Overview
Burford Capital seeks to provide attractive dividend returns and capital appreciation through a diversified portfolio of dispute finance investments. Burford uses a portfolio approach to its investments, diversifying across a range of variables, including duration and geography. Burford Capital makes use of a wide variety of investment structures, including direct investments, derivatives, the acquisition of debt or equity securities or of assets such as judgments or intellectual property, participations, portfolio interests, insurance structures, loans, litigation trust structures, investments in other investment vehicles. Burford considers investment opportunities anywhere in the world, with a particular focus on the US, the UK and international arbitration matters.
The company’s website can be found here.
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06 Aug 2018 4 min read
Another great year for Henderson Smaller Companies
Another great year for Henderson Smaller Companies – Over the year to the end of May 2018, Henderson Smaller Companies says its share price has risen by 23.8%, and the net assets by 15.9%, substantially outperforming its benchmark, the Numis Smaller Companies Index (excluding investment companies), by 10.6% – the return on the index was 5.3%. The chairman points […]
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03 Aug 2018 1 min read
Better second half for Diverse Income but annual result still lags All-Share
Better second half for Diverse Income but annual result still lags All-Share – Over the year to the end of May 2018, Diverse Income Trust generated a return on NAV of 5.2%, a little less than the return on the All-Share Index of 6.5%. total dividends rose by 13.3% to 3.4p and there is also a special dividend of 0.23p. […]
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22 Dec 2017 1 min read
Dunedin Smaller Companies posts strong outperformance
Dunedin Smaller Companies posts strong outperformance – Dunedin Smaller Companies says that, for the year ended 31 October 2017, its net asset value total return was 32.8%, a significant outperformance of the benchmark, the SmallCap Index (ex Investment Companies), which delivered a total return of 21.9%. The share price total return for the year was 28.8%. The discount at […]
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30 May 2017 4 min read
Edinburgh Investment Trust held back by lack mining exposure, HSBC and Royal Dutch Shell
Edinburgh Investment Trust held back by lack mining exposure, HSBC and Royal Dutch Shell. While the UK market returned 22%, for the year ended 31 March 2017, Edinburgh Investment Trust’s net asset value total return was +14.4% and the share price total return (with dividends reinvested) was +11.2%. The share price ended the year at 713.5p, an increase […]
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16 Dec 2016 6 min read
Dunedin Smaller Companies benefits from holding a range of businesses with exposure to diverse end-markets
Dunedin Smaller Companies Investment Trust has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 October 2016. During the period, the company provided an NAV total return of 7.0% and a share price total return of 4.1%. According to the company, this compares against a total return of 6.7% for its benchmark index, the FTSE […]
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24 Nov 2016 2 min read
Edinburgh Investment Trust misses out on mining bounce
Edinburgh Investment Trust produced a positive net asset value (NAV) total return for the six months to 30 September 2016 of 6.8% (debt at par) and 6.6% (debt at market), compared to a return of 12.9% by the FTSE All-Share Index, the Company’s benchmark. The share price total return (share price with dividends reinvested) for […]
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08 Sep 2016 3 min read
Aberdeen Small Companies Income just fails to keep pace with benchmark
Over the six months ended 30 June 2016, Aberdeen Small Companies Income’s NAV was down 6.3% on a total return basis, underperforming its benchmark, the FTSE Small Cap ex-IT index, which was down 4.6% on the same basis. The equity portfolio contributed a return, relative to the index, of -1.0%, offset slightly by a positive […]
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24 Aug 2015 3 min read
Busy H1 leaves Acencia’s NAV little changed
Over the six months to the end of June 2015, Acencia Debt Strategies (which is now reporting its results in US dollars for the first time) saw total return on net asset value of 1.8% to US$1.73 (NAV was flat – return is down to dividends paid). Total Shareholder returns were up 0.1% per cent to a share […]
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24 Apr 2015 2 min read
Fidelity Special Values adopts discount control policy
Fidelity Special Values has announced interim figures covering the six months ended 28 February 2015. Over the period the company’s net asset value total return was 5% – ahead of the 4.1% breturn generated by the FTSE All-Share Index. unfortunately the company’s discount widened from 4.7% to 9.6% and this left the return to shareholders […]
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18 Mar 2015 1 min read
Burford Capital posts 43% increase in operating profit
Burford Capital has, with its recent final results announcement for the year ended 31 December 2014, posted a 43% increase in its operating profit to $60.7m (2013: $42.5m). This represents a 17% return on equity. The company is also proposing a 34% increase in the dividend to 7.00c per share (2013: 5.23c). Burford saw a 35% increase […]
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04 Sep 2014 2 min read
Burford Capital pays first interim dividend
BUR : Burford Capital pays first interim dividend Burford Capital is declaring its first interim dividend (1.74 cents, payable in December). The net asset value was more or less flat over the first half of 2014. The Board seem quite enthused with the fund’s progress however as pre-tax, pre-exceptional profit rose by 89% compared to […]
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03 Jul 2014 1 min read
Burford Capital : BUR – Trading update
Burford Capital has released a trading update covering the six month period to the end of June. They say that, since the inception of the fund, 26 investments have generated $173.9 million in gross investment recoveries and $67 million net of invested capital, producing a 63% net return on invested capital. They go o to say […]
