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• 27 Feb 2019 14 min read

  Law Debenture Corporation protects against almost 40% of market decline

  Law Debenture Corporation (LWDB) has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 December 2018. For those not familiar with its structure, LWDB is a unique combination of an equity portfolio and independent professional services business. Key highlights for the Group, the equity portfolio and the independent professional services business are provided below, but […]

• 12 Nov 2015 2 min read

  Good stock selection delivers for Standard Life Equity Income

  Standard Life Equity Income has announced results for the year ended 30 September 2015. Over that period, the fund’s total return on net assets was an impressive 14.1% as compared to a -2.3% return on the FTSE All-Share Index. The Chairman believes that good stock selection and being prepared to hold a portfolio which is […]

• 24 Jun 2015 1 min read

  BlackRock Income reports long list of outperforming investments

  Over the six months to the end of April 2015, BlackRock Income & Growth delivered a total return on net assets of 13.1% and a return to shareholders of 14.6%, both well ahead of the 9.2% return posted by the FTSE All-Share Index for the period. The shares moved to trade at a discount of […]

• 14 May 2015 2 min read

  Standard Life Equity Income reports on strong first half

  Standard Life Equity Income Trust is publishing its half year results for the six months ended 31 March 2015. The total return on net assets came in well ahead of the return in the benchmark (FTSE All-Share Index) at 12.8% vs. 5.3%. The share price return though was 5.7% – still ahead of the benchmark […]