 min read

  JPMorgan Elect says every pool delivered in H1

  JPMorgan Elect interims for the six months ended 28 February 2015 are out. The Managed Growth pool beat its bench mark by 3.2% over the period. The pool generated a return on net assets of 9.7% while their 50:50 FTSE All-Share : FTSE All-World ex UK benchmark returned 6.5%. They declared two quarterly dividends totalling 3.9p […]

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