Overview
Ashoka India Equity aims to achieve long-term capital appreciation, mainly through investment in securities listed in India and listed securities of companies with a significant presence in India. The manager believes that the economic evolution of India is at a stage where it presents a multi-generational opportunity. India not only offers strong domestically driven growth led by attractive demographics, domestic consumption and investment, but also has the institutional infrastructure of a mature democracy evident by an independent central bank, election commission and judiciary.
The Indian economy has been growing at approximately seven per cent. per annum for more than a decade and is expected to grow at similar pace going forward. This growth is driven by a number of structural factors such as improving demographics, domestic consumption demand for goods and services, infrastructure developments, and increasing liberalisation of the economy among others.
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AIE : Ashoka India Equity
Research History
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17 Oct 2023 14 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Quarterly Review – Third Quarter 2023
Third quarter of 2023 Investment Companies | Quarterly roundup | October 2023 Kindly sponsored by abrdn ‘Uncomfortable’ Following a fast start to the first half of the year, globally equities took a breather in Q3, as markets assessed the implications of the worst bond sell-off in a generation. Yields on 10-year US treasuries and UK […]
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13 Oct 2023 10 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Roundup – October 2023
October 2023 Monthly roundup | Investment companies Kindly sponsored by abrdn Winners and losers in September 2023 September was defined by the ongoing US bond selloff, with global markets trending down in sympathy. Investment trust returns were negative on average for the month, although several sectors still achieved positive returns. The Royalties sector was the […]
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06 Apr 2023 82 min read
QuotedData’s Economic and Political Monthly Roundup April 2023
Economic and Political Monthly Roundup Investment companies | Monthly | April 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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03 Nov 2022 50 min read
QuotedData’s Economic and Political Monthly Roundup November 2022
Economic and Political Monthly Roundup Investment companies | Monthly | November 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 encourage […]
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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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09 Oct 2020 7 min read
QuotedData’s Economic Roundup – October 2020
Economic & Political Roundup Kindly sponsored by Allianz A collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you to buy or sell […]
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07 Apr 2020 5 min read
QuotedData’s Economic Roundup – April 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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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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QuotedData’s economic roundup – October 2019
Economic & Political Roundup Kindly sponsored by Polar Capital and Allianz A collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you […]
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07 Aug 2019 3 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – August 2019
Investment Companies Roundup New research Over July, we published notes on CQS New City High Yield, BlackRock Throgmorton, Strategic Equity Capital, Seneca Global Income & Growth, CG Asset Management, Standard Life Investments Property Income and Aberdeen New Dawn. You can read all these notes by clicking on the links above or by visiting www.quoteddata.com. In this issue Performance data – appetite […]
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07 Jun 2019 3 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – June 2019
Investment Companies Roundup New research Over May, we published notes on Shires Income, Standard Life Private Equity and The North American Income Trust. You can read all these notes by clicking on the links above or by visiting www.quoteddata.com. In this issue Performance data – it was notable that risk appetite was down in May as renewed […]
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04 Apr 2019 1 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – April 2019
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – April 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 March 2019. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. JPMorgan Indian, India Capital Growth, Aberdeen New India and Ashoka India Equity Investment […]
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22 Feb 2019 1 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – February 2019
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – February 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 January 2019. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. December’s sharp sell-off in technology and growth stocks reversed somewhat in January. This was […]
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18 Jan 2019 1 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – January 2019
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – January 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 December 2018. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. Extract from money raised and returned in December The only new issue […]
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13 Nov 2018 1 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – November 2018
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – November 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 October 2018. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. Winners and losers in October In what was generally a miserable month for equity markets, Brazil shone […]
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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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12 Oct 2018 1 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – October 2018
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – October 2018 is our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of August 2018. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. Money raised and returned in September Trian Investors 1 is a new fund that will adopt […]
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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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17 Oct 2024 3 min read
Another great year for Ashoka India but returns lag benchmark index
Ashoka India Equity has published results for the 12 month period ending 30 June 2024. The trust delivered great absolute returns but actually underperformed over this period, returning 35.5% in NAV terms and 35.9% in share price terms as compared to 37.7% for the MSCI India IMI Index. There is no dividend. The trust’s shares […]
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01 Oct 2024 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 1 October 2024 – BGCG, DIG, AIE, VNH, PEY
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 1 October 2024: Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust (BGCG) announced its interim results for the six months to 31 July 2024. The company delivered a NAV total return of 10.2%, trailing the benchmark index return of 12.0%. The share price rise was 4.1% as the company’s discount to NAV expanded from […]
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08 Aug 2024 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 8 August 2024 – AIE, FSFL, ATT, IHR, RGL, AIRE, CREI
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 8 August 2024: Ashoka India Equity (AIE) has reminded shareholders that its annual voluntary redemption – where shareholders can, if they choose, cash in their shares at NAV – will happen at the end of September. If you want to take part, redemption requests need to be in by 5 September […]
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19 Apr 2024 4 min read
QD view – Hot stuff
Forget the Magnificent Seven, the Indian stock market has been the unsung hero of the past decade. The MSCI India has delivered an annualised return of 13.6%[1], that puts it ahead of the MSCI World (9.97%) and its emerging market peers (3.33%). The returns from the country’s small-and mid-cap sector have been even higher. With […]
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20 Oct 2023 3 min read
QD view – Back an alpha hero
Calling the direction of global markets is not an easy task. Be it the whims of central bankers, the next hottest thing in tech up-ending the market, or the seemingly constant stream of geopolitical crises – what we once thought was the calm after the COVID-19 storm may have only been the eye, as today […]
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09 Oct 2023 2 min read
Ashoka India Equity has another year of strong outperformance
Ashoka India Equity (AIE) has released its annual results for the period ending 30 June 2023: Over the 12 month period AIE reported a NAV total return of 18.3% and share price total return of 19.4%. This represents an outperformance relative to its benchmark, the MSCI India IMI Index, which returned 11.8%. This also marks […]
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21 Apr 2023 4 min read
QD view – Jury out on latest IPO
A brave WhiteOak Capital Management is trying to prop up the entire UK investment company IPO market almost single handed (although we are still waiting for the result of the AT85 Infrastructure IPO). The team behind Ashoka India Equity is looking to be the first to bring an investment company to market in over 18 […]
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04 Nov 2022 4 min read
QD view – India, the new darling of emerging markets?
The Indian stock market has proved an unlikely safe haven over the past three years. After an astonishing recovery in 2020 and 2021, Indian investment trusts continued their resilience in 2022, only outpaced by commodity-focused markets. Its strength is in notable contrast to China, which languishes at the bottom of the performance tables. It suggests […]
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06 Oct 2022 3 min read
Ashoka India Equity outperforms buoyant Indian market
The annual results of Ashoka India Equity Investment Trust have been published, covering the 12 months to 30 June 2022. The NAV return was 9.6% over the period and the share price return 7.7%. These compare to a return for the benchmark index, the MSCI India IMI, which returned 7.2% (in sterling terms). There is […]
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05 Aug 2022 4 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 5 August 2022
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 5 August 2022: Fidelity European (FEV) has announced its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2022. During the period, FEV’s total return was -12.0%, which it says compares to a total return of -15.1% for the FTSE World Europe (ex UK) Index which is the Company’s Benchmark Index. […]
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01 Jul 2022 1 min read
QuotedData’s weekly news show 1st July 2022
Thank you to everyone that listened in today, whether you watched the Zoom live, on Facebook or on YouTube. In this week’s show, James Carthew and Andrew McHattie covered the week’s top stories: • Chrysalis • Ashoka India Equity This week’s interview was with Andrew Beal of Schroder BSC Social Impact – watch it again […]
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2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 1 July 2022
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 1 July 2022: BMO Private Equity (BPET) has changed its name to CT Private Equity, BMO Commercial Property has changed its name to Balanced Commercial Property, BMO Real Estate Investments has changed its name to CT Property Trust, and BMO Managed Portfolio has changed its name to CT Global Managed Portfolio. […]
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04 Mar 2022 3 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 4 March 2022
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 4 March 2022: Fidelity International has announced that it is pulling the plug on investment in Russia and Belarus. Its statement reads as follows: Given the seriousness of events in Ukraine, Fidelity International has decided that it will not be investing in Russia and Belarus for the forseeable future. As such, […]
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01 Oct 2021 1 min read
QuotedData’s weekly news show 1 October 2021
QuotedData’s weekly news show 1 October 2021 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: • Vietnam Holding • Indian funds • Bits and pieces This week’s interview was with Tim Creed of […]
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30 Sep 2021 3 min read
Ashoka India benefits from India’s resurgence
Ashoka India benefits from India’s resurgence – Over the year ended 30 June 2021, Ashoka India Equity Investment Trust returned 52.6% in NAV terms, outperforming its benchmark index, the MSCI India IMI, which returned 45.2%. The share price stood at 162.5p at the year end, a 2.3% premium to NAV. As at 28 September 2021, the […]
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16 Jun 2021 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 16 June 2021
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 16 June 2021 – RTW Venture (RTW) raised gross proceeds of $8.967m following the issue of ordinary shares at a price of $2.07. Further to its announcements on 28 May 2021, Ashoka India Equity (AIE) announced the results of its initial issue, with applications for 2.85m ordinary shares having been received. The shares will […]
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28 May 2021 1 min read
Ashoka India Equity announces fundraising
Following shareholder approval of the implementation of a placing programme at a general meeting earlier this week, Ashoka India Equity (AIE) has now announced that it intends to conduct a fundraising by way of an initial placing, offer for subscription and intermediaries offer. This initial issue will be part of a proposed ongoing share issuance […]
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30 Apr 2021 3 min read
QD view – Indian funds take stock
QD view – Indian funds take stock No doubt you have seen the horrific scenes in India as COVID-19 seemingly runs out of control. Our first thoughts must be with the victims and their families, but the managers of funds specialising in the region have also been taking time to update us on what this […]
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08 Mar 2021 4 min read
Ashoka India Equity beats benchmark and says majority of population likely to be vaccinated by the year-end
Ashoka India Equity (AIE) performed well over its interim results to 31 December 2020, with the share price and NAV delivering total returns of 39.1% and 28.6%. This compares with the benchmark MSCI India IMI index’s 27.1% return. Returns led by Infosys and Coforge while Bharti Airtel detracts Infosys, which had an ending weight in the portfolio of 7.5% at the […]
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28 Sep 2020 4 min read
Ashoka India Equity delivers (4.3%) NAV return in tough year for India
Ashoka India Equity (AIE) has released year-end results for the 12 months to 30 June 2020. Over the period, which marks the company’s second annual results release since its launch, the total returns generated by the NAV and shares were (4.3%) and (9.6%). By comparison, the benchmark MSCI India IMI index delivered (16.0%). India has […]
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03 Sep 2020 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 3 September 2020
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 3 September 2020: Ashoka India provides an annual redemption facility to its shareholders. This year, just 367,616 shares (0.54% of the issued share capital) were requested to be redeemed. Tritax Big Box REIT has completed its sale of an asset in Chesterfield for £57.3m. The buyer was Warehouse REIT (see separate story). […]
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14 Apr 2020 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 14 April 2020
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 14 April 2020: Oil bounces a bit as OPEC announces production cuts Ashoka India Equity said that Manoj Garg, a member of the team managing the trust, has relocated from Mumbai to Singapore and will no longer be involved in the management of the fund. Aberdeen Asia Focus Income has renewed a […]
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18 Mar 2020 4 min read
Update on Yes Bank and Covid-19 from Ashoka India Equity Investment
Ashoka India Equity Investment (AIE) released the following update: “Over the past few weeks, Indian equity indices have seen a sharp correction due to a confluence of factors such as the Central Bank taking control of affairs at Yes Bank, and most significantly, the continuing spread of covid-19 globally. The Indian markets have corrected by […]
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23 Sep 2019 3 min read
Reasonable start for Ashoka India
Reasonable start for Ashoka India – Ashoka India Equity has announced its first set of results, covering the period from its listing until 30 June 2019. Over that period, it delivered a return on NAV of 11.0%, ahead of its benchmark, the MSCI India IMI Index, which returned 10.1%. However, the NAV return [which is […]
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04 Jul 2019 1 min read
QuotedData’s other news 4 July 2019
In QuotedData’s other news 4 July 2019: Ashoka India Equity raised £5m from its issue of stock – it will issue 4,742,972 of its shares at a price of 111.7p. Cambria says that Payserv Africa Limited and Paynet Zimbabwe (Pvt) Ltd have instructed their legal practitioners in Zimbabwe, Titan Law, to commence legal action against the Bankers […]
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04 Mar 2019 2 min read
Ashoka India Equity lags index and discount widens
Ashoka India Equity lags index and discount widens – Over the period from launch (on 6 July 2018) to 31 December 2018, Ashoka India Equity lagged its benchmark, returning -8.7% in share price terms and -0.3% in NAV terms versus a 3.1% return for the MSCI India IMI Index. The chairman says that the main […]
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19 Jul 2018 1 min read
Investment Trust Insider on how to grow trusts
Investment Trust Insider on how to grow trusts James Carthew: imponderable questions in quest for scale Last week I addressed the uphill battle Ashoka India Equity (AIE) faces if it wants to expand, having raised just £46.5 million in its flotation. It is by no means the smallest fund out there, however. Many of the very smallest funds […]
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10 Jul 2018 1 min read
Investment Trust Insider on recent new issues
Investment Trust Insider on recent new issues – James Carthew: can Ashoka overcome a disappointing launch? It has been a week of contrasts in the new issue market. Tritax EuroBox (BOXE) raised its maximum target of £300 million in an issue that was ‘significantly oversubscribed’ and Hipgnosis Songs Fund (SONG) raised over £200 million. Whereas […]
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19 Mar 2024 1 min read
Investment trust insider on JPMorgan Indian
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14 Feb 2024 1 min read
ISA ideas: alternatives to funds and trusts that are flavour of the month
by Jennifer Hill from interactive investor, 14th February 2024: Following the herd doesn’t tend to end well. Throughout history investors’ tendency for herd mentality bias has inflated asset bubbles and driven sharp declines detached from market fundamentals.. Trading on the interactive investor platform highlights half a dozen funds that have climbed the popularity rankings over […]
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18 Dec 2023 1 min read
Investment trust insider on 2023
Investment trust insider on 2023 – James Carthew: Dramatic 2023 leaves sector radically different The rationalisation of the sector continues. There has been a flurry of announcements over the past couple of weeks: Abrdn Diversified Income and Growth (ADIG) announced a managed wind down; Triple Point Energy Transition (TENT) declared it will begin an orderly […]
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19 Jul 2023 1 min read
The investment trusts trading on a premium that are still worth buying
By Jean-Baptiste Andrieux, Reporter, Trustnet, 19 July 2023: Despite the majority of investment trusts looking cheap, some expensive options are still worth buying, according to experts. Data from Numis Securities shows only 22 close-ended funds are trading on a premium or 6.5% of the Association of Investment Companies (AIC)’s universe. This is less than half […]
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20 Dec 2022 1 min read
As Terry Smith’s emerging market trust closes, where should investors turn?
Jennifer Hill from interactive investor, 20 December 2022: We asked financial advisers, fund analysts and wealth managers to share 10 emerging market fund and investment trust ideas for shareholders in Fundsmith Emerging Equities Trust who are looking for a new home for their capital. Shareholders in Fundsmith Emerging Markets Trust (FEET) overwhelmingly gave their blessing […]
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25 Oct 2022 1 min read
Investment trust insider on India
Investment trust insider on India – James Carthew: India trusts still have questions to answer A couple of months ago, I highlighted the wide discounts that most of the investment trusts in the India sector were trading on. These have not gone away. However, in terms of underlying returns and net asset value (NAV), until […]
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23 Dec 2021 2 min read
Bargain Hunter: 25 cheap equity trusts towards end of 2021
Kyle Caldwell, interactive investor, 15 December 2021 Some trusts have seen premiums cool, while others are trading on potentially unjustly wide discounts. The pick-up in market volatility of late, amid concerns over rising inflation levels and the emergence last month of the Omicron variant, has led to a welcome increase in potential investment trust discount […]
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17 May 2021 1 min read
There is more to emerging markets than China
DIY Investor, 6 May 2021 James Carthew, head of investment trusts, QuotedData Markets are trying to get to grips with the long term effects of COVID-19 on the global economy, but the prognosis is hard to call. That has led to some volatility this year, which may be a feature of markets for a while […]
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14 May 2019 2 min read
Investment trust insider on India
Investment trust insider on India – James Carthew: ignore India’s polls and pick a stock picker India is going to the polls and results from the general election will be declared on 23 May. It looks as though the National Democratic Alliance, the coalition of the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) and various regional parties, will be […]
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20 Dec 2018 1 min read
2018 new issue review
2018 new issue review – QuotedData’s James Carthew talks to Citywire’s Jen Hill about 2018’s clutch of new issues Investors were given an eclectic mix of opportunities within alternatives, in contrast to recent years when high-yielding propositions drove the vast majority of launches. The return of private equity and private equity like strategies – Augmentum […]
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10 Jul 2018 1 min read
Investment Trust Insider on recent new issues
Investment Trust Insider on recent new issues – James Carthew: can Ashoka overcome a disappointing launch? It has been a week of contrasts in the new issue market. Tritax EuroBox (EBOX) raised its maximum target of £300 million in an issue that was ‘significantly oversubscribed’ and Hipgnosis Songs Fund (SONG) raised over £200 million. Whereas […]
