Overview
Chelverton UK Dividend Trust: SDV (formerly Chelverton Small Companies Dividend Trust and before that Small Companies Dividend Trust) aims to provide its ordinary shareholders with a high income and opportunity for capital growths. Chelverton UK Dividend Trust’s funds are invested principally in UK companies with a market capitalisation of up to £500 million at the point of investment.
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Research History
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26 Apr 2024 11 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Quarterly Review – First quarter of 2024
First quarter of 2024 Investment Companies | Quarterly roundup | April 2023 Kindly sponsored by abrdn Equity rally belies difficult quarter for sector 2024 started on strong footing, with global equities (as measured by the MSCI All Countries World Index) rallying 9.2% over the first three months (in sterling terms). However, while there some standouts […]
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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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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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10 Aug 2020 7 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Roundup – August 2020
Investment Companies Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford and Aberdeen Standard Investments Table of contents New research Performance data Discounts and premiums Money in and out Major news stories Income Events Guide Appendix – Performance by sector full list New research Here is a list of research we published over July: Seneca Global Income & Growth – […]
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4 min read
QuotedData’s Economic Roundup – August 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 Jul 2020 7 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Roundup – July 2020
Investment Companies Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford and Aberdeen Standard Investments Table of contents New research Performance data Discounts and premiums Money in and out Major news stories Income Events Guide Appendix – Performance by sector full list New research Here is a list of research we published over June: CQS New City High Yield – […]
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07 May 2020 8 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Roundup – May 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 Appendix – Performance by sector full list New research Here is a list of research we published over April: An update note […]
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17 Apr 2020 8 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Quarterly Review – First 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 The legal bit Unprecedented times We have knitted […]
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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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10 Jan 2020 5 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – January 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 Income Events New research Here is a list of research we published over December: An update note on BlackRock Throgmorton (THRG) “BlackRock Throgmorton continues to lead its peer group in […]
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22 Mar 2019 1 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – March 2019
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – March 2019 is our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of February 2019. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. JPMorgan Chinese, Fidelity China and Pacific Horizon benefited from a booming Chinese market in […]
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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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19 Dec 2018 1 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – December 2018
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – December 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 November 2018. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. Extract from ‘winners and losers’ The Californian wildfires took their toll on CatCo Reinsurance as it […]
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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 […]
News
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09 May 2025 2 min read
Chelverton UK Dividend Trust repays ZDPs and outlines new dividend policy
Chelverton UK Dividend Trust (SDV) has confirmed that the final capital repayment on its 2025 Zero Dividend Preference shares (ZDPs) has now been made in full. As a result, the trust is currently ungeared, with net assets of £30.85m as at 7 May 2025, invested across a diversified portfolio of UK small and mid-cap companies. […]
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29 Apr 2025 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 29 April 2025 – HVPE, SDV/SDVP, NRR
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 29 April 2025: We also have: Stories you may have missed from yesterday
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24 Apr 2025 2 min read
Chelverton UK Dividend – ZDP placing cancelled, liquidation of SDV 2025 ZDP Co to proceed
Chelverton UK Dividend Trust (SDV) has announced that the proposed placing of new zero dividend preference shares (ZDPs) in 2031 ZDPCo will not proceed due to insufficient demand amid continued market volatility. As a result, the previously proposed Scheme of Reconstruction has also been cancelled. Despite some investor support, the challenging market backdrop has led […]
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10 Apr 2025 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning Briefing 10 April 2025 – MHN, MINI, TFIF, SDV
In QuotedData’s morning Briefing 10 April 2025: We also have: Did you see from yesterday?
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09 Apr 2025 3 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 9 April 2025 – UTL, BSRT, SDV, IGC
We also have: Stories you may have missed from yesterday:
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17 Mar 2025 1 min read
Chelverton UK Dividend proposes 2031 ZDP issue
Chelverton UK Dividend (SDV) has published a prospectus in relation to a placing for new 2031 ZDP shares along with recommended proposals for the reconstruction and winding-up of SDV 2025 ZDP Plc and a placing programme for its ordinary shares. SDV is proposing to issue up to 15m new zero-dividend preference shares in 2031 ZDPCo […]
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06 Mar 2025 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 6 March 2025 – JGC, BBGI, SDV, NRR
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 6 March 2025: Jupiter Green (JGC) says that holders of 10,584,126 shares opted to rollover into an equivalent open-ended fund while holders of 8,391,654 shares opted to receive cash. In the vote to approve the deal, shareholders voted overwhelmingly to approve the proposals but gave a convincing thumbs down (87.35% against […]
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30 Aug 2024 3 min read
Chelverton UK Dividend battles on during difficult environment for UK small and mid caps
Chelverton UK Dividend Trust (SDV) has announced its annual results for the year to 30 April 2024, during which it provided an NAV total return of 1.72% in a period that its manager says was a continuation of the difficult environment for UK small & midcaps. The manager says that, despite the combined headwinds of […]
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29 Nov 2023 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 29 November 2023 – FCSS, CORD, SDV
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 29 November 2023: Cordiant Digital Infrastructure (CORD) announced its interim results for the six months to 30 September 2023. The NAV total return was 1.1% while shares fell 12.4% with the company’s discount widening to 38%. Despite the returns, portfolio performance was robust. EBITDA for the six-month period increased 5.5% to […]
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07 Jul 2023 7 min read
QD view – Divining higher income in an inflationary environment
As I write this, the outlook for the UK equity market looks particularly depressed. As I discussed in my QD view “Bargain Britain” two weeks ago (click here to read), inflation in the UK has remained stubbornly high, which was somewhat of a surprise to many commentators who had expected to see signs of this […]
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30 Jun 2023 2 min read
Chelverton has another difficult year
Chelverton UK Dividend Trust (SDV) has released its annual results for the 12 month period ending 30 April 2023. SDV’s NAV per share fell by -15.3%, and its share price fell by -9.4%. Total assets, including its revenue reserve, fell by -8.7%. Over the same period the MSCI Small Cap Index fell by -5.2%. SDV […]
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09 Sep 2022 3 min read
QD view – Here comes the rain again
It is not that long ago that COVID-19 posed a significant threat to UK equity income funds, as a swathe of companies – notably the banks – cut or passed their dividends altogether. However, investment companies, with their ability to salt away revenue reserves in the good times, were generally much better able to withstand […]
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18 Jul 2022 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 18 July 2022
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 18 July 2022: Doric Nimrod Air One (DNA) has confirmed it will sell one of its assets, an Airbus A380-861 aircraft, which is currently leased in a 12 year agreement to Dubai airline, Emirates, to the company at its lease end date of 16 December 2022. The sale proceeds to be […]
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30 Jun 2022 2 min read
Chelverton UK Dividend’s new chairman has already been on the board since 2011
Chelverton UK Dividend Trust has published results covering the 12 month ended 30 April 2022. The underlying portfolio fell by 8.1%, beating the MSCI Small Cap Index, which fell by 15.2%. However, the fall is amplified by the gearing provided by the trust’s zero dividend preference shares. The net asset value per ordinary share fell […]
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24 Sep 2021 3 min read
QD view – ranking UK equity income trusts
We had results this week from two of the giants of the UK equity income sector. The City of London Trust, which has been managed for 30 years by Job Curtis at Janus Henderson, celebrated its 55th consecutive year of dividend increases. Rival, Murray Income can ‘only’ boast a 48-year track record of consecutive dividend […]
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24 Jun 2021 4 min read
Chelverton UK Dividend’s NAV soars after initial pandemic fall
Chelverton UK Dividend’s NAV soars after initial pandemic fall – Chelverton UK Dividend (SDV) has announced its full year results for the year ended 30 April 2021. During the period, the trust’s NAV soared by 81.9% while its share price total return also rose by 57.2%. During the same period, the MSCI Small Cap index […]
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07 Jul 2020 2 min read
Chelverton UK commits to at least maintain its dividend
Chelverton UK commits to at least maintain its dividend – Chelverton UK Dividend Trust has published its annual report for the year to 31 April 2020. The gearing provided by its zero dividend preference shares has amplified the COVID-19 related fall in its NAV. The NAV total return on the ordinary shares was -36.1%. Shareholders […]
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11 Jul 2019 2 min read
Chelverton UK Dividend shares dropped 31%
Chelverton UK Dividend shares dropped 31% – Over the year to the end of April 2019, Chelverton UK Dividend returned -9.9% in NAV terms as the company’s split capital structure magnified a -3.5% return on the portfolio. The share price divided from 251p to 173.5p – moving from a 0.6% premium to a 19% discount. […]
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21 Jul 2016 3 min read
Small Companies Dividend Trust provides a year of strong outperformance
Small Companies Dividend Trust has announced its annual results for the year ended 30 April 2016. During the year, the Trust’s NAV per ordinary share increased by 8.44% whilst its ordinary share price increased by 17.41%. Total dividends for the year are 9.1p per ordinary share including a special dividend of 1.6p. During the same […]
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04 Dec 2015 2 min read
Small Companies Dividend Trust convincingly beats benchmark in H1
Small Companies Dividend Trust has announced its interim results for the six-months ended 31 October 2015. During the period, the NAV per ordinary share rose 11.6% beating the MSCI Small Cap Index, which fell 2.02%. The ordinary share price increased by 17.1% during the period and the discount narrowed from 16.99% to 12.90%. A second […]
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16 Jul 2015 1 min read
Small company investment trusts got election boost
Investment trusts specialising in smaller companies were among the top performers of the past few months after a decisive election result improved confidence in the sector, new research shows. But commodity and Asia-focused investment trusts were among the stragglers as investors shunned stocks exposed to an economic slowdown in China or a US rate rise, […]
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26 Jun 2015 1 min read
Small Companies Dividend hoping for M&A uptick
Smaller Companies Dividend Trust has reported its annual figures covering the year to the end of April 2015. Over this period the total return on the portfolio was 6.9%, adjusting for the effects of the zero dividend preference shares, this made the return in the net asset value of the ordinary shares 7.2%. The ordinary […]
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12 Dec 2014 1 min read
Smaller Companies Dividend geared into market fall
Over the six months to the end of October 2014, the gearing effect provided by its zero dividend preference shares worked against Smaller Companies Dividend Trust as small cap. values fell. The MSCI Small Cap. Index fell in value by 3.1% over the period while Smaller Companies Dividend Trust’s net asset value fell by 5.9%. […]
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04 Jul 2014 1 min read
Small Companies Dividend Trust : SDV annual results
Small Companies Dividend Trust has published its anual accounts for the year ended 30 April 2014. It was a remarkable period for the fund as its net asset value per share rose by 37.9% and its share price by 46.3%. By contrast the MSCI UK Small Cap Index rose by 19.3%. The discount narrowed from […]
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02 May 2024 2 min read
Are the highest-yielding equity trusts a sound investment?
By Emma Wallis, News editor, Trustnet, 01 May 2024: Income-seeking investors can find rich pickings amongst the investment trust sector, with many trusts offering yields above government bonds plus the prospect of capital gains and an extra kicker if discounts narrow. Wealth manager Stifel found that 32 trusts investing primarily in equities have a yield […]
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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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07 Feb 2023 1 min read
Investment trust insider on income in time of inflation
Investment trust insider on income in time of inflation – James Carthew: Choppy outlook for income folk One question I have been pondering is, how would an income investor reliant on a portfolio of investment companies be faring now? Unfortunately, it looks as though some belt-tightening would be required. For example, companies that adopted a […]
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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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23 Dec 2021 2 min read
Inflation worries? Not if you chose these funds
David Brenchley, December 19 2021, The Sunday Times A sharp rise in the cost of living will have forced many people to accept more risk in how they take investment income in retirement. To ensure that their income keeps pace with their spending, many will be looking for investments that yield more than the present […]
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WI Daily: The best performing UK trusts of 2021
What Investment, Rory Palmer, 7 DEC 2021: Last week I looked at the top performing funds in the IA Global sector, with energy strategies and blockchain ETFs coming out on top. Now it’s time to look a little closer to home at the closed-ended vehicles in the UK that have had a stellar 2021. The […]
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07 Jan 2021 1 min read
Questions of Trust
QUESTIONS OF TRUST In: Portfolio Adviser, The Professionals’ Guide to Value Investing James Carthew, Director, QuotedData If you believe last November’s bounce in value stocks heralds the start of a renaissance for the strategy, who are the potential beneficiaries in the investment trust sector? Last year turned out to be a bumper one for all […]
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27 Nov 2020 1 min read
Bargains abound as investment trust sector yield spikes to 21st century high
Bargains abound as investment trust sector yield spikes to 21st century high Unweighted yield hit 5.2% at end-October David Brenchley, Investment Week, 25 November 2020 Income has been hard to come by for UK investors in recent years, and this was particularly the case in 2020 as Covid-19 wreaked havoc on dividends from stocks around […]
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09 Apr 2020 2 min read
Investment trust insider on bombed out funds
Investment trust insider on bombed out funds – James Carthew: two of six 2020 disasters may yet fly Many investment companies have dived in value this year. You could probably predict some of the list of the worst-performing share prices: Infrastructure India (IIP), whose main asset is a ports business which has seen a dramatic slump […]
