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12 Oct 2022
Fidelity Changes!

Fidelity Asian Values board delighted that “approach is beginning to pay off”

Fidelity Asian Values (FAS) has announced its final results for the year ended 31 July 2022, during which its NAV increased by 3.9%, compared to the MSCI All Countries Asia ex Japan Small Cap Index (net) total return (in Sterling terms) which returned -5.6% over the same period. The chairman, Kate Bolsover, says that Nitin […]

12 Oct 2022

New Star hindered by low allocations to US and large cap UK

New Star (NSI) has announced its annual results for the year ended 30th June 2022, during which it provided an NAV total return of 9.53%, leaving the NAV per ordinary share at 174.56p. By comparison, the Investment Association’s Mixed Investment 40-85% Shares Index fell 7.12%. The MSCI AC World Total Return Index fell 3.73% in […]

12 Oct 2022

QuotedData’s morning briefing 12 October 2022

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 12 October 2022: JPMorgan Multi-Asset Trust (MATE) has announced its interim results for the half year ended 31 August 2022. During the period, MATE provided an NAV total return of -6.4%, which was an underperformance of 9.4% compared to the trust’s reference index (although it should be noted that MATE’s reference […]

10 Oct 2022

Sustainable Farmland Trust pauses IPO

The Sustainable Farmland Trust Plc (SFT) has announced that it “has decided to pause its initial public offering (IPO) due to the current high levels of market volatility and uncertainty.” SFT published its IPO prospectus on 15 September 2022 (click here to read more on that) and SFT’s board and manager say that they are […]

10 Oct 2022

QuotedDatas morning briefing 10 October 2022

In QuotedDatas morning briefing 10 October 2022: abrdn Private Equity Opportunities Trust (APEO) has announced an increase in the size of its loan facility from £200m to £300m. The facility, which is a syndicated multi-credit facility agreement, has seen the Royal Bank of Scotland International Limited join as a lender and Natwest Markets Plc replace […]

07 Oct 2022

Fidelity Emerging Markets suffered double-whammy from Russian invasion

In its annual results for the year ended 30 June 2022, Fidelity Emerging Markets’ (FEML) chairman, Hélène Ploix, says that “there have been multiple factors which have led to the poor performance of emerging markets, and the performance of the portfolio, during the period but the most significant of these was doubtless Russia’s invasion of […]

07 Oct 2022

QuotedData’s morning briefing 7 October 2022

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 7 October 2022: Following its merger with Pollen Street Capital Holdings, Honeycomb Investment Trust has announced that it has changed its name to Pollen Street Plc. Honeycomb’s shares will trade under the new name on the London Stock Exchange from 8.00am on Monday 10 October 2022. The trust’s ticker will also […]

05 Oct 2022

A “disappointing” year for the European Smaller Companies Trust

European Smaller Companies Trust (ESCT) has published its annual results for the year ended 30 June 2022. SCT’s chairman, Christopher Casey, says that “NAV total return performance for the year to 30 June 2022 has been disappointing at negative 21.0%, lagging the benchmark performance of negative 17.3%. Share price total return for the year was […]

05 Oct 2022

“Another excellent year” for Ruffer

Ruffer (RICA) has released its annual results for the year ended 30 June 2022, which its chairman, Christopher Russell, says “has been another excellent year for Ruffer”. During the period, RICA’s NAV total return was 6.0%, with the NAV per share rising from 281p to 295p. The share price total return was 5.6%, reflecting a […]

05 Oct 2022

HgCapital holdings Ideagen and ProcessMap to merge

Hg, the Manager of HgCapital Trust, has announced that its investee company Ideagen, a trusted name in software solutions for regulated industries, andfellow investee company ProcessMAP, a leading Environmental, Health and Safety software platform provider are to be merged and Hg will remain as majority investor in the combined business. The transaction is expected to […]