Overview
Patria Private Equity Trust (formerly abrdn Private Equity Opportunities Trust : APEO, Standard Life Private Equity : SLPE and before that Standard Life European Private Equity : SEP) aims to achieve long-term total returns (total returns are adjusted to include the reinvestment of dividends) through a diversified portfolio of private equity funds, the majority of which will have a European focus
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Fundamentals
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Research History
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10 Apr 2024 17 min read
abrdn Private Equity Opportunities – On the way to greener pastures?
abrdn Private Equity Opportunities Investment companies | Update | 9 April 2024 On the way to greener pastures? Despite navigating through what its managers considered to be challenging conditions in 2023, abrdn Private Equity Opportunities (APEO) was able to report both positive NAV growth and double-digit share price returns in its recently published annual results. […]
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19 min read
abrdn Private Equity Opportunities – On the way to greener pastures
abrdn Private Equity Opportunities Investment companies | Update | 10 April 2024 On the way to greener pastures Despite navigating through challenging conditions in 2023, abrdn Private Equity Opportunities (APEO) achieved remarkable success with recently published annual results reporting both positive net asset value (NAV) growth and double-digit share price returns. APEO’s discount to NAV […]
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18 min read
abrdn Private Equity Opportunities – On the way to greener pastures
abrdn Private Equity Opportunities Investment Companies | Update | 10 April 2024 On the way to greener pastures Despite navigating through challenging conditions in 2023, abrdn Private Equity Opportunities (APEO) achieved remarkable success with recently published annual results reporting both positive NAV growth and double-digit share price returns. APEO’s discount has narrowed by more than […]
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06 Oct 2023 1 min read
Interview with Alan Gauld from abrdn Private Equity Opportunities Trust
In this week’s show, James Carthew spoke to Alan Gauld from abrdn Private Equity Opportunities 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 us on [email protected]. Additionally, if you […]
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08 Sep 2023 25 min read
abrdn Private Equity Opportunities Trust – Unrecognised success
abrdn Private Equity Opportunities Trust Investment companies | Annual Overview | 07 September 2023 Unrecognised success Given that abrdn Private Equity Opportunities Trust (APEO) is one of the few ways in which the average investor can access a diverse pool of private equity managers (many smaller investors do not meet the size threshold to invest […]
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24 min read
abrdn Private Equity Opportunities Trust – Unrecognised success
abrdn Private Equity Opportunities Trust Investment companies | Annual Overview | 07 September 2023 Unrecognised success Given that abrdn Private Equity Opportunities Trust (APEO) is one of a limited number of ways in which investors can access a diverse pool of private equity managers, and that it has also produced long-term returns ahead of comparable […]
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24 min read
abrdn Private Equity Opportunities Trust – Unrecognised success
abrdn Private Equity Opportunities Trust Investment companies | Annual Overview | 07 September 2023 Unrecognised success Given that abrdn Private Equity Opportunities Trust (APEO) is one of the few ways in which the average investor can access a diverse pool of private equity managers, and has produced impressive long-term returns well ahead of comparable equity […]
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09 Feb 2023 40 min read
QuotedData’s Economic and Political Monthly Roundup February 2023
Economic and Political Monthly Roundup Investment companies | Monthly | February 2023 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 encourage […]
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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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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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08 Sep 2022 27 min read
abrdn Private Equity Opportunities – Laying the foundations for future returns
Laying the foundations for future returns abrdn Private Equity Opportunities (APEO) has recently been trading at discounts to net asset value (NAV) in excess of 40%, way above its long-term average of around 16-17%, suggesting that the market is pricing in an NAV fall comparable to that seen during the global financial crisis. Alan Gauld, […]
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26 min read
abrdn Private Equity Opportunities – Laying the foundations for future returns
Laying the foundations for future returns abrdn Private Equity Opportunities (APEO) has recently been trading at discounts to NAV in excess of 40%, way above its long-term average of around 16-17%, perhaps suggesting that the market is pricing in an NAV fall comparable to that seen during the GFC. Alan Gauld, APEO’s lead portfolio manager, […]
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27 min read
abrdn Private Equity Opportunities – Laying the foundations for future returns
Laying the foundations for future returns abrdn Private Equity Opportunities (APEO) has recently been trading at discounts to NAV in excess of 40%, way above its long-term average of around 16-17%, suggesting that the market is pricing in an NAV fall comparable to that seen during the GFC. Alan Gauld, APEO’s lead portfolio manager, thinks […]
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16 Sep 2021 23 min read
Standard Life Private Equity Trust – Proving its mettle
Proving its mettle We previously acknowledged the argument that, throughout 2020, private equity funds like Standard Life Private Equity (SLPE) were being unfairly penalised by the market with wide discounts to NAV. This gained further weight once it became clearer, from the middle of 2020 onwards, that distributions were likely to be good, and relatively […]
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23 min read
Standard Life Private Equity Trust – Proving its mettle
Proving its mettle We held the view throughout 2020 that private equity funds like Standard Life Private Equity (SLPE) were being unfairly penalised by the market with wide discounts to net asset value (NAV). This was especially true once it became clearer, from the middle of 2020 onwards, that distributions were likely to be good, […]
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23 min read
Standard Life Private Equity Trust – Proving its mettle
Proving its mettle We held the view throughout 2020 that private equity funds like Standard Life Private Equity (SLPE) were being unfairly penalised by the market with wide discounts to NAV. This was especially true once it became clearer, from the middle of 2020 onwards, that distributions were likely to be good, and relatively few […]
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12 Feb 2021 1 min read
Interview with Alan Gauld from Standard Life Private Equity Trust
In this week’s show, James Carthew talked to Alan Gauld from Standard Life Private Equity Trust. 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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16 Oct 2020 11 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Quarterly Review – Third Quarter 2020
Investment Companies Quarterly Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford and Aberdeen Standard Investments Table of contents In this issue Performance data Positive movers Negative movers Discounts and premiums Getting more expensive Getting cheaper Money in and out Money in Money out Major news stories Upcoming Events New research Guide The legal bit Stubborn resistance The end […]
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15 Jul 2020 14 min read
Standard Life Private Equity Trust – Share price out of sync?
Share price out of sync? Private equity fund of funds, like Standard Life Private Equity (SLPE), have been on the periphery of the recovery in risk assets. Investors have attempted to anticipate the COVID-19 impact on NAV), given the lag in valuing unlisted companies, but have failed to reflect the rebound in markets. With its […]
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14 min read
Standard Life Private Equity Trust – Share price out of sync?
Share price out of sync? Private equity fund of funds, like Standard Life Private Equity (SLPE), have been on the periphery of the recovery in global stocks. Investors have attempted to anticipate the COVID-19 impact on net asset value (NAV), given the lag in valuing private companies, but have failed to reflect the rebound in […]
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10 Jul 2020 1 min read
QuotedData’s weekly roundup 10 July 2020
James Carthew’s weekly news roundup show for Friday, 10 July, covers Atlantis Japan’s wide discount, the failings of SQN Asset Finance Income, the success of Primary Healthcare Properties, and an interview with Alan Gauld, manager of Standard Life Private Equity. Listen back here If there is a guest speaker you’d particularly like to hear from, […]
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07 Jul 2020 8 min read
QuotedData’s Economic Roundup – July 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 7 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Roundup – March 2020
Investment Companies Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford and Aberdeen Standard Investments Table of contents New research In this issue Performance data Discounts and premiums Money in and out Major news stories Income Events Guide New research Here is a list of research we published over February: An initiation note on Montanaro UK Smaller Companies Trust (MTU) […]
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07 Feb 2020 6 min read
QuotedData’s Economic Roundup – February 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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7 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Roundup – February 2020
Investment Companies Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford Table of contents New research In this issue Performance data Discounts and premiums Money in and out Major news stories Income Events Guide New research Here is a list of research we published over January: An annual overview note on Shires Income (SHRS) “Shires Income (SHRS) will […]
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06 Dec 2019 6 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – December 2019
Investment Companies Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford Table of contents New research In this issue Performance data Discounts and premiums Money in and out Income Events New research Here is a list of research we published over November: An initiation note on Henderson High Income “We have initiated coverage on Henderson High Income (HHI). Since […]
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12 Jul 2019 6 min read
Quarterly investment companies roundup – Second quarter 2019
Quarterly investment companies roundup – Second quarter 2019 QuotedData news Global equities re-found momentum in June after a cautious April and May. How much longer this ten-year bull market can sustain itself continues to be the subject of much debate. The prospect of interest rate cuts in the US has re-invigorated sentiment for the time […]
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05 Jul 2019 6 min read
QuotedData’s economic roundup – July 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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29 May 2019 18 min read
Standard Life Private Equity Trust – Now with co-investments
Standard Life Private Equity Trust (SLPE), has made its first co-investment – a stake in Mademoiselle Desserts, made alongside IK Investment Partners – with more set to follow (up to 20% of NAV over time). Shareholders approved a change to SLPE’s investment policy in January to permit it to make co-investments. These are direct investments […]
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18 min read
Standard Life Private Equity Trust – Now with co-investments
Standard Life Private Equity Trust (SLPE), has made its first co-investment in Mademoiselle Desserts, alongside IK Investment Partners – see page 9, with more set to follow (up to 20% of NAV over time). Shareholders approved a change to the investment policy in January to permit co-investments (an area in which the manager has a […]
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25 Jan 2019 1 min read
QuotedData review of 2018 – Annual report investment companies
QuotedData review of 2018 – Annual report investment companies 2018 – the return of volatility A trade war, Brexit, US interest rate rises, slowing Chinese growth, a US government shutdown, a dispute over Italy’s budget, the Skripal poisonings, numerous elections – there was plenty to worry about in 2018. A last-minute dive left the US […]
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18 Jan 2019 1 min read
QuotedData’s economic roundup – January 2019
QuotedData’s economic roundup – January 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 any of […]
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16 Oct 2018 2 min read
Quarterly Investment Companies Roundup – Third Quarter 2018
Quarterly Investment Companies Roundup – Third Quarter 2018 Global equities delivered positive returns over the third quarter of 2018. This was principally because of strength in the US market. Political uncertainty and concerns about global trade held back other regions. Generally, government bond yields rose over the quarter. The UK equity market fell as the Bank of […]
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17 Jul 2018 1 min read
Standard Life Private Equity Trust – Putting capital to work
Standard Life Private Equity Trust – Putting capital to work – Following on from last year’s compelling returns (an NAV total return of 14.9% and share price total return of 31.9%), Standard Life Private Equity’s (SLPE’s) recent results show a modest NAV total return of 1.5%, over the six months to 31 March 2018. This is […]
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1 min read
Standard Life Private Equity Trust – Putting capital to work
Standard Life Private Equity Trust – Putting capital to work – Following on from last year’s compelling returns (an NAV total return of 14.9% and share price total return of 31.9%), Standard Life Private Equity’s (SLPE’s) recent results show a modest NAV total return of 1.5%, over the six months to 31 March 2018. This is […]
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18 Jan 2018 1 min read
QuotedData – 2017 review of the year
QuotedData – 2017 review of the year – Many commentators, including us, were wary going into 2017. In the event, economic growth and markets surprised on the upside: US markets hit new highs despite three interest rate rises. Perceived low/no growth areas such as Europe and Japan burst into life. Asia’s technology stocks surged. India’s […]
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08 Dec 2017 1 min read
Standard Life Private Equity – A good year; more to come?
Standard Life Private Equity – A good year; more to come? Marten & Co is publishing a new update note on a company in the private equity sector. With its recent results announcement, Standard Life Private Equity (SLPE) has posted decent returns (an NAV total return of 14.9% and share price total return of 31.9%). SLPE has benefitted […]
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1 min read
Standard Life Private Equity – A good year; more to come?
QuotedData is publishing a new update note on a company in the private equity sector. Standard Life Private Equity – A good year; more to come? With its recent results announcement, Standard Life Private Equity (SLPE) has posted decent returns (an NAV total return of 14.9% and share price total return of 31.9%). SLPE has […]
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19 Oct 2017 1 min read
Quarterly investment companies roundup – Third quarter 2017
Quarterly investment companies roundup – Third quarter 2017 – Markets moved up a little over the course of the three months ended 30 September 2017. Regionally, emerging markets did well. The pound strengthened a bit relative to the US dollar but was flat against the euro. The oil price rose by more than 20%. In […]
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30 Aug 2017 2 min read
Strategic Equity Capital – Quality small cap focus
Strategic Equity Capital – Quality small cap focus – Strategic Equity Capital (SEC’s) managers believe the current portfolio consists of very high quality smaller companies. The high cash balances that built up in 2016, on the back of events such as the e2v technologies takeover, have, largely, been redeployed. Cash drag and the fund’s focus […]
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03 Aug 2017 1 min read
QuotedData investment companies roundup – August 2017
QuotedData investment companies roundup – August 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 July 2017. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. August Investment Companies Roundup Monthly NAV/Price moves: A couple of themes stand out […]
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12 Jul 2017 2 min read
QuotedData’s economic round up – July 2017
QuotedData’s economic round up – July 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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03 Jul 2017 1 min read
Standard Life Private Equity – Loading the portfolio
Standard Life Private Equity – Loading the portfolio – Marten & Co has publish an update note on a company in the Private Equity sector Standard Life Private Equity – Loading the portfolio SL Capital Partners, the manager of Standard Life Private Equity Trust (SLPE), sees the outlook for Europe improving. However, it thinks that some form of […]
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1 min read
Standard Life Private Equity – Loading the portfolio
QuotedData is publishing a new update note on a company in the Private Equity sector: Standard Life Private Equity – Loading the portfolio SL Capital Partners, the manager of Standard Life Private Equity Trust (SLPE), sees the outlook for Europe improving. However, it thinks that some form of market disruption could occur during the next one […]
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21 Feb 2017 1 min read
Standard Life Private Equity – Dividend doubled to 4.0%
Standard Life Private Equity – Dividend doubled to 4.0%; Marten& Co published a note on Standard Life Private Equity, a company in the private equity sector Standard Life Private Equity Trust (SLPE), formerly Standard Life European Private Equity, is implementing a package of measures to refine its strategy that includes a significantly higher dividend, the removal of size […]
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1 min read
Standard Life Private Equity – Dividend doubled to 4.0%
QuotedData has published a new note on a company in the private equity sector: Standard Life Private Equity – Dividend doubled to 4.0% Standard Life Private Equity Trust (SLPE), formerly Standard Life European Private Equity, is implementing a package of measures to refine its strategy that includes a significantly higher dividend, the removal of size […]
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31 Jan 2017 1 min read
QuotedData – 2016 review of the year
Our review of 2016 includes performance data, significant moves in discounts and premiums, money raised and money handed back, major news stories and links to the research we have published including our guide to investment companies. 2016 Annual roundup
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13 Oct 2016 1 min read
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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14 Sep 2016 1 min read
Standard Life European Private Equity – Reinvestment phase underway
Standard Life European Private Equity – Reinvestment phase underway Standard Life European Private Equity is now called Standard Life Private Equity Trust (SLPE) SLPE invests solely in private equity limited partnerships (LPs or funds). It has a strong bias to (western) Europe and an increasing focus on North America. In this update note published by Marten & […]
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1 min read
Standard Life European Private Equity – Reinvestment phase underway
Over the past few years, Standard Life European Private Equity Trust (SEP) has been benefitting from a high level of distributions. Now, as equity markets become more volatile, SEP’s managers think that we could be shifting from a realisation phase into an investment phase. They think the underlying managers should be deploying cash at attractive […]
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10 May 2016 1 min read
Standard Life European Private Equity – Sitting in a sweet spot
Standard Life European Private Equity – Sitting in a sweet spot Marten and Co publishes its initiation of coverage note on Standard Life European Private Equity Trust In recent years Standard Life European Private Equity Trust has been one of the best performing private equity funds of funds listed in London. SL Capital, managers of the […]
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1 min read
Standard Life European Private Equity – Sitting in a sweet spot
In recent years Standard Life European Private Equity Trust has been one of the best performing private equity funds of funds listed in London. SL Capital, managers of the fund, believe it its discount of 26.9% is too wide for the quality of its NAV and that, as a European (mid-market) specialist, it sits in […]
News
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22 Nov 2024 1 min read
An overview on Patria Private Equity Trust (PPET)
In this video, Senior Investment Director, Alan Gauld outlines the strategy of the Patria Private Equity Trust (PPET), highlighting the focus on diversified private equity investments, including funds, and direct investments, with a goal of achieving long term returns for its shareholders.
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28 Oct 2024 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 28 October 2024 – VNH, PIN, CHRY, PPET, BOOK
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 28 October 2024: VietNam Holding (VNH) announced that the final number of shares validly tendered for redemption for 2024 is 3,411,748 shares. This reduced number represents approximately 12.57% of shares in issue as at 31 August 2024. All shareholders who validly applied to have their shares redeemed will receive the redemption price […]
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23 Oct 2024 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 23 October 2024 – HOME, DSM, PPET, AIE, BEMO
In QuotedData’s morning briefing on 23 October 2024: Home REIT (HOME) announced that it has sold a further 152 properties at auction for a total of £26.8m. Following the completion of these sales, it has sufficient proceeds to fully repay the outstanding Scottish Widows loan, which amounted to £72.0m as at 30 September 2024. It […]
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06 Sep 2024 4 min read
The future of private equity
I was recently asked about the outlook for listed private equity funds and whether it was likely to improve along with the more optimistic macroeconomic environment. Despite having a strong track record of achieving strong realisations and the private funds generally reporting good operational performance from their underlying holdings, the sector seems to struggle to […]
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24 Jun 2024 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 24 June 2024 – PPET, TFIF, HVPE, PINT
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 24 June 2024: Patria Private Equity Trust (PPET), formerly abrdn Private Equity Opportunities, has released its half yearly report, providing an update to its NAV performance. PPET has generated a NAV total return of 2.0% for the six months to 31 March 2024, with a current NAV of £1.2m. This equates […]
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30 Apr 2024 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 30 April 2024 – GIF, APEO, PPET, RMMC,
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 30 April 2024: Gulf Investment Fund (GIF) says that the 1,157,160 shares that were tendered last month were valued at $2.5088 each or $2,903,083. Those investors that sold will get paid around 15 May 2024. Now that the sale of abrdn’s European private equity business to Patria Investments is complete, abrdn […]
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02 Feb 2024 3 min read
QD view – VIP access at bargain prices
After an extended period of trading at wide discounts, private equity funds seem to be more responsive to the idea of using share buybacks to tackle the problem. Is it time to pick up these bargains before they disappear? HarbourVest launching distribution pool The latest to make a move on this is HarbourVest Private Equity […]
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31 Jan 2024 2 min read
Optimistic outlook for abrdn Private Equity Opportunities Trust
abrdn Private Equity Opportunities Trust (APEO) announced its annual report for the period ended 30 September 2023. NAV total return for the year was 5.4% while share price total return was 11.5%, trailing the benchmark FTSE all-share index return of 13.8%. Commenting on the results, chair Alan Devine noted: “The past 12 months have been […]
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26 Jan 2024 1 min read
QuotedData’s weekly news show 26th January 2024
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 covered the week’s top stories: • Asia Energy Impact (0:47) • JPMorgan Multi-Asset (5:10) • abrdn Private Equity Opportunities (8:26) This week’s interview was with Nick Montgomery and Bradley Biggins […]
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25 Jan 2024 1 min read
abrdn Private Equity Opportunities launching buyback programme
The sale of a €34.6m stake in European supermarket group Action has freed up funds that abrdn Private Equity Opportunities now intends to use to fund a share buyback. [The trust’s discount is – in our view – ridiculously and unjustifiably wide. Currently it trades on a 38.4% discount to an NAV that is likely […]
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17 Jan 2024 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 17 January 2024 – RICA, ACRM, APEO, SHED, PRSR
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 17 January 2024: Ruffer Investment Company (RICA) has provided an update for the six months to December 31 2023. The NAV total return was 0.6% and the share price total return was 0.3%. For the calendar year this was -6.2% and the share price total return was -10.6%. The managers note […]
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15 Aug 2023 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 15 August 2023 – SCP, WTAN, APEO
Schroder UK Mid Cap (SCP) announced the appointment of Harry Morley as an independent non-executive director of the company, effective from 1 September 2023. Mr Morley has also been appointed a member of the Audit and Risk, Management Engagement, Nomination, and Remuneration Committees. Witan Investment Trust (WTAN) released its half year results for the period […]
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28 Jun 2023 2 min read
abrdn Private Equity Opportunities shows NAV resilience
abrdn Private Equity Opportunities (APEO) has announced its interim results for the six months ended 31 March 2023. Key highlights from the results announcement are as follows: Performance – NAV total return (NAV TR) for the six months to 31 March 2023 was 3.0%. The valuation of the underlying portfolio increased by 5.4% during the […]
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3 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 28 June 2023
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 28 June 2023: Atrato Onsite Energy (ROOF) has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) to sell the electricity generated by Project Skeeby, a 50MW solar PV project in Richmond, North Yorkshire. As announced in April, Skeeby is a recent acquisition and is currently under installation, with an expected energisation date of […]
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17 May 2023 1 min read
NAV update for abrdn Private Equity Opportunities
abrdn Private Equity Opportunities Trust (APEO) provided an update for its estimated NAV. At 30 April 2023, APEO’s estimated NAV was 738.1 pence per share (estimated net assets £1,134.8 million), representing a 1.0% per share decrease from the estimated NAV at 31 March 2023 of 745.9 pence per share (estimated net assets £1,146.8 million). The […]
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31 Jan 2023 2 min read
Strong NAV growth from abrdn Private Equity Opportunities despite challenging backdrop
Abrdn Private Equity Opportunities (APEO) announced its annual results for the year ended 30 September 2022. Key takeaways are as follows: APEO has shown strong annual Net Asset Value growth in spite of the difficult backdrop in both the global economy and financial markets. Its NAV total return for the year to 30 September 2022 […]
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10 Oct 2022 2 min read
QuotedDatas morning briefing 10 October 2022
In QuotedDatas morning briefing 10 October 2022: abrdn Private Equity Opportunities Trust (APEO) has announced an increase in the size of its loan facility from £200m to £300m. The facility, which is a syndicated multi-credit facility agreement, has seen the Royal Bank of Scotland International Limited join as a lender and Natwest Markets Plc replace […]
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12 Aug 2022 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 12 August 2022
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 12 August 2022: abrdn Private Equity Opportunities (APEO) says that its estimated NAV at 31 July 2022 was 710.4p, down from 727.3p at the end of June, largely driven by a weaker euro and a dividend payment. Excluding new investments, 98.2% by value of portfolio was valued as at 31 March […]
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30 Jun 2022 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 30 June 2022
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 30 June 2022: Riverstone Credit Opportunities Income (RCOI) has realised its investment in Roaring Fork Midstream, crystalising a 21.3% IRR and 1.16x MOIC. The loan was made in March 2021, with a $5.9m first lien delayed-draw term loan to sponsor-backed Roaring Fork Midstream, a company which owns and operates pipeline and […]
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24 Jun 2022 3 min read
QD view – Discounted opportunity – Not all private equity is exuberant growth plays
If investors listened to the headlines, they would be understandably nervous about the prospects for private equity. Vincent Mortier, chief investment officer of Amundi, the largest asset manager in Europe, described parts of the industry as a “Ponzi scheme”[1], while former Pimco chief Mohamed El-Erian also raised concerns about the sector, notably its claims to […]
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16 Jun 2022 2 min read
abrdn Private Equity Opportunities end May update shows NAV uplift
abrdn Private Equity Opportunities says that its estimated net asset value at 31 May 2022 was 715.2p, up from 704.3p at end April 2022. The trust funded £24.0m of drawdowns and received £6.1m of distributions during the month of May. The distributions received generated realised gains and income of £3.7m. It made one new primary […]
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05 Apr 2022 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 5 April 2022
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 5 April 2022: Digital 9 Infrastructure (DGI9) has completed the acquisition of Leeson Telecom (Host Ireland), a leading enterprise broadband provider in Greater Dublin. The purchase price was about €60m. Host Ireland owns and operates the highest capacity licensed microwave-based Fixed Wireless Access network in Greater Dublin. It provides high quality, […]
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28 Jan 2022 1 min read
QuotedData’s weekly news show 28th January 2022
QuotedData’s weekly news show 28th January 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 covered the week’s top stories: • Foresight Sustainable Forestry • CIP Merchant Capital • Standard Life Private Equity This week’s interview was with […]
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27 Jan 2022 2 min read
Record results from Standard Life Private Equity
Record results from Standard Life Private Equity – Standard Life Private Equity has announced results for the year ended 30 September 2021. The figures are good – an NAV return of 37.9% (the best in the trust’s 20-year history) and a whopping 60.6% share price return as the discount narrowed significantly. Both of these figures were […]
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14 Oct 2021 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 14 October 2021
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 14 October 2021: Downing Renewables & Infrastructure Trust (DORE) raised £14.87m from its placing and the PrimaryBid offer, almost all of which came from the placing. The investment manager is also currently exploring options to optimise the existing capital structure, including the inception of a revolving credit facility. At 30 September […]
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17 Sep 2021 2 min read
QD view – private equity – silly cheap
As we discussed in Friday’s news show, it has been a good week for private equity investors. Hg Capital said it had sold its investment in supply chain management software company Achilles at a 20% premium to its last valuation, adding 0.9% to NAV. Apax Global Alpha announced an 89% uplift in the value of […]
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29 Jun 2021 3 min read
Tech and healthcare exposure boosts performance for Standard Life Private Equity
Tech and healthcare exposure boosts performance for Standard Life Private Equity – Standard Life Private Equity (SLPE) has released its half-year report for the six months to 31 March 2021, during which time the trust’s NAV total return was 14.9% and the total share price return was 38.8%. This compares with a return of 18.5% […]
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12 Feb 2021 3 min read
QD view – From infectious enthusiasm to IPO fever?
Back in December, we published a note on BlackRock Throgmorton, which we called “Infectious enthusiasm”. In it, we tried to bring out the excitement that its manager, Dan Whitestone, had about the future of the companies in his portfolio, and by implication the future of the trust. Over the two months since, the trust’s share […]
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26 Jan 2021 2 min read
Another impressive set of results from Standard Life Private Equity
Another impressive set of results from Standard Life Private Equity – Standard Life Private Equity (SLPE) has announced results for the year ended 30 September 2020. Over the period the trust produced an NAV total return of 11.7%. This compares to a return of -16.6% from the All-Share Index. The total shareholder return was -4.6%. [Here is […]
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30 Sep 2020 1 min read
Portfolio and COVID-19 update from Standard Life Private Equity
Standard Life Private Equity (SLPE) has released an investment update covering the quarter to 30 June 2020. The NAV increased by 11.1% over the period (11.9% on a total return basis), taking into account valuations by all of SLPE’s external managers on the entire portfolio. £660.9m portfolio spread across 63 fund investments At the period-end, […]
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24 Sep 2020 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 24 September 2020
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 24 September 2020 Good progress with the construction of Gore Street Energy Storage’s Irish assets has helped deliver a 1.6p increase in the fund’s NAV over the second quarter of 2020 to 96.2p. An interim dividend of 2p has been declared, making 7p in total for the year ending 31 March 2020. […]
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14 Jul 2020 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 14 July 2020
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 14 July 2020: Pollen Street Secured Lending shareholders remain in limbo as the deadline for Waterfall making an offer for the company is extended again. This time until 5pm on 11 August. Standard Life Private Equity’s estimated NAV edged higher in May to 431.2p from 427.7p. 99% of the valuations of […]
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18 Jun 2020 2 min read
Modest hit to Standard Life Private Equity NAV in March
Modest hit to Standard Life Private Equity NAV in March – At its half-year mark on 31 March 2020, the NAV total return was -6.3%, which compares to a return on the All-Share Index of -22.0%. A widening discount left shareholders with a return of -25.9%.The dividend was 6.6p, 3.1% up on 2019. As the chair […]
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15 Jan 2020 1 min read
QuotedData’s other news 15 January 2020
In QuotedData’s other news 15 January 2020 Standard Life Private Equity said that Peter McKellar, global head of private markets at Aberdeen Standard Investments, the investment manager, bought £500,000 worth of shares in the company – a massive vote of confidence we think, and taking advantage of the discount that the shares trade on. Chenavari Toro […]
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09 Jan 2020 2 min read
Standard Life Private Equity gets new lead manager
Standard Life Private Equity gets new lead manager – the board of directors has agreed with the manager to some changes in the investment team looking after this trust. Alan Gauld will become the lead manager with immediate effect. Alan has been part of the team responsible for the company since 2017. He has been a […]
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15 Nov 2019 1 min read
QuotedData’s other news 15 November 2019
In QuotedData’s other news 15 November 2019 Princess Private equity has highlighted a press release from Partners Group – Partners Group has agreed to sell its minority equity stake in Action, Europe’s leading non-food discount retailer, on behalf of its clients. The stake will be acquired by Hellman & Friedman, a leading private equity investment firm. Partners […]
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12 Dec 2018 3 min read
Standard Life Private Equity looks to direct investment
Standard Life Private Equity Trust (SLPE) has announced its final results for the year ended 30 September 2018. During the year, the trust provided Nav and share price total returns of 13.8% and 5.8% respectively. The superior Nav performance reflects a widening of the trust’s discount during the period. In comparison, SLPE says that the […]
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30 Oct 2018 2 min read
Tritax EuroBox buys Action Logistics warehouse near Hannover
Tritax EuroBox buys Action Logistics warehouse near Hannover – Tritax EuroBox has bought a prime, modern logistics warehouse at Peine, near Hannover, Germany (which they describe as a key logistics location). The property is let to Action Logistics Germany GmbH, a subsidiary of Action BV, the fastest growing non-food discount retailer in Europe, headquartered in the Netherlands […]
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15 Dec 2017 4 min read
Henderson Alternative Strategies benefits from marked discount narrowing
Henderson Alternative Strategies Trust (HAST) has announced its annual results for the year ended 30 September 2017. During the period, HAST provided an NAV total return of 10.8% and, reflecting a marked narrowing of the discount, a share price total return of 19.8%. The share price performance is superior to that of the company’s benchmark, […]
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04 Dec 2017 1 min read
Standard Life Private Equity benefits from narrowing discount
Standard Life Private Equity benefits from narrowing discount – over the year to the end of September 2017, Standard Life Private Equity Trust’s net asset value produced a total return of 14.9% and its share price delivered a total return of 31.9%. The MSCI Europe Index returned 19.1% over the same period. As at the […]
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05 Dec 2016 2 min read
New fee structure, new investment policy and new name for Standard Life European Private Equity
Standard Life European Private Equity delivered a total return for the year ended 30 September 2016 of 24.8%. By contrast, the MSCI Europe Index delivered a total return of 20.2% over the same period. The closing mid-market price of the Company’s ordinary shares on 30 September 2016 was 267.3p, an increase of 24.9% over the year […]
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28 Jul 2016 6 min read
F&C Managed Portfolio beats benchmark despite widening discounts
F&C Managed Portfolio reports that, for the company’s financial year to 31 May 2016, the NAV total return (i.e. adding dividends paid to capital performance) was -4.8% for the Income shares and -4.5% for the Growth shares which represented outperformance against the -6.3% total return for the FTSE All-Share Index, the benchmark index for both […]
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27 May 2016 2 min read
Standard Life European Private Equity benefits from strong exit environment
Standard Life European Private Equity Trust has announced its interim results for the six-months ended 31 March 2016. During the period, the trust has provided an NAV total return of 11.3%, whilst the NAV per ordinary share rose 10.2% to 310.2p (30 September 2015 – 281.6p). The company says that the increase in NAV included […]
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07 Dec 2015 1 min read
Standard Life European Private Equity hit by widening discount
Standard Life European Private Equity has announced results for the year ended 30 September 2015. The net asset value total return for the year was 11.9 but the closing share price was 214.0p, a decrease of 7.0% over the year and a discount of 24.0% to NAV. The dividend was increased from 5p to 5.25p. […]
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08 Dec 2014 1 min read
Standard Life European Private Equity results
Standard Life European Private Equity Trust has published its results for the year that ended 30 September 2014. the total return on its net asset value for the year was 7.7%. They are paying a dividend of 5p per share and the Board have said they intend to try to at least maintain that level […]
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30 May 2014 1 min read
Standard Life European Private Equity : SEP – interims
Standard Life European Private Equity, chaired by Ed Warner OBE (pictured), has published figures for the six months ended 31 March 2014. Over that period the company’s net asset value rose by 3.6% to 252.2p which, taking into account income earned in the period, translates into a net asset value total return of 5.5%. The share […]
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14 Oct 2024 1 min read
Investment trust insider on HarbourVest Global Private Equity
Investment trust insider on HarbourVest Global Private Equity – James Carthew: I bought HarbourVest because its discount is far too wide HarbourVest Global Private Equity languishes on a 42% share price discount, which ignores several positive features of the £1.7bn portfolio I said two weeks ago I was thinking about buying shares in another undervalued […]
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15 Aug 2024 1 min read
Questor on Patria Private Equity
Questor on Patria Private Equity – Questor: This index-busting trust proves high fees can be justified Investment trust bargains: Well-managed private equity is more than financial engineering Somewhere along the line, private equity seems to have acquired a bad reputation, but Questor thinks that London-listed private equity investment trusts deserve far better press. The newly […]
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31 Jul 2024 1 min read
Top 20 investment trusts that have seen their discounts narrow
by Kyle Caldwell from interactive investor, 31st July 2024: For about 18 months, there’s been no shortage of investment trust bargain opportunities, with the average trust discount typically trading at around -15%.. For this article, we asked QuotedData, the investment trust analyst, to crunch the numbers to reveal which trusts have bucked the trend and […]
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13 May 2024 1 min read
How these four private equity trusts could help you cash in on… The STARS of TOMORROW
By ANNE ASHWORTH, Daily Mail, 11 May 2024: De-equitisation is one of the top trends of 2024 and it is unlikely to prove a fad, with implications for our pensions and savings. More companies are opting not to list their shares on a stock market, but to find ‘equity’ or finance from banks and other […]
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17 Apr 2024 1 min read
The ‘purest’ trust to buy if you’re bullish on Scottish Mortgage’s private companies
By Matteo Anelli, Senior reporter, Trustnet, 17 April 2024: Investors who are bullish on Scottish Mortgage’s unlisted companies could broaden their horizons and consider the Schiehallion trust instead, which is “the purest version of Baillie Gifford’s private equity holdings”, according to Peel Hunt analysts.. “We look across to Schiehallion for multiple reasons,” the analysts continued. […]
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11 Aug 2023 1 min read
How to find the real investment trust bargains
Kyle Caldwell, interactive investor, 10 Aug 2023: This episode of On The Money is inspired by interactive investor readers requesting a closer look at investment trust discounts. Kyle is joined by James Carthew, co-founder and head of investment company research at QuotedData, to tackle the topic, including how to spot a good opportunity and how […]
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09 Aug 2023 2 min read
Private equity trusts hold up well despite heavy discounts
By Val Cipriani, Investors Chronicle, August 8, 2023: Private equity trust valuations have broadly held up so far this year despite higher interest rates leading to pessimism and huge discounts across the sector. Private equity net asset values (NAVs) are published with a few months of delay, so most of the data currently available refers […]
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02 Aug 2023 1 min read
Investment trust insider on corporate actions in abrdn’s funds
James Carthew: Need to cut charges lies behind Abrdn and trust changes The pace of change within the investment company sector appears to be accelerating. Just in the last few weeks we have seen Asset Value Investors win the mandate to run MIGO Opportunities (MIGO), though likely with the same management team as before, which […]
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24 Jul 2023 1 min read
Why I’m sticking some start-ups in my pension
David Brenchley, The Times, July 22 2023: Cheap private equity investment trusts can be lucrative pension investments – but you need to pick the best and back them for the long-term. Private equity funds have been in the spotlight since the chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, got nine of Britain’s biggest pension firms to agree to pump […]
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19 May 2023 1 min read
Looking for dividend growth can be misleading, data reveals
By Tom Aylott, Reporter, Trustnet 19 May 2023: Those investing in trusts for a source of income may consider strong dividend growth as a sign that managers have consistently upped their payouts over a long time, but the data can be misleading. QuotedData found the 10 portfolios that increased their pay-outs the most over the […]
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27 Jan 2023 1 min read
Public/private valuation disconnect looks overdone
James Carthew for Investment Week, 24 January 2023: Within the investment companies sector, it has to be admitted that 2022 was a pretty poor year for funds investing in global equities. Only one, Brunner, managed to beat the MSCI AC World index, in NAV terms, although Lindsell Train, Alliance Trust and F&C all came close. […]
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18 Oct 2022 1 min read
Investment trust insider opportunities in troubled times
Investment trust insider opportunities in troubled times – James Carthew: Where trust opportunities lie after another Tory regime collapse The U-turns, clumsy mistakes, muddled thinking and general ineptitude of current UK economic policy may have killed any hope of a relatively shallow recession in the UK. For investors, the way forward is hard to fathom, […]
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10 Oct 2022 1 min read
‘Buying opportunities are better than ever’ for investment trusts
Eve Maddock-Jones, Investment Week, 05 October 2022: Investment trusts have been pushed to the widest discounts in years due to the abnormally high levels of market volatility and uncertainty. This includes not only closed-ended portfolios that have been running on a discount long-term, but portfolios that have historically run on significant premiums now being reduced. […]
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07 Feb 2022 2 min read
Gateway to private markets
Hannah Smith, AIC’s Compass, 4 February 2022: Unquoted companies offer the exciting potential for unbridled growth, albeit with a high level of stock-specific risk. With companies taking longer to reach IPO stage, there are more opportunities in this space, and now even mainstream investment trusts are making unlisted businesses a significant part of their portfolios. […]
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25 May 2021 1 min read
Investment trust insider on private equity again
Investment trust insider on private equity again – James Carthew: Private equity trusts remain grossly mispriced Just over a year ago, I wrote an article to highlight the unjustified discounts that trusts in the private equity sector were trading on. My pick of the bunch was Standard Life Private Equity (SLPE), which at that time was […]
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18 Jan 2021 1 min read
Investment trust bargains at the start of 2021
Investment trust bargains at the start of 2021 by Kyle Caldwell from interactive investor | 12th January 2021 09:35 Investing in shares or sectors of the market that are ‘cheap’ and undervalued is an approach that entails many risks, but potentially offers great rewards… Trading on a discount does not make a trust an instant bargain. Some trusts will justifiably […]
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16 Nov 2020 1 min read
Engines of growth: on a bargain hunt
Engines of growth: on a bargain hunt By Leonora Walters, Investors Chronicle, 12th October 2020 A key driver of the price of any listed security is sentiment so, not surprisingly, some of the investment trust sectors which have experienced the most extreme discount and premium movements this year are those about which there has been particular […]
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03 Nov 2020 2 min read
Investment trust insider on private equity
Investment trust insider on private equity – James Carthew: private equity trusts are just way too cheap I have been saying for a while that discounts on private equity trusts are too wide. When I last wrote about this in May, confidence in the sector had been hit by the pandemic. Listed share prices were already […]
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06 May 2020 1 min read
Investment trust insider on private equity
Investment trust insider on private equity – James Carthew: ‘stale’ private equity trusts are just too cheap I spoke to the managers of ICG Enterprise (ICGT) last week after the publication of annual results showing the private equity trust made an 11.2% return on net assets in the year to 31 January, beating the FTSE All […]
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16 Apr 2020 1 min read
Why investors should not ignore unlisted companies
Why investors should not ignore unlisted companies April 14, 2020 by Tom Bailey, Money Observer Stock markets connect the monetary savings of a society with companies in need of capital to invest and grow. At its best, this allows businesses to expand, powering economic growth and prosperity while providing savers with a return on their money. Historically, […]
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31 Mar 2020 1 min read
10 investment trusts for your Isa 2020
10 investment trusts for your Isa 2020 By Dave Baxter, Investors Chronicle, 3/6/2020 Features such as the use of gearing – debt – and the ability to pay income from capital reserves give trusts advantages that could give your Isa an edge. They are also, arguably, better suited to investing in illiquid assets such as […]
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30 Oct 2018 1 min read
Investment Trust Insider on Merian Chrysalis
Investment Trust Insider on Merian Chrysalis – James Carthew: Merian should leave private equity to experts The proposed launch of Merian Chrysalis raises a question over how far fund managers can transfer stock-picking skills from the public to private markets. I recently promised to return to the subject of managers of listed equities buying unquoted companies […]
