Nervousness in the lead up to the budget saw real estate share prices drift over much of the month, before recovering in the days following the announcement, ending the month at a median fall of just 0.2%. Meanwhile, the crisis deepens at Macau Property Opportunities (MPO) with its share price plummeted after failing to garner […]
This budget will probably be remembered for two things – obviously the bizarre early release by the OBR but also the, almost as perplexing, plans for a mansion tax. It was packed with short-term political manoeuvring that sadly took precedence over long-term growth initiatives, but there were a couple of positive spots. Reforming the ISA […]
Trying to predict what will be in next week’s budget seems futile, with the Chancellor fumbling the messaging and performing drastic U-turns. What we do know is that now a rise in income tax has been ruled out, we will be clobbered somewhere else as Rachel Reeves looks to fill the black hole in the […]
Sentiment towards property largely improved in October, with the big names all seeing share price gains as UK inflation data came in slightly below expectations. However, residential REIT Grainger’s shares continue to fall as the Renters’ Rights Bill was passed into law during the month. All eyes now turn to the budget at the end […]
Here’s an anomaly – a UK REIT trading at net asset value (NAV). Having endured a miserable three years of high interest rates and persistent inflation, there have been very few listed property companies whose shares have rated close to par in that time. Even fewer have traded at a premium and been able to […]
The average real estate share price was flat in September, a welcome respite after a couple of bruising months of losses, although persistent inflation and high gilt yields continue to cloud the outlook. There were some big winners and losers in the month. Best performing funds in price terms (%) PRS REIT 11.5 Alternative […]
Private equity giant Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (KKR) is in discussions with PRS REIT over a potential offer for the company. The board of PRS REIT this morning confirmed media reports about the talks with KKR, stating that the US company was “participating in the company’s strategic review and formal sale process”. However, it […]
A welcome base rate cut in August did little to prevent another mauling in the real estate sector, with an average 3.7% share price fall over the month. Gilt yields, and the five-year swap rate that is closely followed by the sector, widened on persistent inflation and rising public debt. Consequently, just a handful of […]
Polar Capital Technology Trust’s (PCT’s) recent strong performance, in an increasingly volatile sector that is being reshaped at breakneck speed by artificial intelligence (AI), reinforces the value of its conviction-led, actively managed strategy. For the 12 months to 31 July, PCT’s net asset value (NAV) rose 30.2%, well ahead of the 20.5% gain from its […]
It is approaching three years since the launch of the first ChatGPT model, commencing a period of tech domination of global markets. As more and more artificial intelligence (AI) models have since launched and the pace of innovation continues to grow, it has become clear that a new world order in AI is forming. At […]
