Weiss Korea Opportunity Fund has published results for 2021 that show the trust’s NAV falling far less than its benchmark – the trust’s NAV total return was -1.4%, which compares to -6.1% for the MSCI Korea 25/50 Net Total Return Index. In addition, the shares moved from trading at a discount of 2.8% to a […]
Aurora beat its benchmark over 2021 but its share price lagged a little. An NAV total return of 19.1% was ahead of the 18.3% return on the UK market but the share price return was 13.5% as the discount widened. The trust benefited from the IPO of Castlenau in September 2021. The board proposes to […]
BlackRock Smaller Companies (BRSC) lagged its benchmark over the12 months ended 28 February 2022, returning 16.7% to the Numis Smaller Companies plus AIM excluding investment companies Index’s 24.9%. 35p of dividends were 5.1% higher than the previous year as revenue recovered from the effects of the pandemic – the revenue return for the year was […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 3 May 2022: BlackRock Energy and Resources Income (BERI) is asking shareholders for permission to issue more shares after an upsurge of interest in the trust meant that it has already issued all the shares that it was given permission to at the last AGM. Blackstone Loan Financing (BGLF) generated a […]
A couple of years ago, as the initial panic of the pandemic eased, commentators started to talk about the probable shape of the post-COVID economic recovery. When we found out that the vaccines worked in November 2020, markets soared on hopes that things would start to return to normal. Expectation grew of a synchronised global […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 29 April 2022: Gulf Investment Fund says that all assets in its tender pool have been sold. As at 27 April 2022, the final tender offer asset value was $11,284,711, giving a tender price of $2.1639. The 5,214,956 tendered shares will be cancelled. It is expected that the proceeds payable to […]
Aquila European Renewables Income Fund’s results for the year ended 31 December 2021 show an NAV total return of 7.6%, but after some discount widening, a return to shareholders of just 0.5%. Dividends totalled 5 cents per share (in-line with its target) and these were covered 1.1 times. The dividend target for the current financial […]
Vietnam Enterprise Investments has published its annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2021. The chairman says that the Vietnamese stock market produced one of the best returns globally in 2021, the Vietnam Index rose by 39.0%. The trust’s NAV outperformed, achieving a return of 47.1%. As of December 2021, 98.7% […]
Round Hill Music has published its first annual report – covering the period from its incorporation through to 31 December 2021. Highlights are: IPO in November 2020 raising gross proceeds of $282m, followed by $46.6m in December 2020 and $86.5m in July 2021 via a C share placing. Deployed around $400m across 49 catalogues, consisting […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 28 April 2022: Downing Renewables Infrastructure (DORE) says that recent additions to the portfolio (the Swedish wind asset and the Swedish hydropower portfolios) are expected to add around 3.7p to its NAV. These increases are due to operational and capital efficiencies as a result of the integration of the assets, particularly […]
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