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13 Aug 2021
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QuotedData’s morning briefing 13 August 2021

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 13 August 2021: Murray International (MYI) has announced its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2021. As we reported yesterday, sadly, Simon Fraser who was appointed the trust’s chairman in April of this year, passed away on 9 August following a short illness. David Hardie will be chairing the […]

06 Aug 2021
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Outperformance from all four of Invesco Perpetual Select portfolios

Invesco Perpetual Select has published its annual results for the year ended 31 May 2021, which show outperformance from all four of its portfolios of their benchmarks during the year. The announcement includes the following highlights: All four portfolios delivered positive outperformance over the period. Dividends rose to 6.65p per UK Equity Share and 7.10p […]

06 Aug 2021

QuotedData’s morning briefing 6 August 2021

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 6 August 2021: JPMorgan Claverhouse (JCH) has published its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2021. The managers say that the portfolio performed well over the period, benefitting from a significant exposure to stocks geared into the nascent economic upturn. During the period, JCH provided an NAV total return […]

30 Jul 2021

Aberdeen Emerging Markets and Aberdeen New Thai to combine and focus on China

Aberdeen Emerging Markets (AEMC) and Aberdeen New Thai (ANW) have announced a comprehensive set of proposals that, in the case of AEMC will see it change its investment policy from one of investing in emerging markets on a fund of funds basis to investing directly in the equities of Chinese companies, a merger between the […]

30 Jul 2021

QuotedData’s morning briefing 30 July 2021

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 30 July 2021: Premier Miton Global Renewables (PMGR) has released its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2021, during which it provided an NAV total return of 4.9% and a share price total return of 8.4%. Its total assets return was 4.2% and so the superior performance of the […]

23 Jul 2021

Moderna drives strong performance at BB Biotech

BB Biotech’s (SWX:BION) large position in US covid vaccine producer Moderna drove a strong performance against a volatile US biotech market in the first half of this year. Moderna was the second best performer within BB Biotech’s portfolio during the period, with a rise of 105%, beaten only by Essa Pharmaceuticals, whose stock was up […]

23 Jul 2021

QuotedData’s morning briefing 23 July 2021

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 23 July 2021: Alliance Trust (ATST) has released its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2021. During the period, ATST provided NAV and share price total returns of 14.8% and 11.1% respectively. In comparison, ATST’s MSCI All Country World Index (MSCI ACWI) benchmark returned 11.1%. The lower share price total […]

16 Jul 2021

Round Hill Music Royalty C share placing raises US$86.5m

Round Hill Music Royalty Fund’s (RHM’s) C-share placing has raised gross proceeds of US$86.5m, which significantly exceeds the target minimum capital raise of US$50m. The company says that it intends to use the net proceeds of the C Share Offer together with the remaining undrawn balance of its existing revolving credit facility to assist in […]

16 Jul 2021

SDCL Energy Efficiency Income invests in Indiana green gas project

SDCL Energy Efficiency Income (SEIT) has agreed to invest approximately $31 million in a large-scale green gas-to-grid project in Indiana, in the US. The anaerobic digestion (AD) facility, which is located in Reynolds, has been operating since 2012. It currently converts cattle manure and food waste into 6 MW of renewable power. This power is […]

16 Jul 2021

QuotedData’s morning briefing 16 July 2021

In QuotedData’s morning briefing 16 July 2021: Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT) has announced that it now expects to announce its annual results for the year ended 30 April 2021 on Wednesday 21 July 2021 (previously scheduled for Thursday 15 July 2021). There will be a conference call for analysts on the day of the results at […]