Overview
City of London’s objective is to provide long-term growth in income and capital, principally by investment in equities listed on the London Stock Exchange. The Board says it continues to recognise the importance of dividend income to shareholders. City of London invests in a broad spread of mainly UK-listed companies, aims to grow capital and income over time and adopts a consistent, cautious approach over the long term.
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Fundamentals
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Research History
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01 Nov 2024 1 min read
Interview with Job Curtis from City of London Investment Trust
In this week’s show, James Carthew spoke to Job Curtis from City of London Investment Trust. If you were looking for the first part of QuotedData’s show, focused on the roundup of the week’s news click here. If there is a guest speaker you’d particularly like to hear from, please email Aiman. Additionally, if you would prefer […]
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17 Oct 2023 14 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Quarterly Review – Third Quarter 2023
Third quarter of 2023 Investment Companies | Quarterly roundup | October 2023 Kindly sponsored by abrdn ‘Uncomfortable’ Following a fast start to the first half of the year, globally equities took a breather in Q3, as markets assessed the implications of the worst bond sell-off in a generation. Yields on 10-year US treasuries and UK […]
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05 Jan 2023 9 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Roundup – January 2023
December 2022 Monthly roundup | Investment companies Winners and losers in December 2022 The Financials sector only has two constituents, one of these – Trian Investors 1 – has seen its discount narrow since it promised to return cash to investors by next June, and it has also benefited from underlying NAV appreciation. Last month’s […]
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07 Dec 2022 8 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Roundup – December 2022
Investment Companies Monthly Roundup Kindly sponsored by abrdn December 2022 Monthly | Investment companies Winners and losers in November 2022 As discussed in this month’s economic and political roundup, lower US inflation triggered a fall in the US dollar and drove equity markets higher over November. The big surprise was the resurgence of Chinese markets […]
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03 Nov 2022 8 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Roundup – November 2022
Investment Companies Monthly Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford and abrdn November 2022 Monthly | Investment companies Winners and losers in October 2022 Many equity markets recovered some of the ground lost in September. The swift departure of Liz Truss and her unfunded tax cuts helped the UK stock market and sterling. North America […]
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13 Oct 2022 14 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Quarterly Review – Third Quarter 2022
Third quarter of 2022 Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford and Aberdeen Standard Investments Piling on the misery In the face of rising inflation, exacerbated by the war in Ukraine, central bankers have condemned for their relative inaction. However, in the third quarter of 2022, they stepped up a gear. Last month’s economic and political roundup […]
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06 Oct 2022 111 min read
QuotedData’s Economic and Political Monthly Roundup October 2022
Economic and Political Monthly Roundup Investment companies | Monthly | October 2022 A collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairs 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 […]
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09 Oct 2020 7 min read
QuotedData’s Economic Roundup – October 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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10 Mar 2020 6 min read
QuotedData’s Economic Roundup – March 2020
Economic & Political Roundup Kindly sponsored by Polar Capital and 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 […]
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07 Oct 2019 6 min read
QuotedData’s economic roundup – October 2019
Economic & Political Roundup Kindly sponsored by Polar Capital and 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 […]
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22 Mar 2019 2 min read
QuotedData’s economic roundup – March 2019
QuotedData’s economic roundup – March 2019 is 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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12 Oct 2018 1 min read
QuotedData’s Economic round up – October 2018
QuotedData’s Economic round up – October 2018 is 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 […]
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QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – October 2018
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – October 2018 is our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of August 2018. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. Money raised and returned in September Trian Investors 1 is a new fund that will adopt […]
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13 Mar 2018 1 min read
QuotedData’s Economic round up – March 2018
QuotedData’s economic round up – March 2018 is 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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12 Oct 2017 1 min read
QuotedData’s economic round up – October 2017
QuotedData’s economic round up – October 2017 – is 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 […]
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QuotedData investment companies roundup – October 2017
QuotedData investment companies roundup – October 2017 – is our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of September 2017. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. October Investment Companies Roundup Amongst the top performers, Alternative Liquidity Fund sold its […]
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12 Jul 2017 2 min read
QuotedData investment companies roundup – July 2017
QuotedData investment companies roundup – July 2017 – is our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of June 2017. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. July Investment Companies Roundup Money raised in July Newly launched in June were […]
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07 Dec 2016 1 min read
QuotedData investment companies roundup – December 2016
Our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of November 2016. december-investment-companies-roundup
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13 Oct 2016 1 min read
QuotedData’s round up of views on the global economy – October 2016
QuotedData’s collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from comments made by chairman and managers of investment companies. october-economic-and-political-roundup
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QuotedData investment companies roundup – October 2016
Our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of September 2016. october-investment-companies-roundup
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27 Apr 2015 1 min read
The importance of income – where to find it?
Life used to be simpler. If you had a bit of spare cash or you wanted to save up for something you’d just stick some money in a bank or building society account. If you had a nest egg and wanted to invest it in something safe and live off the income, you’d maybe buy […]
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16 Dec 2013 1 min read
Quoted Fund weekly issues and repurchases
Each week we’ll let you know which funds are growing and which are shrinking – please see the attached pdf: 131216-issues-and-repurchases
News
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01 Nov 2024 3 min read
Jury is out on Reeves’s bumper tax-grab budget
QD view: The budget has been dominating headlines this week. We set the scene and covered the big changes in the budget earlier in the week. The question is, what effect will this have on the UK economy and the trusts that are exposed to it? National Insurance hit to big employers This week’s interview […]
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18 Sep 2024 2 min read
Dividend growth drives City of London Investment Trust to strong year
City of London Investment Trust (CTY) announced its annual results for 12 months to 30 June 2024. The company delivered a NAV total return of 15.6%, ahead of the benchmark return of 13%. The share price total return was 11.3%, leading the discount to widen to 1%. Dividends per share were 20.6p, up 2.5% for […]
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20 Sep 2023 3 min read
City of London falls short of market in 2023
City of London Investment Trust (CTY) announced its annual results for the period ended 30 June 2023. The company’s NAV total return for the period was 4.5%, which compares with a total return of 7.9% for the FTSE All-Share Index. Shares were flat for the year while dividends increased by 2.5%. The adviser noted that […]
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20 Mar 2023 1 min read
QuotedData’s daily briefing 20 March 2023
In QuotedData’s daily briefing for 20 March 2023: City of London (CTY) has applied for a block listing of 26m shares, equal to 5% of the current circulation. Scottish Mortgage (SMT) has confirmed that Professor A Bhidé remains a director of the trust and has not resigned or been removed. Schroder European REIT (SERE) has […]
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23 Sep 2022 1 min read
QuotedData’s weekly news show 23rd September 2022
Thank you to everyone that listened in today, whether you watched the Zoom live, on Facebook or on YouTube. In this week’s show, James Carthew and Richard Williams covered the week’s top stories: • Rate rises, recession • City of London versus Murray Income • Supermarket REIT/LXI This week’s interview was with Matthias Siller of […]
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20 Sep 2022 1 min read
Another good year for City of London
City of London Investment Trust’s results for the year ended 30 June 2022 were announced yesterday. Over the period the trust beat the All-Share index, returning 7.5% to the index’s 1.6%. The return to shareholders was 7.7%. The dividend was increased from 19.1p to 19.6p and this was covered by earnings of 20.7p. Ongoing charges […]
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18 Feb 2022 2 min read
QD view – The real dividend heroes
This week, Brunner Investment Trust (BUT) reached a landmark 50 years of consecutive dividend increases after it announced a proposed final dividend of 6.05p in its annual results, taking the total for the year to 20.15p, up from 20.06p for the year before. It joins only six other trusts that have achieved this success, including […]
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QuotedData’s morning briefing 18 February 2022
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 18 February 2022: City of London (CTY) has released its interim results for the six months ended 31 December 2021, during which it provided NAV and Share price total returns of 6.9% and 3.5% respectively. In comparison, its says that its All-Share benchmark returned 6.5%. CTY has declared two interim dividends […]
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24 Sep 2021 3 min read
QD view – ranking UK equity income trusts
We had results this week from two of the giants of the UK equity income sector. The City of London Trust, which has been managed for 30 years by Job Curtis at Janus Henderson, celebrated its 55th consecutive year of dividend increases. Rival, Murray Income can ‘only’ boast a 48-year track record of consecutive dividend […]
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21 Sep 2021 2 min read
City of London gets new deputy fund manager
The City of London Investment Trust has published results covering the year ended 30 June 2021. It just failed to match its benchmark over the period – returning 20.0% in NAV terms and 21.3% in share price terms against 21.5% for the All-Share Index. It also underperformed its peer group – the AIC UK Equity […]
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19 Feb 2021 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 19 February 2021
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 19 February 2021: City of London has released its interim report for the six months ended 31 December 2020. During the period, it provided an NAV total return of 6.9% and a share price total return of 12.3%. These compare against returns from its All-Share Benchmark of 12.3%, the AIC UK Equity Income […]
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02 Feb 2021 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 2 February 2021
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 2 February 2021: BlackRock World Mining has revalued its investment in OZ Minerals Brazilian Royalty from $23.6m to $30.1m, adding 2.7p to its NAV. BlackRock Throgmorton Trust has appointed Merryn Somerset Webb as a non-executive director with effect from 24 March 2021. Merryn is the editor-in-chief of MoneyWeek, the UK personal finance magazine […]
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18 Sep 2020 8 min read
City of London lags benchmark but adds value with stock selection
City of London (CTY) has announced its annual results for the year ended 30 June 2020, during which it lagged its benchmark, but stock selection was positive. During the year, CTY’s total return was -14.6%, which the trust says was behind its benchmark, the FTSE All-Share Index, which returned -13.0%. CTY’s share price return was […]
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QuotedData’s morning briefing 18 September 2020
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 18 September 2020: We have details of the GRIT Real Estate Income’s disposal of its stake in Anfaplace Mall, JLEN Environmental Assets acquisition of two hydro assets (one with a co-located battery storage asset), Macau Property Opportunities progress with its loan refinancing and its divestment of its remaining individual unit at One […]
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20 Sep 2019 1 min read
QuotedData’s other news 20 September 2019
In QuotedData’s other news 20 September 2019 – Tufton Oceanic Assets today announced that it has raised gross proceeds of $31m through a placing. The company invests in a portfolio of secondhand commercial sea-going vessels. Further to announcements made earlier this month with regard to a proposed placing, Merian Chrysalis says that indicative orders significantly in excess of […]
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2 min read
City of London increases dividend for 53rd consecutive year
City of London increases dividend for 53rd consecutive year – City of London Investment Trust (CTY) has reported annual results covering the year to 30 June 2019. CTY delivered an NAV total return of 2.7%, outperforming its market and sector benchmarks, while the dividend was increased (by 5.1%) for the 53rd consecutive year. Performance highlights […]
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25 Sep 2018 2 min read
City of London increased its dividend for 52nd consecutive year
City of London increased its dividend for 52nd consecutive year – City of London Investment Trust (CTY) has published its annual report for the year ended 30 June 2018. The NAV delivered a total return of 6.3% over the twelve month period. The dividend was increased for the 52nd consecutive year, by 6.0%, which is ahead of inflation. In comparison, the FTSE […]
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15 Aug 2018 2 min read
City of London writes to shareholders of Lazard World Trust
City of London writes to shareholders of Lazard World Trust – City of London Investment Management (CLIG), who run the investment trust City of London (CTY), has written a letter to the Directors of Lazard World Trust Fund (WTR) explaining its intention to oppose renewing the WTR’s buyback authority at the EGM to be held on 30 August, 2018. CLIG comments that […]
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25 Sep 2017 4 min read
Large cap focus restrains City of London
Large cap focus restrains City of London – City of London Investment Trust has published results for the year ended 30 June 2017. Its returns fell behind those of peers and index benchmarks over the period. City of London’s net asset value total return was 14.5% which was 3.3% behind the size weighted average over […]
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03 May 2017 2 min read
14th consecutive year of outperformance for BlackRock Smaller
For fourteen consecutive years BlackRock Smaller Companies has outperformed its benchmark and increased its dividend. Over that period, the NAV has grown nearly ten-fold whereas the benchmark has almost quadrupled. The compound annual increase in dividends paid over the past five years has been 20% per annum. During the year to 28 February 2017, the NAV increased […]
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06 Feb 2017 1 min read
14 investment trusts for income and growth in 2017
Investors looking forward to a period of calm in 2017 might be disappointed, but David Prosser has the trusts experts are backing to navigate further storms. Having just been through a year of unprecedented political upheaval that sent financial markets spinning, many investors will be assuming 2017 cannot possibly be so tumultuous. The reality, however, […]
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20 Sep 2016 1 min read
City of London achieves 50 years of dividend growth
City of London Investment Trust reports that, in a flat year for equity returns its net asset value total return was 3.1%, ahead of each of the average for the AIC UK Equity Income sector, the UK Equity Income OEIC sector and the FTSE All-Share Index (by 0.8%, 4.8% and 0.9% respectively). The FTSE 100 Index […]
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12 Feb 2016 1 min read
City of London confident of dividend increase
City of London Investment Trust has published interim results covering the second half of 2015. Over this time the NAV total return was 1.5% which was slightly behind the average for the UK Equity Income Investment Trust sector (1.7%) but ahead of the UK Equity Income OEIC sector (0.8%) and the FTSE All- Share Index […]
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18 Sep 2015 3 min read
City of London expansion continues as it beats benchmark
City of London beat the FTSE All-Share Index over the year ended 30 June 2015, delivering a total return on net assets of 6.4% and a return to shareholders of 7.2% against a 2.6% return for the index. The NAV and shareholder return were in the same ball park as the 7.0% return posted by the UK […]
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19 Feb 2015 1 min read
City of London ahead of the market and its peer group
City of London’s interim results for the six months ended 31 December 2014 show it generating a total return on net assets of 2.1% and a return to shareholders of 1.6%, better than the FTSE All-Share index which returned -0.4%, the average for its AIC peer group, 1.2%, and the average UK Equity Income OEIC, […]
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02 Dec 2014 1 min read
The alternative plays in investment trusts
Source: http://www.moneymarketing.co.uk/news-and-analysis/analysis/the-alternative-plays-in-investment-trusts/2016533.article Income-seeking investors would do well to look at the alternative plays on offer in the investment companies space, such as renewable energy and asset leasing With interest rates held so low for so long, it is not surprising investors have been looking for alternative ways to generate income. That search is only set to […]
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18 Sep 2014 1 min read
City of London maintains dividend record
CTY : City of London maintains dividend record City of London Investment Trust, managed by Job Curtis (pictured), has published final results for the year that ended 30 June 2014. Over this period the net asset value delivered a total return of 14.7% which compares favourably with a 13.1% return on the FTSE All-Share Index […]
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19 Feb 2014 1 min read
City of London : CTY – interim results
City of London has released figures for the six months ended 31 December 2013. Over that period the total return on City of London’s net asset value was 23.8% – well ahead of the equivalent return on the FTSE All-Share Index of 17.9% but 2.2% behind the average UK Growth & Income Investment Trust. CTY’s […]
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10 Dec 2013 1 min read
City of London : CTY
CTY has borrowed £35m at a fixed rate of 4.53% repayable on 22 January 2029 (via an issue of private placement notes)
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16 Jul 2024 1 min read
Is there a perfect number of stocks for a portfolio?
by Cherry Reynard from interactive investor, 15th July 2024: Running a concentrated portfolio of a small number of companies comes with the risk of a single-stock failure, which can derail a fund manager’s track record.. The vogue has been for managers to hold concentrated portfolios. Many have sought to emulate the Warren Buffett mantra – […]
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01 Jul 2024 1 min read
Four Graphs explaining the investment trusts worth buying
Investment Week, 1 July 2024: In the latest instalment of the ‘Four graphs explaining’ series, experts discern which investment trusts are actually a buying opportunity amid wide discounts across the sector. At the time of publication, there are only 23 investment trusts across the entire Association of Investment Companies universe which are on a premium, […]
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14 Mar 2024 2 min read
Where UK income fund managers are investing
by Val Cipriani, Investors Chronicle, March 13, 2024: When picking a fund, you should always look under the bonnet at how the portfolio differs from the benchmark and which stocks the managers are betting big on. Comparing the portfolio positionings of a range of funds gives us an idea of which stocks are currently in […]
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21 Aug 2023 1 min read
Trusts no pension is complete without
By Tom Aylott, Reporter, Trustnet, 21 August 2023: What investors choose to put in their pension is an important decision as it can have a significant influence on their overall quality of life when they enter retirement. It is very important to start early so that a large pot can be accrued, but as we […]
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19 Jul 2023 1 min read
The investment trusts trading on a premium that are still worth buying
By Jean-Baptiste Andrieux, Reporter, Trustnet, 19 July 2023: Despite the majority of investment trusts looking cheap, some expensive options are still worth buying, according to experts. Data from Numis Securities shows only 22 close-ended funds are trading on a premium or 6.5% of the Association of Investment Companies (AIC)’s universe. This is less than half […]
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03 Jul 2023 1 min read
Four trusts to hold for a lifetime
By Tom Aylott, Reporter, Trustnet, 03 July 2023: These four trusts could be held as a core holding by any investor, regardless of risk appetite or time horizon, according to fund pickers. Many funds cater to investors with specific goals, but some strategies appeal to those of all time horizons. For example, low-risk trusts typically […]
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27 Jun 2023 1 min read
Are ‘dividend hero’ investment trusts keeping up with inflation?
by Kyle Caldwell from interactive investor, 27 June 2023: Research for interactive investor examined whether 19 investment trusts have beaten inflation over the past five years in terms of dividend growth, share price and net asset value (NAV) returns. The minimum aim of every investor should be to ensure that over the long term the […]
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12 Jun 2023 1 min read
Bargain Hunter: sizing up ‘cheap’ investment trusts on 5%-plus yields
by Kyle Caldwell from interactive investor, 8 June 2023: For investment trust fans now is one of the best opportunities over the past decade to try and pick up a bargain, as the chart below from stockbroker Numis shows. The average equity investment trust is trading on a discount a smidge over 10%, while those […]
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10 May 2023 1 min read
The eight income investment trust heavyweights: how sustainable are the dividends?
by Jennifer Hill from interactive investor, 10 May 2023: Eight investment trusts have half a century or more of increasing payouts to investors but deeper analysis is required to ascertain their true income prowess, reports Jennifer Hill… But dividend growth alone does not make a trust the best home for income seekers’ capital. A deeper […]
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20 Mar 2023 1 min read
Buy and hold versus changing style: which fund approach is best?
by Jennifer Hill from interactive investor, 20 March 2023: Some fund managers stick to their knitting irrespective of the wider macroeconomic backdrop; others have more flexibility to change their strategy to respond to market conditions. But which approach is best? Are investors better sticking with funds that adopt a long-term buy and hold strategy or […]
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02 Mar 2023 2 min read
The trusts to buy for rising dividends
By Dave Baxter, Investors’ Chronicle, February 28, 2023: High dividend yields can be hard to resist, and there are many currently on offer in the investment trust universe. But a high yield can reflect recent price volatility, as with embattled Home REIT (HOME), or be a result of an especially esoteric portfolio, an example being […]
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27 Feb 2023 1 min read
Put your trust in dividends and you can beat those savings rates
David Brenchley, February 26 2023, The Sunday Times: With the best one-year fixed savings account now paying 4.31 per cent, riskier investments such as stocks and shares may seem less attractive than they have been for a long time. If you can get a high interest rate on your money, why take more risk in […]
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15 Feb 2023 1 min read
ISA ideas: alternatives to the most-popular funds and trusts
by Jennifer Hill from interactive investor, 15 February 2023: We ask a range of experts for potential fund substitutes for funds and trusts consistently high in demand, including Scottish Mortgage, Fundsmith Equity, City of London, and Vanguard LifeStrategy. Investing can be a fickle business as money follows the latest trend but analysis of the most-bought […]
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09 Jan 2023 1 min read
Investment trust insider on discount opportunities
Investment trust insider on discount opportunities – James Carthew: Discount dislocations offer opportunities Today, at the same time as investors get to grips with higher inflation and interest rates, they are afflicted by wider share price discounts to net asset values (NAV) across the investment companies sector. Many years ago a former colleague of mine […]
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04 Nov 2022 1 min read
As investors turn away from chasing growth, these income trusts could profit
By ANGHARAD CARRICK FOR THIS IS MONEY, 3 November 2022: As some savings rates near 5 per cent more potential investors might be tempted to park their cash there instead of in the stock market. But with inflation continuing to run hot, there is good reason to consider adding dividend-paying investments in your portfolio, as […]
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31 Oct 2022 1 min read
Investment trust premiums: when to buy and when to avoid
by Faith Glasgow, from interactive investor, 31st October 2022: This year’s market turbulence, culminating in the vigorous response to the previous chancellor’s mini-budget in September, has hit investment trusts painfully. The FTSE All Share Closed End Investment index is down around 20% year-to- date, compared with the FTSE All-Share, which has lost around 10%. According […]
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22 Jun 2022 1 min read
Battle of the big three multi-manager trusts: who comes out on top?
by Jennifer Hill from interactive investor, 22nd June 2022: Alliance Trust, F&C and Witan – three big investment trusts that give investors access to a range of managers in one fell swoop. But how do they differ, and which has given investors the most bang for their buck? Three global multi-manager investment trusts – Alliance […]
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23 May 2022 1 min read
Trusts that have reigned longer than the Queen
By ROSIE MURRAY-WEST, FINANCIAL MAIL ON SUNDAY, 21 May 2022: Any investment that has generated wealth since before the Coronation must have firm foundations. That is true for the 36 investment trusts that predate the Queen’s accession to the throne. They have survived the stock market crashes that peppered the early 1970s, October 1987 (Black […]
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22 Feb 2022 1 min read
Bargain Hunter: 10 trusts that have moved from premiums to discounts
These trusts have seen their premiums vanish since the start of the year as growth shares lost ground. Kyle Caldwell from interactive investor 17th February 2022: Given all the volatility in the first six weeks of 2022, a surprising statistic is that the number of equity investment trusts trading on a premium to their net […]
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23 Dec 2021 2 min read
Inflation worries? Not if you chose these funds
David Brenchley, December 19 2021, The Sunday Times A sharp rise in the cost of living will have forced many people to accept more risk in how they take investment income in retirement. To ensure that their income keeps pace with their spending, many will be looking for investments that yield more than the present […]
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2 min read
Bargain Hunter: 25 cheap equity trusts towards end of 2021
Kyle Caldwell, interactive investor, 15 December 2021 Some trusts have seen premiums cool, while others are trading on potentially unjustly wide discounts. The pick-up in market volatility of late, amid concerns over rising inflation levels and the emergence last month of the Omicron variant, has led to a welcome increase in potential investment trust discount […]
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18 Oct 2021 1 min read
Most UK equity income trusts are on a discount, which is the best value?
by Faith Glasgow from interactive investor 15th October 2021 The UK equity income investment trust sector proved a wise choice for income investors during the pandemic. At a time when businesses were struggling and dividends were being cut or suspended, trusts could draw on the revenue reserves built up over the years to continue payouts to investors. […]
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01 Mar 2021 1 min read
Funds and trusts yielding above 5%: opportunity or value trap?
Funds and trusts yielding above 5%: opportunity or value trap? by Cherry Reynard from interactive investor | 25th February 2021 11:42 The year 2020 may have been a dismal one for income seekers, but the outlook for 2021 is brighter. There is now a wealth of funds and investment trusts showing yields of more than 5%. However, many investors saw […]
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12 Feb 2021 1 min read
When it is worth paying a premium for an investment trust
When it is worth paying a premium for an investment trust by Jennifer Hill from interactive investor | 10th February 2021 10:06 Positive news on Covid-19 vaccines led to investment trusts re-rating considerably during 2020. The average discount among equity investment trusts narrowed from 4.6% to 2.5% – the tightest level on record – according to Numis Securities. Discounts widened […]
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05 Oct 2020 1 min read
Should you face the music over dividend cuts and dip into capital?
Should you face the music over dividend cuts and dip into capital? It’s seen as taboo – but some experts say now may be the time to break the golden rule By ANNE ASHWORTH FOR THE DAILY MAIL PUBLISHED: 21:51, 2 October 2020 | UPDATED: 13:26, 4 October 2020 These are dispiriting days for those needing a decent income from […]
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23 Jul 2020 1 min read
Can investment trusts survive the UK dividend drought?
Can investment trusts survive the UK dividend drought? By Dave Baxter UK dividends have evaporated in the past few months, with no imminent recovery in sight. Link Asset Services predicts that UK dividends could fall by between 45 and 49 per cent on a headline basis in 2020 versus the previous year’s total, based on its best- and worst-case scenarios… […]
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14 Apr 2020 1 min read
How you can dodge the coronavirus dividend strike
How you can dodge the coronavirus dividend strike: Investors should choose trusts that have put aside money for rainy days By ANNE ASHWORTH FOR THE DAILY MAIL PUBLISHED: 21:51, 10 April 2020 | UPDATED: 09:59, 11 April 2020 The much-publicised move by the big banks to cancel their dividends has left investors with mixed emotions and many questions… The hundreds […]
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01 Apr 2020 1 min read
Investment trusts to weather the dividend drought
The Big Theme Investment trusts to weather the dividend drought By Dave Baxter, Investors Chronicle, 1 April 2020 The coronavirus pandemic has been disastrous for income investors. Falling asset prices make it a dangerous time to take money from your portfolio and interest rate cuts have restricted yields available. Even more worryingly, the economic uncertainty induced by the current […]
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20 Jan 2020 2 min read
Investment trust insider on value versus growth for income
Investment trust insider on value versus growth for income – James Carthew: should you chase high yield or growth in search of good trust income? In my last article of 2019 I addressed the award of Edinburgh investment trust’s management contract to Majedie and commented how much better Henderson High Income Trust (HHI) had done over […]
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28 Mar 2019 1 min read
AIC highlights most consistent income trusts
AIC highlights most consistent income trusts – QuotedData’s James Carthew is quoted in this article by Leonora Walters The Association of Investment Companies (AIC) has published its annual ‘dividend heroes’ survey – a list of the investment trusts that have increased their dividends for 20 or more consecutive years. This year, there are 20 dividend […]
