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22 Sep 2022

European Opportunities investors hit by widening discount

European Opportunities trust has just published results for the 12 month period ended 31 May 2022. [That is quite a lag for a trust of this size, we’ve seen some results for periods ending 31 July in recent days, we aren’t sure why this one was so delayed.] During the twelve months to 31 May […]

22 Sep 2022

Volatile UIL gives up last year’s gains

For the 12 month period ended 30 June 2022, UIL’s NAV total return was -38.1%, more than reversing the previous year’s 50% gain, and its share price return was -27.6%. The fall in assets left it with gearing of 89.5% [which is one reason why the NAV moved so much, up and down – the […]

22 Sep 2022

QuotedData’s morning briefing 22 September 2022

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 22 September 2022: Pantheon Infrastructure’s (PINT) first set of figures, covering the period from launch to 30 June 2022, show that £98m was invested at that date, but as of today £344m or 88% of the £400m IPO proceeds have been deployed. As we know, the subscription share exercise raised a […]

21 Sep 2022

Very disappointing year for JPMorgan Mid Cap

JPMorgan Mid Cap Investment Trust has published results for the year ended 30th June 2022. The chairman points out that it was a year of two halves. For the six months (to 31st December 2021), when the story was about the recovery from COVID, the NAV total return was +5.5%, just about matching the return […]

21 Sep 2022

QuotedData’s morning briefing 21 September 2022

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 21 September 2022: Henderson High Income (HHI) produced returns in line with its benchmark (80% All-Share Index/20% ICE BofAML Sterling Non-Gilts Index) over the six months ended 30 June 2022, both returning -6.1%. It helped that UK equities beat bonds over the period as the trust began the year with an […]

20 Sep 2022

Pacific Horizon hit by growth selloff 

Pacific Horizon has published results for the 12 months ended 31 July 2022. Over the period, the NAV declined by 14.5% compared to a negative total return of 8.2% from the MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan Index in sterling terms. The share price total return for the year was a negative 19.3%, resulting in […]

20 Sep 2022

CQS New City High Yield finding more opportunities

CQS New City High Yield published results for the 12 months ended 30 June 2022 last Friday. Over the period, the trust returned 2.0% in NAV terms and 1.2% in share price terms. The dividend was edged up to 4.48p from 4.47p. Revenue per share for the period was 4.16p and so the dividend was […]

20 Sep 2022

Another good year for City of London

City of London Investment Trust’s results for the year ended 30 June 2022 were announced yesterday. Over the period the trust beat the All-Share index, returning 7.5% to the index’s 1.6%. The return to shareholders was 7.7%. The dividend was increased from 19.1p to 19.6p and this was covered by earnings of 20.7p. Ongoing charges […]

20 Sep 2022

GRIT Investment Trust ponders future

On 22 October 2021, GRIT Investment Trust announced the new board appointments of Richard Lockwood and Malcolm Burne, both of whom were veteran fund managers, with exceptional records in the natural resources sector, together with plans to progress its plans to commence the re-building of a diverse portfolio of natural resources investments. The principal investment […]

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