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19 May 2022

QuotedData’s morning briefing 19 May 2022

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 19 May 2022: Interim results released today for Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure (EGL) show that the trust is off to a great start in this financial year. For the six months ended 31 March 2022, it returned 14.1% in share price terms and 13.7% in NAV terms, both well-ahead of […]

17 May 2022

AVI calls for shakeup at NS Solutions

Asset Value Investors (AVI) has launched a public campaign on the submission of its shareholder proposals to NS Solutions, a subsidiary of Nippon Steel Corporation. NS Solutions is held by both AVI Global Trust and AVI Japan Opportunity Trust. Between them, they own 1.2% of voting rights of NS Solutions. Having first invested in March […]

17 May 2022

JPMorgan Multi Asset to match CPI inflation on dividend

JPMorgan Multi Asset Growth and Income has announced results for the 12 months ended 28 February 2022. Over that period, the company achieved a positive total return of 8.1% on its net asset value, an outperformance of 2.1% for the year, against the reference index (a total return of 6.0% per annum measured over a […]

17 May 2022

JLEN NAV up 14.6%

JLEN Environmental Assets says that its NAV at the end of March 2022 was 115.3p, up 14.6% from the value at end December 2021. Higher power prices added 13.4p to the NAV and inflation added 2.6p. NAV at 31 December 100.7p Less dividends paid in the quarter (1.7p) Power prices (excluding assets previously held at […]

17 May 2022

Schroder British Opportunities backs Mintec

Schroder British Opportunities Trust has made an investment into Mintec, the leading provider of food-related commodity pricing, via Schroders’ long standing investment partner Synova. Synova first invested in Mintec in December 2017 and has supported the company through a period of rapid growth, technological development, and international expansion. Synova’s investment helped Mintec launch their proprietary […]

17 May 2022

QuotedData’s morning briefing 17 May 2022

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 17 May 2022: Sequoia Economic Infrastructure has received £10m from the administrators of Simple Energy (the parent of Bulb Energy). £2.5m of this covers the interest on the loan that has accrued since Simple went into administration. The other £7.5m reduces the fund’s exposure to Simple/Bulb to about 1.5% of its […]

16 May 2022

Premier’s Nigel Sidebottom dies

Here at QuotedData we were very sad to learn today of the death of Nigel Sidebotton, ex-deputy CIO of Premier Asset Management and the person who trusted us with our first client, Premier Energy & Water (now Premier Miton Global Renewables) and worked with us patiently as we produced that first research note. Nigel’s death […]

12 May 2022

ScotGems calls continuation vote

On 9 March 2022, the board of ScotGems announced that it had received notice from First Sentier Investors (UK) Funds Limited that it wanted to terminate its management agreement. The board says that it has considered carefully the future of the company including reviewing a number of proposals made to the board and consulting with […]

12 May 2022

North Atlantic Smaller Companies 2022 results

North Atlantic Smaller Companies delivered an NAV return of 9.2% over the year ended 31 January 2022. The chairman notes that this compares with a rise in the sterling adjusted Standard & Poors Composite Index of 24.0%. The Standard and Poors Composite Index was, however, not representative of the US market in general; for example, […]

12 May 2022

Good year for ICG Enterprise helped by bumper period for third party fund investments

ICG Enterprise Trust  has published results for the 12 months ended 31 January 2022. Over the period, the company generated an NAV total return of 24.4% and a return to shareholders of 27.1%. Dividends total 27p, up 12.5% on the previous year. The report is jargon-heavy. ICG Enterprise’s new investment activity was skewed towards what […]

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