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21 Dec 2022
221221 IIP No longer a going concern

Infrastructure India no longer a going concern

Infrastructure India (IIP) has announced its annual results for the twelve months ended 31 March 2022. The key takeaways, from what we can see, are that IIP now has a value per share of 0p, or nil, and the accounts have not been prepared on a going concern basis. [QD comment: Unfortunately, this is no […]

21 Dec 2022

Stefan Gries becomes sole manager of BlackRock Greater Europe

BlackRock Greater Europe (BRGE) has announced that Stefan Gries has become the manager of its portfolio, effective immediately. Sam Vecht, Managing Director in BlackRock’s Global Emerging Markets Equities team, will be stepping aside from his role as co-portfolio manager, which apparently reflects the current focus and asset allocation within the portfolio. About Stefan Gries Stefan […]

21 Dec 2022

QuotedData’s morning briefing 21 December 2022

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 21 December 2022: Doric Nimrod Air One (DNA) has announced that, following the lease end date and previously announced agreement to sell its Airbus A380-861 aircraft to Emirates (announced on 5 July 2022), sale proceeds of £25.30m have been received with the title of the aircraft passing to Emirates. DNA’s board […]

14 Dec 2022

JPMorgan China Growth & Income hurt by stock selection and gearing

JPMorgan China Growth & Income (JCGI) has published its annual results for the year ended 30 September 2022. During the period, JCGI provided an NAV total return of -36.7%, underperforming the MSCI China Index, which declined 22.0%. The Company delivered a return to ordinary shareholders of -38.5%, reflecting a widening in the discount at which […]

14 Dec 2022

Modest outperformance from abrdn New Dawn despite difficult market conditions

abrdn New Dawn (ABD) has published its interim results for the six months ended 31 October 2022. During the period, ABD provided an NAV total return of -12.7%, which is modestly ahead of the equivalent return on its benchmark, the MSCI All Countries Asia Pacific ex Japan Index, of -13.7% (all in sterling terms). The […]

14 Dec 2022

Testing times sees major underperformance from River and Mercantile UK Micro Cap

River and Mercantile UK Micro Cap (RMMC) has published its annual results for the year ended 30 September 2022. During the period, RMMC provided an NAV total return of -48.03%, while its benchmark posted a total return of -26.91%. The chairman, Andrew Chapman says “There can be no doubt that the last year has been […]

14 Dec 2022

JPMorgan Japanese hurt by focus on growth

JPMorgan Japanese (JFJ) has published its annual results for the year ended 30 September 2022. JFJ underperformed during the first half of its financial year and this continued into the second half, although both relative and absolute performance recovered in the final months of the financial year. Overall, JFJ’s NAV total return for the period […]

14 Dec 2022

QuotedData’s morning briefing 14 December 2022

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 14 December 2022: International Biotechnology Trust (IBT) has announced that there has been a material adjustment to the valuation of an investment from the unquoted portfolio managed by SV Health Managers LLP in which IBT is invested. As such, IBT’s NAV will therefore increase by £2.5m (US$3.1m) which corresponds to a […]

09 Dec 2022

QD view – Finsbury Growth and Income – time to jump aboard the Train?

This week, we’ve had annual results Finsbury Growth and Income (FGT), which I thought presented an opportunity to have a look at how the trust is doing and reflect upon our previous observations of the manager’s style. For most readers, FGT needs little introduction. It is a household name in the investment trust space, having […]

09 Dec 2022

Rockwood Strategic – updates on Crestchic and Bonhill Group positions

Rockwood Strategic’s (RKW)’s) portfolio company Crestchic, which accounted for 28.7% of RKW’s NAV as at 30 September 2022, has announced that it has agreed terms with Aggreko for a recommended cash offer to be made by Aggreko for the entire issued and to be issued ordinary share capital of Crestchic. Under the terms of the […]