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Research History
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08 Jun 2020 8 min read
QuotedData’s Economic Roundup – June 2020
Economic & Political Roundup Kindly sponsored by Allianz A collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you to buy or sell […]
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18 Jan 2018 1 min read
QuotedData – 2017 review of the year
QuotedData – 2017 review of the year – Many commentators, including us, were wary going into 2017. In the event, economic growth and markets surprised on the upside: US markets hit new highs despite three interest rate rises. Perceived low/no growth areas such as Europe and Japan burst into life. Asia’s technology stocks surged. India’s […]
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27 Oct 2016 1 min read
Quarterly investment companies roundup – Third quarter 2016
Q3 saw the market adapt to life post the UK’s EU referendum. Sterling continued to fall but most stock markets stabilised and discounts narrowed across most sectors. While the US election is dominating headlines, it does not seem to be having much impact on markets so far. q3-quarterly-roundup
News
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23 Nov 2021 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 23 November 2021
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 23 November 2021: Will Wyatt will step down as chief executive of Caledonia Investments (CLDN) in July next year. Will’s successor is Mathew Masters, currently head of Caledonia quoted equity. Mat will join the board as chief executive designate on 1 April 2022. Before joining Caledonia in 2005, Mat worked at […]
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26 Feb 2018 1 min read
Investment Trust Insider on key manager risk
James Carthew: ouch! Watch out for key manager risk Events of the past couple of weeks have highlighted the impact that the departure of a manager can have on the rating of a trust. First, we heard that Carlos Hardenberg is to leave Franklin Templeton and then Philip Rodrigs was ousted from River & Mercantile. […]
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11 Dec 2017 1 min read
Investment Trust Insider on Blue Prism’s inexorable rise
Investment Trust Insider on Blue Prism’s inexorable rise Carthew: the beneficiaries of Blue Prism’s inexorable rise Occasionally, early stage technology companies can produce spectacular share price gains. When this happens, even relatively small investments can make a noticeable difference to a fund’s returns. Regular readers of my column may recall that I wrote about the […]
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05 Dec 2017 2 min read
Standard Life Equity Income boosted by asset manager stakes
Standard Life Equity Income boosted by asset manager stakes – Standard Life Equity Income has published results for the year to 30 September 2017. The Net Asset Value total return for the year was 14.7%, which compares with 11.9% from the All-Share Index. The discount narrowed slightly from 4.4% to 4.0%. This resulted in a share price […]
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23 Sep 2015 2 min read
Cayenne Trust CULS conversion facilitates a speedier return of capital
The Cayenne Trust has released its interim results for the six-months ended 31 July 2015 during which its NAV per share increased by 1.6% (4.2% on a fully diluted basis). In comparison, the FTSE All Share Equity Investment Instruments Index increased by 3.39% during the period. A dividend of 3.8p was paid on 21st August. […]
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24 Jul 2015 1 min read
Athelney lags small cap. indices
Athelney Trust’s interim figures show its NAV total return was 6.4% over the six months ended 30 June 2015, behind returns on small cap indices with the FTSE Smaller Companies, Fledgling and Aim All-share being up by 7.1, 15.6 and 8.2 per cent respectively There is much musing on the economy in the report – […]
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02 Apr 2015 2 min read
Split Structure works against Acorn in 2014
Acorn Income Fund released results for the year ended 31 December 2014 yesterday. Over 2014 the total return on gross assets was -0.4%. This compares to a -1.8% return on the Numis Smaller Companies ex Investment Companies Index, a -2.7% return on the FTSE Small Cap. ex Investment Companies Index and a 1.2% return on the […]
