Overview
Balanced Commercial Property Trust (formerly BMO Commercial Property Trust and before that F&C Commercial Property Trust : FCPT) is a vehicle for investors who wish to gain exposure to prime UK commercial property. It aims to provide shareholders with an attractive level of income together with the potential for capital and income growth from investing in a diversified UK commercial property portfolio. Dividends are paid monthly.
You can access the fund’s website here
Research History
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09 Oct 2024 17 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Monthly Roundup – October 2024
October 2024 Winners and losers in September 2024 Best performing funds in price terms (%) Harworth Group 17.0 Life Science REIT 14.7 Hammerson 12.0 Balanced Commercial Property Trust 10.2 Phoenix Spree Deutschland 8.6 PRS REIT 8.5 abrdn Property Income Trust 8.3 Target Healthcare REIT 7.9 Custodian Property Income REIT 7.6 Tritax EuroBox 7.1 Source: Bloomberg, […]
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07 Aug 2024 11 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Monthly Roundup – August 2024
August 2024 Winners and losers in July 2024 Best performing funds in price terms % Tritax EuroBox 13.3 Balanced Commercial Property Trust 10.5 TR Property 10.4 AEW UK REIT 9.9 Shaftesbury Capital 9.9 Picton Property 9.4 Schroder REIT 9.1 Tritax Big Box REIT 8.9 Capital & Regional 8.3 Unite Group 7.9 Source: Bloomberg, Marten & […]
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26 Apr 2024 8 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Quarterly Review – First Quarter 2024
Real estate quarterly report Desperately seeking a catalyst The real estate investment trust (REIT) and listed property sector seems to have been cut adrift and is desperately seeking a positive macroeconomic outlook on which investors can hang their hat and from which sentiment can grow. The first quarter of 2024 started as 2023 left off […]
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11 Mar 2024 12 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Monthly Roundup – March 2024
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by abrdn Performance data February’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the charts below. It was another month of disappointing share price performance for the real estate sector, as the timing of the fabled interest rate cuts that could kick start a recovery in the sector remains unclear […]
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12 Feb 2024 7 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Monthly Roundup – February 2024
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by abrdn Performance data January’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the charts below. Investors seem to be taking a ‘wait-and-see’ approach to the real estate sector at the start of 2024, as inflation in the UK lags behind other developed economies and anticipated interest rate cuts may […]
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17 Nov 2023 11 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Monthly Roundup – November 2023
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by abrdn Performance data October’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the charts below. October was another difficult month for property companies, with only a handful of positive moves and the median share price across the sector down 4.7%. Although not reflected in the data here, the Bank […]
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13 Oct 2023 12 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Monthly Roundup – October 2023
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by abrdn Performance data September’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the charts below. Investor sentiment towards property stocks continues to wane, with the median share price of REITs and listed property companies down another 2.4% over the month of September – and 14.8% in the year to […]
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14 Sep 2023 17 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Monthly Roundup – September 2023
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by abrdn Performance data August’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the charts below. The property sector remains in a state of limbo as investors await signs that interest rates have peaked. The median share price of REITs and listed property companies was down 2.4% over the month […]
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19 Jul 2023 9 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Quarterly Review – Second Quarter 2023
Real estate quarterly report Kindly sponsored by abrdn Discounted indiscriminately Stubbornly high inflation in the UK has raised the prospect of higher for longer interest rates, with the base rate hitting 5.0% in the UK dashing any hopes of a recovery in commercial property values for the foreseeable future. This negative outlook was reflected in […]
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14 Jul 2023 12 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Monthly Roundup – July 2023
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by abrdn Performance data June’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the charts below. Sticky inflation in the UK and the Bank of England’s 0.5% hike in interest rates, which now sit at 5.0%, their highest level in 15 years, saw uncertainty return to the property market. The […]
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13 Jun 2023 15 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Monthly Roundup – June 2023
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by abrdn Performance data May’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the charts below. The property sector is a hotbed of merger and acquisition (M&A) activity as investors look to take advantage of the unloved sector and wide discounts to net asset values (NAVs). Higher than expected inflation […]
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16 May 2023 13 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Monthly Roundup – May 2023
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by abrdn Performance data April’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the charts below. Property stocks returned to positive territory in April after months of losses due to the impact of higher interest rates on valuations. The first signs of values stabilising are starting to feed through with […]
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09 Mar 2023 15 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Monthly Roundup – March 2023
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by abrdn Performance data February’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the charts below. It was a mixed month in terms of share price performance for property companies, with a mean average share price fall of 0.3% across the sector. On the positive side, shopping centre behemoth Hammerson […]
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09 Feb 2023 7 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Monthly Roundup – February 2023
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by abrdn Performance data January’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the charts below. 2023 started positively for the property sector, with a median average share price uplift of 1.3%. A gloomy economic outlook at the end of 2022 saw many property companies’ share prices fall to substantial […]
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24 Jan 2023 10 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Annual Review – 2022
Real Estate Annual Review Kindly sponsored by abrdn The year the rug was pulled out 2022 will be remembered as the year that the rug was pulled from under the property sector. Having benefitted from decades of low interest rates, which had fuelled debt-ladened deals and piqued the appetite of global investors looking for more […]
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07 Dec 2022 12 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Roundup – December 2022
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by abrdn Performance data November’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the charts below. Valuation declines in the property sector are starting to feed through in NAV announcements and interim results (see page 2) as higher cost of debt continues to put pressure on pricing. Having seen dramatic […]
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03 Nov 2022 8 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Roundup – November 2022
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by abrdn Performance data October’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the charts below. Having priced in a major write-down of portfolio valuations in the real estate sector, especially after interest rate expectations rocketed following the disastrous mini-budget at the end of September, the market seems to have […]
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14 Oct 2022 8 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Quarterly Review – Third Quarter 2022
Real estate quarterly report Kindly sponsored by abrdn Choppy waters ahead High interest rates is a killer for real estate, and so the chancellor’s disastrous ‘mini budget’ at the end of September – which spooked gilt markets and saw interest rate forecasts for next year top 6% – had a catastrophic impact on the listed […]
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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 10 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Roundup – October 2022
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by abrdn Performance data September’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the charts below. The real estate sector is facing the perfect storm. Fears that interest rate rises will be higher and faster as the Bank of England looks to quell inflation, exacerbated by the chancellor’s disastrous ‘mini […]
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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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15 Jul 2022 8 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Quarterly Review – Second Quarter 2022
Real Estate Quarterly Review Kindly sponsored by abrdn Storm clouds gather Fears that a perfect storm is brewing has weighed on the real estate sector. Central banks’ move to raise interest rates to curb spiralling inflation has stoked concerns that investors will turn away from real estate to less risky alternatives, such as bonds. Meanwhile […]
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07 Jul 2022 15 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Roundup – July 2022
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by abrdn Performance data June’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the charts below. There were only a handful of property companies that saw share price growth in the month of June as interest rate rises and concerns of an impending recession took hold. Top of the list […]
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06 May 2022 9 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Roundup – May 2022
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by abrdn Performance data April’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the charts below. Fears of a looming recession meant April was a difficult month for property stocks generally. There were a few positive performers in share price terms, however. Leading the way was London office landlord and […]
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12 Apr 2022 7 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Quarterly Review – First Quarter 2022
Real Estate Quarterly Review Kindly sponsored by Abrdn Value to be found in topsy-turvy market The first three months of 2022 have been full of significant events. Investor caution followed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and put paid to a London-listed property company with a portfolio of Russian assets (see page 6 for details). The cost-of-living crisis […]
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04 Feb 2022 7 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Roundup – February 2022
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by Aberdeen Standard Investments Performance data January’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the charts below. Perhaps reflecting optimism around the strength of the economy coming out of COVID restrictions, a shift to value stocks was triggered in January, with property generalists and retail-focused companies the beneficiaries. Hammerson […]
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08 Nov 2021 8 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Roundup – November 2021
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by Aberdeen Standard Investments Performance data October’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the chart below. The best performing real estate funds in October were mainly sector specialists, however, the property generalists had a good month too, led by BMO Real Estate Investments. The company saw its share […]
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15 Oct 2021 8 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Quarterly Review – Third Quarter 2021
Real Estate Quarterly Review Kindly sponsored by Aberdeen Standard Investments Rate rise fears dampens bounce back The quarter started with much promise, as activity picked up with the full opening of the economy. This was reflected in the valuation of commercial properties and in turn investor sentiment to the listed real estate sector. However, supply chain […]
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08 Oct 2021 10 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Roundup – October 2021
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by Aberdeen Standard Investments Performance data September’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the chart below. With fears that economic growth will be stunted by supply chain issues, September wasn’t a great month for property stocks. However, development and regeneration specialist Harworth saw its share price rise 13.3% […]
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09 Sep 2021 9 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Roundup – September 2021
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by Aberdeen Standard Investments Performance data August’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the chart below. Traditionally a quiet month, August was anything but for property companies. While takeovers, IPO activity and large investment deals dominated the headlines, Tritax Big Box REIT continued its impressive performance. After reporting […]
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06 Aug 2021 1 min read
Interview with Matthew Howard from BMO Commercial Property
In this week’s show, Richard Williams talked to Matthew Howard from BMO Commercial Property. Watch it again here. If you were looking for QuotedData’s roundup of the week’s news, this is now in the news section – just click here. If there is a guest speaker you’d particularly like to hear from, please email us – [email protected].
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10 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Roundup – August 2021
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by Aberdeen Standard Investments Performance data July’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the chart below. It was no surprise that GCP Student Living topped the table for best performing property companies in July after it received a takeover bid 30% above its share price during the month. […]
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15 Jul 2021 8 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Quarterly Review – second quarter 2021
Value hunters boost property The easing of lockdown restrictions throughout the quarter saw property companies stage somewhat of a comeback from the depths of the pandemic, despite ‘freedom day’ being delayed into July. The potential for an economic bounce in the second half of the year is growing and generalist real estate investment trusts (REITs), […]
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07 Jun 2021 14 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Roundup – June 2021
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by Aberdeen Standard Investments Performance data May’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the chart below. Unsurprisingly, St Modwen Properties saw a big rise in its share price in May having received a cash offer for the business (logistics developments and a housebuilding arm) from Blackstone, valuing it […]
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11 May 2021 9 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Roundup – May 2021
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by Aberdeen Standard Investments Performance data April’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the chart below. Diversified property companies were the winners in April as progress in the UK’s vaccination programme and roadmap out of lockdown continued unabated. Six of the top 10 best performing companies in price […]
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19 Apr 2021 8 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Quarterly Review – first quarter 2021
Lockdown cloud begins to lift The success of the vaccine rollout in the UK and the implementation of a roadmap out of lockdown saw the share prices of listed property companies – most of which had been decimated during the last year – make somewhat of a recovery. The economy is on firmer footing and […]
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08 Mar 2021 10 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Roundup – March 2021
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by Aberdeen Standard Investments Performance data February’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the chart below. The roadmap out of lockdown and the impressive vaccination programme in the UK has lifted confidence in a swift economic recovery and triggered a shift to value stocks. Property companies on significant […]
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11 Feb 2021 6 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Roundup – February 2021
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by Aberdeen Standard Investments Performance data January’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the chart below. The UK’s vaccination programme has lifted optimism for a speedier opening of the economy than first feared at the start of the year. Property companies that reported positive valuation figures for the […]
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14 Jan 2021 9 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Roundup – January 2021
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by Aberdeen Standard Investments Performance data December’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the chart below. The boost of coming out of the second national lockdown in early December was short lived as Christmas was cancelled for most of the UK with COVID-19 cases spiking. It did little […]
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12 Nov 2020 9 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Roundup – November 2020
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by Aberdeen Standard Investments Performance data October’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the chart below. October finished with the threat of a second lockdown looming over the UK as COVID-19 cases continued to rise. However, this did not dampen demand for shares in some of the companies […]
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09 Oct 2020 10 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Roundup – October 2020
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by Aberdeen Standard Investments Performance data September’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the chart below. There was an eclectic mix of property companies to feature in the top price movers for September. Top of the tree was private rented sector and residential development specialist Sigma Capital Group, […]
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10 Sep 2020 8 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Roundup – September 2020
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by Aberdeen Standard Investments Performance data August’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the chart below. There were some interesting price rises during the month of August as investors’ search for returns took them to property companies that have seen their share prices severely depressed during the Covid-19 […]
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13 Aug 2020 9 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Monthly Roundup – August 2020
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by Aberdeen Standard Investments Performance data July’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the chart below. A number of REITs and property companies saw big share price gains over the month of July as covid-19 restrictions started to ease across the UK and greater economic stimulus was revealed. […]
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22 Jul 2020 1 min read
QuotedData’s Property Summer Conference – week 3
COVID-19 is creating havoc in some parts of the property sector but others are thriving. On Wednesday 22nd July we held the third of our summer property webinars where the managers of BMO Commericial Property Trust, Standard Life Investments Property Income, Hibernia REIT and Grit Real Estate Income Group gave presentations on their fund, the property sector as a […]
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07 Jul 2020 12 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Roundup – July 2020
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by Aberdeen Standard Investments Performance data June’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the chart below. Uncertainty caused by the covid-19 pandemic continued to weigh on property stocks in June and we had the first real casualty in Intu Properties, which collapsed into administration. A number of companies […]
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7 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Roundup – July 2020
Investment Companies Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford and Aberdeen Standard Investments Table of contents New research Performance data Discounts and premiums Money in and out Major news stories Income Events Guide Appendix – Performance by sector full list New research Here is a list of research we published over June: CQS New City High Yield – […]
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07 May 2020 4 min read
QuotedData’s Economic Roundup – May 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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11 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Roundup – May 2020
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by Aberdeen Standard Investments Performance data April’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the chart below. Following two months of heavy falls as the covid-19 pandemic took hold and the UK was put on lockdown, many property companies saw a bounce in their share price in April, although […]
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10 Mar 2020 12 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Roundup – March 2020
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by Aberdeen Standard Investments Performance data February’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the chart below. Property stocks tumbled in February as fears over the spread of Covid-19 spooked financial markets around the world and resulted in the largest sell-off since the 2008 financial crisis. There were just […]
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10 Jan 2020 7 min read
QuotedData’s Real Estate Roundup – January 2020
Real Estate Roundup Performance data December’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the chart below. December was a good month for listed property companies, with the sector experiencing a bounce following the convincing majority the Conservative party won at the general election. For the second month in a row, estate agency group Countrywide […]
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10 Oct 2019 21 min read
Retail property market – ready for a renaissance?
Ready for a renaissance? There have been few structural shifts in the property sector as profound as the one currently taking place in retail. Consumer spending patterns have drastically changed over the past five years, with online sales now accounting for 19.7% of all retail spend in the UK (August 2019, source: ONS), compared to […]
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21 min read
Retail property market – ready for a renaissance?
Retail ready for a renaissance? There have been few structural shifts in the property sector as profound as the one currently taking place in retail. Consumer spending patterns have drastically changed over the past five years, with online sales now accounting for 19.7% of all retail spend in the UK (August 2019, source: ONS), compared […]
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07 Oct 2019 5 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – October 2019
Investment Companies Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford New research Over September, we published notes on India Capital Growth, Jupiter Emerging & Frontier, International Biotechnology Trust, JPMorgan Russian Securities, Civitas Social Housing, Montanaro European Smaller Companies and JLEN Environmental Assets. We also launched a monthly real estate roundup, beginning with reviews of August and September. In […]
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05 Jul 2019 3 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – July 2019
Investment Companies Roundup New research Over June, we published notes on CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income, Standard Life Private Equity and Shires Income. You can read all these notes by clicking on the links above or by visiting www.quoteddata.com. In this issue Performance data – there was a greater appetite for risk in June as […]
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08 May 2019 4 min read
QuotedData’s economic roundup – May 2019
Economic & Political Roundup 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 any of the […]
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22 Mar 2019 1 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – March 2019
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – March 2019 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 February 2019. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. JPMorgan Chinese, Fidelity China and Pacific Horizon benefited from a booming Chinese market in […]
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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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11 May 2018 1 min read
QuotedData’s Economic round up – May 2018
QuotedData’s economic round up – May 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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18 Apr 2018 1 min read
QuotedData’s Economic round up – April 2018
QuotedData’s economic round up – April 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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10 Jan 2018 2 min read
QuotedData investment companies roundup – January 2018
QuotedData investment companies roundup – January 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 December 2017. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. January Investment Companies Roundup Winners and losers in December Infrastructure India’s share price […]
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14 Sep 2017 2 min read
QuotedData’s economic round up – September 2017
QuotedData’s economic round up – September 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 […]
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16 May 2017 1 min read
QuotedData’s economic round up – May 2017
QuotedData’s economic round up – May 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 sell […]
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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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12 Sep 2024 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 12 September 2024 – HEIT, HWG, BCPT, SERE, NRR
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 12 September 2024: Harmony Energy Income (HEIT) says its 99.8 MWh / 49.9 MW Hawthorn Pit project (located in County Durham) and its 66 MWh / 33 MW Wormald Green project (located in Yorkshire) have been successfully energised and are expected to be fully operational in the coming weeks. Its portfolio […]
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06 Sep 2024 1 min read
QuotedData’s weekly news show 6th September 2024
Thank you to everyone that listened in today on our YouTube channel. In this week’s show, James Carthew covered the week’s top stories: PRS REIT (0:41) SEGRO / Tritax EuroBox (4:02) Balanced Commercial Property Trust (6:41) Artemis Alpha / Aurora (8:10) JPMorgan Core Real Assets (10:33) Digital 9 Infrastructure (11:51) Andrew McHattie covered: Major rises over the […]
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05 Sep 2024 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 5 September 2024 – BPCR, INPP, FP, HGT, BGUK, BCPT
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 5 September 2024: BioPharma Credit (BPCR) says it provided $132.925m of funding to Collegium Pharmaceutical to help fund its acquisition of Ironshore Therapeutics. BioPharma Credit already had exposure to Collegium through a $160.4m term loan. BioPharma Credit’s loans are part of a $645.8m senior secured loan funding package that was put […]
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04 Sep 2024 3 min read
Starwood tables £673.5m bid for Balanced Commercial Property Trust
The board of Balanced Commercial Property Trust (BCPT) has recommended a cash offer for the company from Starwood Capital valuing the company at £673.5m. The cash offer, at 96p per BCPT share, represents a premium of 21.5% to its closing price of 79p per share as at 12 April – the last business day prior […]
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29 Jul 2024 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 29 July 2024 – SSON, BOOK, HGT, BCPT, WKP
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 29 July 2024: Smithson (SSON) has published interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2024, during which it provided an NAV total return if -1.8%, underperforming the MSCI World SMID Index which returned 3.4%. Its chairman, Diana Dyer Bartlett, says this is frustrating, noting that the last two and […]
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22 Jul 2024 3 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 22 July 2024 – CYN, BPCR, ONWD, TMI, BCPT
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 22 July 2024: CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income (CYN) has declared its fourth interim dividend of 1.82p per share for the year ended 30 June 2024 (2023: 1.82 pence per share). It has also declared an additional special interim dividend of 1.00p per share, reflecting the fact that underlying core […]
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12 Jul 2024 2 min read
Balanced Commercial Property Trust continues office sell off
Balanced Commercial Property Trust has sold two office assets for a total of £41.65m, further reducing its exposure to the sub-sector. The sales of 7 Birchin Lane, in London, and 82 King Street, in Manchester, were sold at a discount to book value (as 31 March 2024) of 7.2%. Following the sales, BCPT’s portfolio exposure […]
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12 Jun 2024 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 12 June 2024 – SOR, GPE, SHED, DGI9, BCPT
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 12 June 2024: Special Opportunities REIT (SOR) has pulled its proposed IPO after falling short of its target fundraise. The company had targeted a £500m raise to acquire commercial property at distressed prices. It had lined up three cornerstone investors for up to £114m, but still fell short of its minimum […]
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19 Apr 2024 1 min read
QuotedData’s weekly news show 19th April 2024
Thank you to everyone that listened in today, whether you watched the Zoom live or on YouTube. In this week’s show, James Carthew covered the week’s top stories: • Hipgnosis (0:24) • Balanced Commercial Property Trust (6:25) This week’s interview was with Jean-Hugues de Lamaze from Ecofin Global Utilities & Infrastructure – watch it again […]
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15 Apr 2024 3 min read
Balanced Commercial Property Trust launches strategic review
The board of Balanced Commercial Property Trust (BCPT) has launched a strategic review into the future of the company, with all options – including a sale, merger, or continuing as is – on the table. The move comes as the company approaches a continuation vote later this year. The board pointed out that the company […]
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14 Feb 2024 1 min read
Balanced Commercial Property Trust sells largest office holding
Balanced Commercial Property Trust has sold its largest office holding as it continues to reduce its exposure to the challenged UK offices sector and rebalance its portfolio. Contracts have exchanged for the sale of the Leonardo Building in Crawley, a 110,000 sq ft out-of-town business park office, for a price of £26.1m. This represents a […]
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02 Feb 2024 4 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 2 February 2024 – AGA, GRID, HGT, BCPT, RGL, GCP, SHIP, GABI, VEIL, CGL
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 2 February 2024: On 1 February 2024, Apax XI Fund announced that it had closed the acquisition of WGSN, a consumer trend forecaster, from Ascential Plc. Apax Global Alpha (AGA), which is a limited partner in Apax XI, says that it has invested approximately €21.5m in WGSN on a look-through basis […]
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12 Jan 2024 1 min read
Balanced Commercial Property Trust sells trio of offices for £42.8m
Balanced Commercial Property Trust has agreed the sale of three office holdings in a strategic move to reduce its office exposure. The sale comprises two regional out-of-town business park holdings in Edinburgh and Aberdeen and a multi-let asset in London’s West End. The sales have been agreed at an aggregate sale price of £42.8m, representing […]
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31 Aug 2023 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 31 August 2023, BCPT, NAVF, IIP
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 31 August 2023: Balanced Commercial Property Trust (BCPT) says it has secured two key leasing initiatives in its industrial portfolio. At unit 8, Hams Hall Distribution Park, Birmingham, Nestle Purina, a leading pet care and food company, has agreed a 10-year lease extension commencing March 2025, with a break at the […]
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02 Aug 2023 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 2 August 2023
QuotedData’s morning briefing 2 August 2023 Alternative Income REIT (AIRE) has posted a 0.7% increase in NAV to 84.2p for the quarter to 30 June 2023, following a 0.3% rise in the value of its portfolio to £107.0m. EPRA earnings were up 8.2% to 1.7p per share, and the board declared a quarterly dividend of […]
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25 May 2023 2 min read
QuotedData’s Property Investment Conference 2023
Welcome to the videos from the Property Investment Conference 2023. The conference was for property analysts and REIT investors from all the major asset management groups, banks, stockbrokers, wealth managers and IFA Groups. Private investors were also welcomed this year via live streaming who were able to follow the panel discussions and expert speakers. We […]
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19 Apr 2023 3 min read
Balanced Commercial Property Trust results reflect difficult period for real estate
Balanced Commercial Property Trust has posted annual results for 2022 and, in line with the property sector, saw the valuation of its portfolio hit in the second half of the year due to higher interest rates. Highlights include: A net asset value (NAV) total return of -9.2% NAV per share as at 31 December 2022 […]
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19 Apr 2022 2 min read
BMO Commercial Property Trust to change name
BMO Commercial Property Trust will change its name to Balanced Commercial Property Trust following the sale of its manager’s business from Bank of Montreal (BMO) to Ameriprise Financial, parent company of Columbia Threadneedle. The announcement was made in the group’s annual results where it delivered a net asset value (NAV) total return for 2021 of […]
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17 Jan 2022 2 min read
BMO Commercial Property Trust increases logistics exposure with £66m double buy
BMO Commercial Property Trust has bought two logistics assets for £66m and committed to two developments within its existing portfolio at a cost of £10.5m. These initiatives are in line with the group’s strategy of recycling capital into the industrial and logistics sector and follows the sale of its second largest asset – Cassini House, […]
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21 Oct 2021 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 21 October 2021
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 21 October 2021: Custodian REIT (CREI) has bought a 28,601 sq ft industrial unit on Clifton Moor Industrial Estate, York, adjacent to York’s northern bypass which connects to both the A1(M) and M62. The unit is occupied by Menzies Distribution Limited with a weighted average unexpired term to first break or […]
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09 Sep 2021 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 9 September 2021
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 9 September 2021: BlackRock Throgmorton is asking investors to allow it to issue more shares. The permission given by investors at the last AGM is starting to run out as the success of the trust attracts new investors. Growing the trust adds to the NAV, because all new shares are issued […]
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06 Aug 2021 2 min read
QD view – who’s looking good for property bounceback?
The potential offer for Drum Income Plus REIT (DRIP) by Custodian REIT (CREI), which we think makes perfect sense for both sides (see our news story for more detail) got us looking into the wider UK commercial property peer group to see how are they faring now as the country transitions out of lockdown. The […]
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29 Jan 2021 1 min read
BMO Commercial Property Trust’s NAV nudges up
BMO Commercial Property Trust’s net asset value (NAV) has nudged up slightly in the quarter to the end of December 2020. The group posted a 0.5% increase in NAV to 117.5p per share, with its property portfolio up 0.2% in the period to £1,227.9m. The stable valuation was down to the strong performance of its […]
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03 Dec 2020 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 3 December 2020
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 3 December 2020: Jupiter UK Growth’s board has agreed in principle to a voluntary winding up of the company and the offer of cash or a rollover into an open-ended UCITS fund, the Brown Advisory Global Leaders Fund. The rollover fund’s investment objective is to achieve capital appreciation by investing primarily in […]
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12 Oct 2020 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 12 October 2020
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 12 October 2020: Henderson Alternative Strategies reports that cash accounts for about 74% of the portfolio as at 9 October 2020. The manager expects that the cash level will rise to about 79% by mid-November 2020. Given the high percentage of cash in the portfolio, the current intention is to put forward […]
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04 Aug 2020 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 4 August 2020
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 4 August 2020, as BP cuts its dividend for the first time in a decade: BMO Commercial Property is to reintroduce a monthly dividend from this month at 0.25p per share (half the previous rate). The NAV return for the three months ended 30 June 2020 was -2.9%. The retail and leisure […]
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17 Apr 2020 2 min read
Property valuations take a dive
We got the first real insight into the impact covid-19 is having on property valuations this week, with both Picton Property and BMO Commercial Property Trust announcing portfolio values for the quarter to 31 March 2020. BMO’s portfolio fell in value by 3.8% over the course of the period, while Picton’s was at a much […]
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16 Apr 2020 1 min read
BMO Commercial Property Trust reports hit on NAV due to covid-19
BMO Commercial Property Trust’s net asset value (NAV) fell 5% in the quarter to 31 March 2020 as the covid-19 pandemic hit the value of its portfolio. The unaudited NAV per share was 124.3p compared to a NAV of 130.9p per share at the end of December 2019. The NAV is based on the external […]
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17 Sep 2019 2 min read
BMO Commercial Property Trust reports interims in tough climate
BMO Commercial Property Trust reports interims in tough climate – BMO Commercial Property Trust (BCPT), formerly F&C Commercial Property Trust, has reported interim results to 30 June 2019. The company invests in a number of sectors, including industrial warehouses, office buildings, retail and student housing. The company also has the mandate to invest upto 15% of […]
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QuotedData’s other news 17 September 2019
In QuotedData’s other news 17 September 2019 – Civitas Social Housing, announced the appointment of Liberum Capital Limited as joint corporate broker to act alongside Cenkos Securities PLC, the company’s existing corporate broker. PRS REIT, the new build private homes investors, provided a trading update covering the two months to end-August 2019, since the end of its […]
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25 Apr 2019 2 min read
CVAs hit F&C Commercial Property Trust
CVAs hit F&C Commercial Property Trust – F&C Commercial Property Trust has published results for the year ended 31 December 2018. Highlights are: NAV total return 3.3% and share price total return of -4.3 per cent, both lagging the 6.2% return generated by the MSCI Quarterly Property Universe Portfolio total return of 4.0 per cent Dividend […]
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17 Apr 2018 3 min read
F&C Commercial Property underperforms in 2017
F&C Commercial Property underperforms in 2017 – the NAV total return of F&C Commercial Property (FCPT ) for the year was 8.8% and the share price total return was 3.9% for the year to 31 December 2017. The total return from the portfolio was 8.7%, whereas the MSCI Investment Property Databank (‘IPD’) Quarterly Benchmark Index returned 10.3% […]
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14 Dec 2017 1 min read
F&C Commercial Property buys Bristol office
F&C Commercial Property buys Bristol office – F&C Commercial Property Holdings Limited, a subsidiary of F&C Commercial Property, has purchased a 56,059 sq ft prime office, One Cathedral Square, in Bristol for GBP33.5 million, reflecting a net initial yield of 5.0 per cent. The property is fully let to the strong covenants of the University of […]
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13 Jun 2017 1 min read
Investment Trust Insider on UK property
Brexit isn’t all bad news for UK property The past couple of weeks have seen a clutch of results announcements by the larger real estate investment (REIT) and property trusts. The periods they are reporting on incorporate the run up to the referendum vote and its aftermath, and adverse changes to the stamp duty regime. […]
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23 Dec 2016 1 min read
F&C Commercial Property sells 25 Great Pulteney Street, London W1, for £54.4m
F&C Commercial Property Trust has annnounced that, on 22 December 2016,it completed the sale of its Freehold interest in 25 Great Pulteney Street, London W1 for £54.4m, which reflects a net initial yield of 3.95 per cent. 25 Great Pulteney Street is a seven-storey building, which the trust says provides high quality, contemporary, Grade A […]
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24 Aug 2016 2 min read
Rising vacancies hold back F&C Commercial Property
F&C Commercial Property’s net asset value total return for the six month period ended 30 June 2016 was 1.4 per cent and the ungeared total return from the property portfolio was 2.0 per cent. This compares with a total return of 2.6 per cent from the industry benchmark. The changes to Stamp Duty announced in […]
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19 Aug 2016 1 min read
Property exposure through closed-ended funds
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21 Jun 2016 1 min read
F&C Commercial Property extends borrowing facilities
The Board of F&C Commercial Property has announced that it has agreed amended financing arrangements with Barclays Bank PLC to the existing GBP50 million term loan facility between SCP Estate Holdings Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, and Barclays which was repayable in June 2017. The amended arrangements extend the repayment date of the […]
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05 Apr 2016 1 min read
F&C Commercial Property beats IPD index
F&C Commercial Property reports that its net asset value total return for the year was 15.9 per cent and the share price total return was 2.8 per cent. The total return from the portfolio was 14.3 per cent, which compares favourably with a total return of 13.3 per cent from the Investment Property Databank (‘IPD’) […]
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27 Aug 2015 2 min read
F&C Commercial Property outperforming in 2015
F&C Commercial Property Trust says it returned 8.2% on net assets over the first half of 2015. The return to shareholders was 5.7%. Shareholders got six, monthly dividends of 0.5p – keeping them on rack for their 6p target dividend for the year. The return on the property portfolio was 7.4%, ahead of the total […]
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06 Jul 2015 1 min read
F&C Commercial property sells 124/125 Princes Street
F&C Commercial Property has announced that, on 30 June 2015, it sold its Absolute Ownership (Scottish equivalent to English Freehold) in 124-125 Princes Street, Edinburgh for £18.05m. The property comprises a seven storey building providing a prominent retail unit and office accommodation on the upper floors. The retail unit is currently let to Urban Outfitters and […]
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10 Apr 2015 1 min read
F&C Commercial Property expects improving dividend cover
F&C Commercial Property Trust’s results for 2014 are good. The fund’s property portfolio beat the IPD Index by 2.4%, delivering a return of 20.3% compared to 17.9% for the benchmark. This helped generate a return on net assets of 22.1%. The return to shareholders was a little lower however, 18.8% as the company moved to […]
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29 Aug 2014 1 min read
F&C Commercial Property Trust reports strong growth in the first half of 2014
FCPT : F&C Commercial Property Trust reports strong growth in the first half of 2014 F&C Commercial Property Trust’s recent interims report an NAV total return of 12.2% whilst share price total return was 1.9% reflecting a narrowing of the premium to NAV during the period (4.1% as at the 30 June 2014). Performance compares favourably against […]
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21 Jul 2014 1 min read
F&C Commercial Property Trust : FCPT – Acquires Liverpool warehouse
F&C Commercial Property Trust, managed by Richard Kirby (Pictured) has acquired a brand new 151,500 square foot production and distribution warehouse (Unit 1, The Hive, Liverpool International Business Park) for £11.9m. The property is let to Johnson Controls Automotive on a 15-year lease, at a passing rent of £812k, which represents an initial yield of 6.45%. F&C […]
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29 Apr 2014 1 min read
F&C Commercial Property : FCPT – acquisitions
Back in 2012, F&C Commercial Property entered into a forward agreement to buy four pre-let office buildings in Aberdeen – once construction had finished. Two blocks were ready in March and F&C Commercial Property has just announced that it completed on the other two on 17 April. The total cost of the 300,000 sq. ft. […]
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14 Apr 2014 1 min read
F&C Commercial Property Trust : FCPT – results
F&C Commercial Property Trust, managed by Richard Kirby, has announced results for the year ended 31 December 2013 that show the fund delivering a net asset value total return of 13.0% for the year – better than the 10.9% return generated by the IPD Quarterly Universe. The company has a sizeable cash pile to deploy which, […]
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17 Sep 2024 1 min read
Four investment trusts closed last week. How many more will go?
Last week, four separate investment trusts handed in their notice, announcing they would be shuttering.. The number of investment trusts has fallen to its lowest level in years for a number of reasons, including high discounts, pressure on small trusts, and ongoing issues around cost disclosure.. With a total of ten mergers announced so far […]
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16 Sep 2024 1 min read
Investment trust insider on a shrinking sector
Investment trust insider on a shrinking sector – James Carthew: We might regret what’s lost in the trust bloodbath Four more investment companies – Aquila European Renewables, Ecofin US Renewables, Gulf Investment Fund and Keystone Positive Change – are heading for the exit. The bloodbath in the investment companies sector seems to be getting worse. […]
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09 Sep 2024 1 min read
Investment trust insider on AVI Global Trust
Investment trust insider on AVI Global Trust – James Carthew: AVI Global can extend its excellent track record Discounts across global markets present opportunities for the UK-based bargain hunter, which recently cashed in on Starwood’s Balanced Commercial Property bid. The investment companies sector continues to shrink. So far in September, we have seen bids for Tritax […]
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02 Aug 2023 1 min read
Eight investment trusts that could be takeover targets
by Sam Benstead from interactive investor, 2nd August 2023: Wide investment trust discounts are making them appealing takeover targets, with rumoured or confirmed deals likely to lead to sudden share price jumps… Discounts have widened due to negative sentiment about the economy, and therefore private company valuations, but also due to the impact of higher […]
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20 Apr 2022 1 min read
Defensives doing well
Jennifer Hill, AIC Compass, 8 April 2022: Jennifer Hill analyses the sectors delivering robust returns. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine feels symbolic, not only of a marked change in the geopolitical landscape but also of a potential regime change in investing. With oil, gas, wheat and many metals soaring in price, already-stubborn inflation is likely to […]
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25 Aug 2020 1 min read
Property trusts and funds remain under the cosh
Property trusts and funds remain under the cosh by Hannah Smith from interactive investor | 14th August 2020 11:39 Property trusts took a big hit from Covid-19 during the second quarter as non-paying commercial tenants caused dividend cuts and falling net asset values (NAVs). Investment trust analyst Winterflood said in a note that rent collection has affected the dividend policies […]
