Overview
Capital Gearing’s investment objective is to achieve capital growth in absolute terms principally through investment in quoted closed ended and other collective investment vehicles, invested in equities or property, with a willingness to hold cash, bonds, index linked securities and commodities when appropriate.
We have written notes that explain how the fund works:
- “Focus on absolute returns“, published in September 2018, CGT’s focus on preserving shareholder wealth has attracted a loyal investor base on top of high levels of success
- “The rewards of long-term thinking” published in July 2019, looked at CGT’s remarkable track record
- “More than a port in a storm” published in March 2020, re-examined CGT against the context of the outbreak of covid-19
You can access the manager’s website here
Fundamentals
Price
Research History
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19 Jul 2024 1 min read
Interview with Chris Clothier from Capital Gearing
In this week’s show, James Carthew spoke to Chris Clothier from Capital Gearing. If you were looking for the first part of QuotedData’s show, focused on the roundup of the week’s news click here. If there is a guest speaker you’d particularly like to hear from, please email Aiman. Additionally, if you would prefer to […]
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17 Oct 2023 14 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Quarterly Review – Third Quarter 2023
Third quarter of 2023 Investment Companies | Quarterly roundup | October 2023 Kindly sponsored by abrdn ‘Uncomfortable’ Following a fast start to the first half of the year, globally equities took a breather in Q3, as markets assessed the implications of the worst bond sell-off in a generation. Yields on 10-year US treasuries and UK […]
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05 Jan 2023 9 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Roundup – January 2023
December 2022 Monthly roundup | Investment companies Winners and losers in December 2022 The Financials sector only has two constituents, one of these – Trian Investors 1 – has seen its discount narrow since it promised to return cash to investors by next June, and it has also benefited from underlying NAV appreciation. Last month’s […]
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07 Dec 2022 64 min read
QuotedData’s Economic and Political Monthly Roundup December 2022
Economic and Political Monthly Roundup Investment companies | Monthly | December 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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8 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Roundup – December 2022
Investment Companies Monthly Roundup Kindly sponsored by abrdn December 2022 Monthly | Investment companies Winners and losers in November 2022 As discussed in this month’s economic and political roundup, lower US inflation triggered a fall in the US dollar and drove equity markets higher over November. The big surprise was the resurgence of Chinese markets […]
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03 Nov 2022 8 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Roundup – November 2022
Investment Companies Monthly Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford and abrdn November 2022 Monthly | Investment companies Winners and losers in October 2022 Many equity markets recovered some of the ground lost in September. The swift departure of Liz Truss and her unfunded tax cuts helped the UK stock market and sterling. North America […]
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13 Oct 2022 14 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Quarterly Review – Third Quarter 2022
Third quarter of 2022 Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford and Aberdeen Standard Investments Piling on the misery In the face of rising inflation, exacerbated by the war in Ukraine, central bankers have condemned for their relative inaction. However, in the third quarter of 2022, they stepped up a gear. Last month’s economic and political roundup […]
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06 Oct 2022 9 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Roundup – October 2022
Investment Companies Monthly Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford and abrdn October 2022 Monthly | Investment companies Winners and losers in September 2022 September’s median total share price return was -6.4% (+0.4% in August). The median NAV return over September was -1.2%. See Appendix 1 for a breakdown of how all the sectors have […]
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08 Jun 2020 8 min read
QuotedData’s Economic Roundup – June 2020
Economic & Political Roundup Kindly sponsored by Allianz A collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you to buy or sell […]
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12 Mar 2020 23 min read
CG Asset Management – More than a port in a storm
More than a port in a storm It is often said that markets climb a wall of worry, but there are times when investors panic and run for the exits. In such an environment, the attractions of funds which are defensively positioned and managed by an experienced team, with an investment ethos based on an […]
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22 min read
CG Asset Management – More than a port in a storm
More than a port in a storm It is often said that markets climb a wall of worry, but there are times when investors panic and run for the exits. In such an environment, the attractions of funds which are defensively positioned and managed by an experienced team, with an investment ethos based on an […]
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24 Jan 2020 20 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Annual Review – 2019
In this issue The sector at the end of 2019 Performance data Performance by sector and fund Money in and out of the sector Money in and out of existing funds Money coming into existing funds Money going out of existing funds Liquidations, de-listings and trading cancellations Significant rating changes Major news stories Outlook for […]
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06 Dec 2019 5 min read
QuotedData’s economic roundup – December 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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11 Sep 2019 3 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – September 2019
Investment Companies Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford New research Over August, we published notes on Aberdeen Emerging Markets and JLEN Environmental Assets . You can read all these notes by clicking on the links above or by visiting www.quoteddata.com. In this issue Performance data – appetite for risk was generally down in August, as […]
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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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09 Jul 2019 14 min read
CG Asset Management – The rewards of long-term thinking
The CG Asset Management (CGAM) team’s focus on medium-to-long-term absolute returns and excellent track record have attracted a loyal following of investors. Both Capital Gearing Trust and CG Absolute Return Fund have seen significant inflows since we published our initiation note in September 2018, and CG Absolute Return now has a three-year track record, which […]
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14 min read
CG Asset Management – The rewards of long-term thinking
The rewards of long-term thinking The CG Asset Management (CGAM) team’s focus on medium-to-long-term absolute returns and excellent track record have attracted a loyal following of investors. Both Capital Gearing Trust and CG Absolute Return Fund have seen significant inflows since we published our initiation note in September 2018, and CG Absolute Return now has […]
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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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5 min read
QuotedData’s economic roundup – June 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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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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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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14 Sep 2018 1 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – September 2018
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – September 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 August GRIT Real Estate Income floated on the UK Stock Exchange in […]
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10 Sep 2018 1 min read
CG Asset Management – Focus on absolute returns
CG Asset Management – Focus on absolute returns The CG Asset Management (CGAM) team’s focus on medium-to-long-term absolute returns, coupled with its excellent track record has attracted a loyal following of investors. This note describes: CGAM’s business; its investment approach; and two of its absolute return funds: Capital Gearing Trust CG Absolute Return Fund Manager […]
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1 min read
CG Asset Management – Focus on absolute returns
CG Asset Management – Focus on absolute returns The CG Asset Management (CGAM) team’s focus on medium-to-long-term absolute returns, coupled with its excellent track record has attracted a loyal following of investors. This note describes: CGAM’s business; its investment approach; and two of its absolute return funds: Capital Gearing Trust CG Absolute Return Fund Manager […]
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11 Jul 2018 1 min read
QuotedData’s Economic round up – July 2018
QuotedData’s Economic round up – July 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 Jun 2018 2 min read
QuotedData’s Economic round up – June 2018
QuotedData’s Economic round up – June 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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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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11 Dec 2017 2 min read
QuotedData investment companies roundup – December 2017
QuotedData investment companies roundup – December 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 November 2017. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. December Investment Companies Roundup Money raised and returned in November There were no […]
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10 Nov 2017 1 min read
QuotedData investment companies roundup – November 2017
QuotedData investment companies roundup – November 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 October 2017. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. November Investment Companies Roundup Globalworth Real Estate’s discount was eliminated after it announced […]
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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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14 Feb 2017 1 min read
QuotedData investment companies roundup – February 2017
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 2017. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. February Investment Companies Roundup
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07 Dec 2016 1 min read
QuotedData’s round up of views on the global economy – December 2016
QuotedData’s collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from comments made by chairman and managers of investment companies. december-economic-and-political-roundup
News
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24 May 2024 6 min read
Capital Gearing reports on “far from satisfactory” year
Capital Gearing (CGT) has published its annual results for the year ended 31 March 2024, during which it provided an NAV total of 1.8%, which its chairman, Jean Matterson describes as far from satisfactory when compared to the rise in the consumer price index (CPI) of 3.2%. The share price total return over the period […]
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31 Oct 2023 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 31 October 2023 – OCI, CGT, RGL
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 31 October 2023: Oakley Capital (OCI), a leading pan-European, mid-market private equity investor, is pleased to announce that Oakley Capital Origin Fund I has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Alerce, a leading Spanish provider of transport and logistics software solutions. Origin will invest alongside Alerce’s founding family, including CEO […]
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25 Aug 2023 4 min read
QD view – What if the tide goes out further?
Reflecting the challenging macroeconomic backdrop, the last six months have been an uncertain period in markets. Key amongst investors’ concerns has, at least until recently, been stubbornly high inflation in most developed markets, particularly in Europe and the UK specifically. This had refused to roll over despite energy prices – a key factor a behind […]
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24 May 2023 6 min read
Capital Gearing reports on a difficult year
Capital Gearing (CGT) has published its annual results for the year ended 31 March 2023, which its chairman, Jean Matterson, describes as a difficult year for the trust and traded markets generally (however, she notes that it is only the second year in the last 41 years, when CGT has failed to achieve a positive […]
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QuotedData’s morning briefing 24 May 2023
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 24 May 2023: Weiss Korea Opportunities Fund (WKOF) has announced that, due to the very limited number of elections received for the realisation opportunity (the results of which were announced on 10 May 2023), all of the realisation shares will be compulsory redeemed utilising WKOF’s existing cash reserves. The redemption price […]
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05 May 2023 4 min read
QD view – Spreading your bets – asset allocating for uncertain times
For the second time in five years, investors are finding themselves in the grips of a global bear market that has punished most asset classes. The reasons underpinning the latest bout of selling have been well covered by market commentators, with QuotedData being no exception. Alongside this, many column inches have also been devoted to […]
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11 Nov 2022 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 11 November 2022
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 11 November 2022: Capital Gearing Trust (CGT) has announced its interim results for the six months ended 30 September 2022. At the half-year end, CGT’s net asset value per share was 4,798.4p, compared to 5,025.1p at 31 March 2022. This represents an NAV total return of -3.5% over the previous six […]
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14 Oct 2022 4 min read
QD view – navigating troubled waters
When I started writing this article, it was being widely reported that the chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, had been forced to cut short his visit to the US and was returning to London to face urgent talks with the prime minister and Conservative MPs. Before I had finished it, he was out of a job, with […]
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30 May 2022 2 min read
Capital Gearing reveals ‘satisfactory’ results as trust celebrates 40 years under Peter Spiller’s management
Capital Gearing reveals ‘satisfactory’ results as trust celebrates 40 years under Peter Spiller’s management – Capital Gearing (CGT) has published its annual results for the year to 31 March 2022. During the period, which saw the trust celebrate 40 years under the management of Peter Spiller, its NAV returned 10.5% while its share price returned […]
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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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12 Nov 2021 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 12 November 2021
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 12 November 2021: Capital Gearing (CGT) has announced its annual results for the six months ended 5 October 2021. At 5 October 2021, CGT’s NAV per share was 4,894.6p, compared to 4,590.2p at 5 April 2021. Including dividends reinvested in the period, this represents a total return of 8.2% over the past […]
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10 Aug 2021 1 min read
New threat to Berlin landlords
New threat to Berlin landlords – an article in todays FT (NB paywall) alerted us to a potential new issue for companies investing in Berlin residential property. After the good news from the rejection of rent controls (Mietendeckel) we now have a proposal to expropriate properties owned by large landlords in the city. A petition, […]
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21 May 2021 3 min read
Capital Gearing provides “another year of very acceptable returns”
Capital Gearing (CGT) has announced its annual results for the year ended 5 April 2021, which its chairman, Jean Matterson, describes as “another year of very acceptable returns”. To illustrate, during the year, CGT provided an NAV total return of 13.9% and a share price total return of 13.6%. While CGT does not set out […]
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27 May 2020 4 min read
Capital Gearing Trust premium rises over annual results period
Capital Gearing Trust (CGT) has reported annual results covering the year to 5 April 2020. Total NAV and share price returns came in at +0.1 and +0.5%, respectively, while the premium rose from +2.2% to +2.6%. Investment review – portfolio came through March turmoil well CGT’s managers, Peter Spiller, Alastair Laing and Christopher Clothier, provided the […]
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08 Nov 2019 3 min read
Capital Gearing Trust delivers 5.4% return over half-year period
Capital Gearing Trust delivers 5.4% return over half-year period – Capital Gearing Trust (CGT) has reported half-year results to 5 October 2019 with total return NAV per share increasing by 5.4% over the period and 7.2% over twelve months. Performance in the half-year benefited from a 6% weakening of sterling relative to the dollar. Some 46% […]
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05 Jul 2019 3 min read
QuotedData takes a look at gold after its best month in years
QuotedData takes a look at gold after its best month in years – We recently published our July economic and political roundup (click here to access it), which consolidates extracts of statements from managers and chairmen of investment companies. Although markets were up in June, there is little doubt that these are tense times, in […]
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31 May 2019 1 min read
QuotedData’s other news 31 May 2019
In QuotedData’s other news 31 May 2019: Henderson European Focus delivered an NAV total return of -6.5% in the half-year period to 31 March 2019. The share price total return came in at -7.5% as European equities remained out of favour with investors. We note that Switzerland, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands are the fund’s largest […]
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1 min read
Capital Gearing delivers 200x return since Peter Spiller took reins
Capital Gearing delivers 200x capital return since Peter Spiller took reins – Capital Gearing Trust’s (CGT) dual objectives are to preserve shareholders’ real wealth and generate an absolute total return over the the medium to longer term. Since 1982, when Peter Spiller, Capital Gearing Asset Management’s chief investment officer, assumed responsibility for CGT, it has been […]
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29 May 2019 1 min read
Capital Gearing Trust 50% bigger than last year
Capital Gearing Trust 50% bigger than last year – the impressive track record and tight discount control mechanism have been helping to attract new investors to Capital Gearing Trust. Coupled with NAV returns well ahead of inflation and matching those provided by UK equities, the trust grew by 46% over the year to the 5 […]
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24 May 2019 2 min read
CG Asset Management’s Peter Spiller “interest rates will be very low for a long time”
General Commentary from Peter Spiller – Latest quarterly update The long experiment of persistently stimulative monetary policy conducted by the Federal Reserve looked last Autumn as though it might be ending. The dot plots suggested that short rates would rise four times while inflation forecasts were constrained. However, in December Chairman Powell capitulated as even […]
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15 Nov 2018 1 min read
Capital Gearing Trust net asset value is up 5.3%
Capital Gearing Trust net asset value is up 5.3% – Capital Gearing Trust (CGT) is up 5.3% since its year end and is up 2.8% since this time last year. The performance since year end on 5 April 2018 is being driven by a weakening sterling compared to the dollar. Around 47% of the portfolio […]
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14 Nov 2016 2 min read
Capital Gearing benefits from private equity exposure
As at the half year to 5 October 2016, Capital Gearing Trust’s net asset value per share was 3,647.0p compared to 3,382.0p as at the last year end on 5 April 2016, an increase of 7.8%. This compares with increases of 15.6% in the MSCI UK and of 17.9% in the sterling MSCI World Index. RPI […]
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01 Jun 2016 1 min read
Takeovers boost Capital Gearing
Capital Gearing Trust says, as at 5 April 2016, the net asset value per share was 3,382p compared to 3,297p a year earlier. Although an increase across the year of 2.6% might be seen as modest, this achievement is more creditable when measured against, for example, the decline in the FTSE All-Share Index of 9.3% […]
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29 Mar 2016 1 min read
Capital Gearing is seeking authority to issue further ordinary shares
Capital Gearing Trust has announced that, to meet the recent and continuing demand for its shares, its Board of Directors is now seeking an early renewal of its authority to issue further ordinary shares, for cash, on a non pre-emptive basis. Reflecting this, the trust has published a circular convening a general meeting to be […]
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06 Nov 2015 1 min read
Capital Gearing holds up in weak markets
Capital Gearing has announced interim results covering the six months to 5 October 2015. As at that date, the net asset value per share was 3,240.5p compared to 3,297.6p at the last year end on 5 April 2015, a decline of 1.7%. This compares with declines of 6.5% in the FTSE All-Share index and of […]
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29 May 2015 1 min read
Capital Gearing to adopt zero discount policy
Capital Gearing has announced results for the year ended 5 April 2015. Over the year the net asset value grew by 5.7% but the share price fell by 0.7% as the shares moved to trade on a lower premium to asset value. The dividend was increased by 25% to 20p. The persistent premium that the […]
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12 Nov 2014 1 min read
Capital Gearing hails positive performance
CGT : Capital Gearing hails positive performance Over the six months that ended on 5 October 2014 Capital Gearing managed to deliver growth in its net asset value of 1.2%. The Chairman says “A 1.2% return is not a cause for wild celebration; however in an environment of overinflated asset prices and significant macro-economic and […]
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30 May 2014 1 min read
Capital Gearing Trust : CGT – annual results
Capital Gearing Trust, chaired by Tony Pattison (pictured), has released its annual results. These cover the year ended 5 April 2014. Over this time Capital Gearing Trust’s net asset value fell by 2.5%. This was the first time in more than thirty years that the fund’s net asset value had fallen over an accounting year. […]
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20 Mar 2014 1 min read
Capital Gearing : CGT – fee reduction
Capital Gearing, chaired by Tony Pattison (pictured) has announced that its annual management fee is being cut from 0.85% of gross assets to 0.6% of gross assets. The announcement says that the fee reduction is in response to “significant organic growth of gross assets”.
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28 Feb 2024 2 min read
Should you hold a wealth preservation trust in 2024?
by Val Cipriani, Investors Chronicle, February 27, 2024: The past two years have been tough for the four investment trusts that promise to deliver a degree of capital growth but with a focus on wealth protection, regardless of how financial markets perform. Ruffer Investment Company (RICA) and RIT Capital Partners (RCP) have had particular difficulties, […]
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19 Feb 2024 1 min read
How the 10 funds to buy and hold forever have fared over the past five years
by Jennifer Hill from interactive investor, 19th February 2024: Markets have had to digest more than usual over the past five years. The period has seen the Covid-19 pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, as well as soaring inflation and sharp reversals in monetary policy from quantitative easing and rock-bottom interest rates to a sustained […]
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29 Jan 2024 1 min read
Investment trust insider on JPMorgan Multi Asset
Investment trust insider on JPMorgan Multi Asset – James Carthew: JPMorgan’s MATE was a good idea no one wanted Investment company merger proposals are still coming thick and fast. One of the latest is a proposed tie-up between JPMorgan Multi-Asset Growth and Income (MATE) and JPMorgan Global Growth and Income (JGGI). JGGI has become the […]
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03 Jan 2024 1 min read
Are investment trust discounts getting out of hand?
by Jennifer Hill from interactive investor, 28th December 2023: Risk-off sentiment has pushed investment trust discounts to historically wide levels and many boards have been proactively trying to address the issue. This year will be a record for share buybacks with almost £3.5 billion of investment trust share buybacks in the first 11 months, data […]
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23 Oct 2023 1 min read
Discontent surrounds performance of wealth preservation investment trusts
By ANNE ASHWORTH, Daily Mail, 21 October 2023: Discontent surrounds the performance of the so-called wealth preservation investment trusts Capital Gearing, Personal Assets, RIT Capital Partners and Ruffer. These funds are foundering in their mission to provide a buffer in a challenging era through a mix of holdings, some defensive like bonds, some esoteric, like […]
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27 Sep 2023 1 min read
Small investments trusts: which to back, and which to avoid
by Cherry Reynard from interactive investor, 27th September 2023: Small is becoming less beautiful in the investment trust world. Problems of wider discounts, poor liquidity and even – in some cases – weaker performance, have started to worry investors. Another headwind is that wealth managers often won’t touch investment trusts with less than £250 million […]
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24 Jul 2023 1 min read
What’s going wrong for wealth preservation investment trusts?
by Faith Glasgow from interactive investor 24th July 2023: The four venerable multi-asset trusts with a well-deserved reputation for capital preservation have suffered significant losses so far in 2023. Why? This year has been a terrible one for investment trusts focused on wealth preservation to try and do their job. In the face of a […]
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18 Jul 2023 1 min read
Beyond wealth preservation trusts, nine other defensive options
by Jennifer Hill from interactive investor, 17th July 2023: Wealth preservation investment trusts are popular with DIY investors and for good reason, but a range of other defensive strategies are worthy of consideration, finds Jennifer Hill. The gathering of storm clouds tends to have investors running for cover but with sudden swings in the investment […]
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14 Jul 2023 1 min read
How fund managers prepare portfolios for a downturn
By Dave Baxter, Investors Chronicle, July 12, 2023: Few funds made it through 2022 unscathed, and even those with an explicitly defensive profile took a hit. A combination of problems, including a painful government bond sell-off, ultimately took its toll on most of the so-called wealth preservation investment trusts, although most of them fared better […]
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09 May 2023 1 min read
Investment trust boards: what do they do, and do they add value?
by Faith Glasgow from interactive investor, 9 May 2023: The recent widely publicised spat between members of Scottish Mortgage’s board of directors has once again focused attention on investment trust boards as a unique aspect of the closed-ended fund structure… Investment trusts are required to have independently elected boards of directors because they are structured […]
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28 Mar 2023 1 min read
Investment trust share buybacks: do they benefit private investors?
by Faith Glasgow from interactive investor, 28th March 2023: Share buybacks are used by investment trust boards to reduce the number of shares in circulation, as a mechanism for controlling the trust’s share price discount to net asset value (NAV)… But how far does that work in practice?.. A recent report by broker Numis notes […]
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16 Jan 2023 1 min read
Investment trusts are going cheap in the stockpicker sales
David Brenchley, The Sunday Times, January 15 2023 The January sales are still on but you might find it more profitable to go shopping in the stock market instead. When share prices fall as sharply as they have since mid-2021, investors will inevitably be on the lookout for bargain opportunities. Investment trusts are trading at […]
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31 Oct 2022 1 min read
Investment trust premiums: when to buy and when to avoid
by Faith Glasgow, from interactive investor, 31st October 2022: This year’s market turbulence, culminating in the vigorous response to the previous chancellor’s mini-budget in September, has hit investment trusts painfully. The FTSE All Share Closed End Investment index is down around 20% year-to- date, compared with the FTSE All-Share, which has lost around 10%. According […]
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06 Oct 2022 1 min read
A wealth preservation trust that has delivered
By Val Cipriani, Investors’ Chronicle, October 6, 2022: Jonathan Ruffer’s all-weather philosophy of trying not to be wrong rather than attempting to be right used to sound thoroughly unexciting. Then 2022 came, and these days it feels like the best anyone can hope for. The team at the helm of Ruffer Investment Company (RICA) has […]
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20 Jun 2022 1 min read
Big Dippers this year? Cheer up! A wild ride may be just the boost your funds need
By ROSIE MURRAY-WEST, FINANCIAL MAIL ON SUNDAY, 19 June 2022: With stock markets continuing to fall in recent days, many investment experts have reverted to using the ‘V’ word. That’s not V for victory, but V for ‘volatility’ – a term that seems to change its meaning when share price are in freefall. The FTSE […]
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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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07 Feb 2022 1 min read
Funds expected to stay the course in 2022
James Carthew for Investment Week, 03 February 2022: In 2021, the market switched from expectations of strong economic recovery to renewed growth fears and finished the year fixated on inflation and probable interest rate rises… Uncertainty is increasing and 2022 may finally be the year that many chairs and managers of investment companies have been […]
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23 Dec 2021 1 min read
How to Omicron-proof your portfolio
By ROSIE MURRAY-WEST FOR THE MAIL ON SUNDAY, 18 December 2021 It’s beginning to look a bit like Christmas last year. There’s a tree in the Grand Hotel, one in the park as well, and plenty of rumours about tightening lockdowns and restrictions as the latest Covid variant gets going. But the jury is out […]
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08 Jul 2021 1 min read
A guide on how investors can protect against inflation
We share inflation-proofing ideas for equities, funds and trusts for investors looking to add protection to their portfolios. 8th July 2021 11:12 by Faith Glasgow from interactive investor After a decade largely out of the limelight, inflation is back on investors’ radars. UK consumer prices index (CPI) inflation leapt from 1.5% in April to 2.1% […]
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31 Mar 2021 2 min read
Investment trusts in focus
Roundtable: Investment trusts in focus Citywire Wealth Manager, 30 March 2021 Gavin Lumsden: How did last year’s intense volatility impact investment trusts versus open-ended funds? Ewan Lovett-Turner: It certainly was a tumultuous year and that was reflected in performance versus the open-ended fund world. It really does depend on what time period you look at though. […]
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23 Feb 2021 2 min read
What the wealth preservation investment trusts are telling us
What the wealth preservation investment trusts are telling us The best wealth preservation trusts and how they can help you Investors’ Chronicle, February 16, 2021 By Mary McDougall There’s a lot to learn from wealth preservation investment trusts, which broadly aim to protect and grow assets in real terms over time. After all, shouldn’t that be […]
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11 May 2020 2 min read
Investment trust insider on the return of inflation
Investment trust insider on the return of inflation – James Carthew: Ruffer, Capital Gearing & Personal Assets make a good point on inflation The Association of Investment Companies’ Flexible Investment sector encompasses funds with a diverse range of investment objectives. Among those whose primary aim is to preserve investors’ wealth, the trust that seems to have […]
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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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06 Mar 2020 3 min read
Investment trust insider on defensive trusts and covid-19
Something a bit unusual – an article that we wrote that didn’t actually get published – reproduced here in full Conferences, conventions and sporting events are being cancelled left, right and centre but investment company directors shrugged that off and flocked to a well-attended annual AIC conference on Wednesday 4th. As always, there were some […]
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02 Dec 2019 1 min read
Industry experts offer investment ideas for the long term
Industry experts offer investment ideas for the long term – 10 investment funds to buy and hold for 30 to 40 years November 27, 2019 by Jennifer Hill An investment made on behalf of a grandchild stands to last a lot longer than the latest must-have gadget or piece of plastic tat, especially for those who take a […]
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22 Jul 2019 1 min read
How to invest in absolute return sector funds in falling markets
Investors are nervous and perhaps they have every reason to be. A decade-long bull market appears to be stuttering, global growth is slowing and political tensions are worsening. In such an environment, it can be hard to know where to turn. In the investment companies market, many investors have been putting their faith in a […]
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09 Jan 2019 1 min read
Investment Trust Insider on 2018
Investment Trust Insider on 2018 – Lindsell Train leads best and worst investment trusts of 2018 (NB the headlines are devised by Citywire!!) 2018 is attracting headlines as the worst year for markets since 2008. However, for the investment trust industry, there was much to celebrate. This was certainly the case for the new issue market […]
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24 Oct 2018 1 min read
Investment Trust Insider on Capital Gearing Trust
Investment Trust Insider on Capital Gearing Trust – James Carthew: why I heed the hawks at Capital Gearing Following last week’s article on Henderson Diversified Income (HDIV) and its managers’ concerns about the threat of a recession and a return to deflation, I thought, fresh from attending its investor day, I would put the counter-argument as […]
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19 Oct 2018 1 min read
Fundswire – manager opinion from Capital Gearing
Fundswire – manager opinion from Capital Gearing In our monthly roundup of the economic and market views of investment company managers and chairmen, we have seen caution and clear guidance that we are in the latter stages of the current economic cycle. Consensus appears to be that, whilst there may be further gains to be […]
