Overview
The Scottish Investment Trust is a self-managed global growth investment trust. Its aim is to provide investors with above average returns over the long term, aiming to provide steady growth in both capital and income, whilst prudently spreading investment risk.
Scottish Investment Trust has a diversified equity portfolio and invests in a broad spread of international equities. It aim to lower risk by spreading its investment over numerous companies and sectors around the world, while actively searching for opportunities to benefit investors and maximise returns.
Research History
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10 Jan 2020 8 min read
QuotedData’s economic roundup – January 2020
Economic & Political Roundup Kindly sponsored by Polar Capital and Allianz A collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you […]
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05 Jul 2019 6 min read
QuotedData’s economic roundup – July 2019
Economic & Political Roundup A collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you to buy or sell any of the […]
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18 Jan 2019 1 min read
QuotedData’s economic roundup – January 2019
QuotedData’s economic roundup – January 2019 is a collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you to buy or sell any of […]
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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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18 Jan 2018 1 min read
QuotedData – 2017 review of the year
QuotedData – 2017 review of the year – Many commentators, including us, were wary going into 2017. In the event, economic growth and markets surprised on the upside: US markets hit new highs despite three interest rate rises. Perceived low/no growth areas such as Europe and Japan burst into life. Asia’s technology stocks surged. India’s […]
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10 Jan 2018 1 min read
QuotedData’s economic round up – January 2018
QuotedData’s economic round up – January 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 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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19 Oct 2017 1 min read
Quarterly investment companies roundup – Third quarter 2017
Quarterly investment companies roundup – Third quarter 2017 – Markets moved up a little over the course of the three months ended 30 September 2017. Regionally, emerging markets did well. The pound strengthened a bit relative to the US dollar but was flat against the euro. The oil price rose by more than 20%. In […]
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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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10 Apr 2017 1 min read
QuotedData investment companies roundup – April 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 February 2017. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. April Investment Companies Roundup
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14 Feb 2017 1 min read
QuotedData’s round up of views on the global economy – February 2017
QuotedData’s collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from comments made by chairman and managers of investment companies. Kindly sponsored by Martin Currie. February Economic and Political Roundup
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13 Oct 2016 1 min read
QuotedData investment companies roundup – October 2016
Our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of September 2016. october-investment-companies-roundup
News
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01 Jul 2022 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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29 Mar 2022 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 29 March 2022
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 29 March 2022 Pershing Square (PSH) is to start paying an enhanced dividend; beginning with the second quarter dividend and for the remainder of the calendar year 2022, the company will increase its quarterly dividend by 25% to $0.125 per share. The intended policy in future years will be to pay […]
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08 Feb 2022 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 8 February 2022
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 8 February 2022, the big news is a planned merger between TwentyFour Income and UK Mortgages. However, we also have: Scottish Investment Trust (SCIN) says its portfolio has now been realigned with that of JPMorgan Global Growth and Income (JGGI), ahead of the merger of the two funds. Trading in Yew […]
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20 Dec 2021 1 min read
Scottish Investment Trust dips into revenue reserves as it reinstates dividend
Scottish Investment Trust dips into revenue reserves as it reinstates dividend – Scottish Investment Trust (SCIN) has posted its results for the year to 31 October 2021. During the period, its share price total return was 24.3% and the net asset value per share (NAV) total return (with borrowings at market value) was 15.9%. The […]
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16 Nov 2021 3 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 16 November 2021
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 16 November 2021: International Public Partnerships (INPP) says that the consortium that it is a member of (alongside Amber Infrastructure Group and Transmission Investment) now owns the 400MW Rampion offshore wind farm transmission link. The offshore wind farm is located approximately 13km off the Sussex coast and consists of 116 x […]
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22 Oct 2021 1 min read
QuotedData’s weekly news show 22 October 2021
QuotedData’s weekly news show 22 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: • Scottish Investment Trust • Fidelity Emerging • Life Science REIT • Bits and pieces This week’s interview […]
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3 min read
QD view – busy boards
I have long thought that one of the great strengths of the investment companies sector is the boards of independent directors working on investors’ behalf to keep managers and other service providers in check, keep a lid on overheads and ensuring that shareholders are treated fairly. While not every investment company is a shining example […]
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20 Oct 2021 3 min read
Scottish Investment Trust to be taken over by JPMorgan Global Growth and Income
Scottish Investment Trust to be taken over by JPMorgan Global Growth and Income – After an extensive review, the board of Scottish Investment Trust has decided that its best option is to combine the trust with JPMorgan Global Growth and Income. The board says that a large number of proposals was received and evaluated with […]
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21 Jun 2021 3 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 21 June 2021
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 21 June 2021: JZ Capital Partners (JZCP) has sold its portfolio holding Salter Labs, for approximately $41m. The company’s interest in Salter Labs is currently valued at around $37.6m. Further proceeds of approximately $750,000 have also been placed in escrow whereby some or all, depending on the outcome of certain closing adjustments, […]
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04 Jun 2021 1 min read
QuotedData’s weekly news show 4 June 2021
QuotedData’s weekly news show 4 June 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: Scottish Investment Trust update Performance fees this week – Lindsell Train, Worldwide Healthcare, Aurora Brevan Howard funds merger […]
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02 Jun 2021 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 2 June 2021
QuotedData’s morning briefing 2 June 2021 – The Scottish Investment Trust’s (SCIN’s) board is to undertake a review of the future investment management arrangements of the company. In 2015 SCIN adopted a high conviction, global contrarian investment approach. The board’s view at the time was that a period of at least 5 years would be required to evaluate […]
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14 Dec 2020 4 min read
Scottish Investment Trust has notched up its 37th year of dividend increase
The Scottish Investment Trust (SCIN) has announced its annual results for the year to 31 October 2020, during which it has notched up its 37th consecutive year of dividend increase (an increase of 1.8% to 23.2p per share). During the year, SCIN provided share price and NAV total returns of -12.0% and -10.6% respectively, which […]
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16 Dec 2019 5 min read
Scottish Investment Trust increases dividend for 36th consecutive year
Scottish Investment Trust increases dividend for 36th consecutive year – The Scottish Investment Trust (SCIN) has reported the following financial highlights for the year to 31 October 2019: Total dividend increased by 20.0%; Regular dividend increased by 7.5% to 22.80p; 36th consecutive year of regular dividend increase; Share price total return +1.0% and NAV total return +0.5%. […]
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11 Sep 2019 1 min read
QuotedData’s other news 11 September 2019
In QuotedData’s other news 11 September 2019: Grit Real Estate, the pan-African real estate trust, is planning a fundraise – up to 280m shares at a price no less than NAV. Neil Rogan, ex-head of Global Equities at Gartmore with sole responsibility for Gartmore Global Focus Fund and the former lead manager of Fleming Far Eastern […]
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10 Dec 2018 6 min read
Scottish Investment Trust provides 35th consecutive year of dividend increase
Scottish Investment Trust (SCIN) has announced its final results for the year ended 31 October 2018. During the year, the share price total return was +1.9% and the NAV total return was +1.1%. SCIN does not have a formal benchmark but it says that, by way of comparison, the sterling total return of the international […]
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11 Dec 2017 3 min read
Scottish Investment Trust held back by contrarian style this year
Scottish Investment Trust held back by contrarian style this year – Scottish Investment Trust says that, during the 12 months to 31 October 2017, the share price total return was 12.8% and the net asset value per share (NAV) total return (with borrowings at market value) was 11.0%. These returns include a 1.4p uplift from […]
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31 May 2016 2 min read
Alasdair McKinnon has good start at Scottish Investment Trust
Scottish Investment Trust has announced results for the six months ended 30 April 2016. Over that period the net asset value per share total return was 4.0% (with borrowings at market value). The share price total return was 4.4%. The company does not have a formal benchmark but, by way of reference, over the review period the […]
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07 Dec 2015 3 min read
Scottish Investment Trust cuts borrowings
Scottish Investment Trust announced a cut in its borrowings yesterday as it purchased in the market for cancellation 21,188,000 5.75% Secured Bonds 2030. Upon cancellation 82,827,000 5.75% Secured Bonds 2030 will remain in issue. Today it has announced results for the year ended 31 October 2015. The total return on net assets was 4.0% while the share […]
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01 Jun 2015 1 min read
Scottish Investment Trust reports good start to 2015
Scottish Investment Trust has published interim results for the six months ended 30 April 2015. Over the period the fund produced a return on net assets of 9.8% which compares to returns on the FTSE All-World Index and FTSE All-Share Index of 9.6% and 9.2% respectively. The manager’s report goes into the portfolio in some […]
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06 Feb 2015 1 min read
Alasdair McKinnon confirmed as Scottish Inv Trust manager
The Board of Scottish Investment Trust has decided to make Alasdair McKinnon its investment manager. He has been doing the job on a temporary basis since John Kennedy stepped down in July last year. Alasdair has been working for the trust since 2003. SCIN : Alasdair McKinnon confirmed as Scottish Inv Trust manager
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08 Dec 2014 2 min read
Scottish Investment Trust let down by US underweight and Oil exposure
Over the year to the end of October 2014 Scottish Investment Trust generated a return of 1% on net assets – in-line with the return on the FTSE All-Share Index over that period but well behind the 8.8% return posted by the FTSE All World Index (a large proportion of SCIN’s assets are invested overseas). […]
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02 Dec 2014 1 min read
The alternative plays in investment trusts
Source: http://www.moneymarketing.co.uk/news-and-analysis/analysis/the-alternative-plays-in-investment-trusts/2016533.article Income-seeking investors would do well to look at the alternative plays on offer in the investment companies space, such as renewable energy and asset leasing With interest rates held so low for so long, it is not surprising investors have been looking for alternative ways to generate income. That search is only set to […]
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21 Jul 2014 1 min read
Scottish Investment Trust : SCIN – change of manager
Scottish Investment Trust has announced that John Kennedy, manager of the fund for the last 10 years and an employee for 21 years, has left the Company on 18 July 2014 (although he will stay on as a consultant for a short period to mange the handover to his successor). The Board thanked him for contribution over this […]
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11 Dec 2013 1 min read
Scottish Investment trust : SCIN
Results for the year to end October 2013. SCIN had a good year, beating both the FTSE All-World Index and the FTSE All-Share (SCIN NAV +28%, SCIN share price +29%, World Index +24%, UK Index +23%). Gearing was positive, adding 1.4% to returns.
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In The Press
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22 Feb 2022 1 min read
Did investment trusts deliver enough consolidation in 2021?
Over £700m in deals produced a record year, but some say more mergers need to take place Jessica Tasman-Jones, Portfolio Adviser, 15 Feb 22: Investment trust boards have been accused of inertia when it comes to consolidation even after 2021 produced a record five deals worth £708m. This month, shareholders in beleaguered UK Mortgages discovered the […]
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15 Feb 2022 1 min read
Investment trust insider on global equity income funds
Investment trust insider on global equity income funds – James Carthew: Scottish gone, it’s Majedie’s turn to merge One of the big surprises of last year was Scottish (SCIN) opting to be absorbed by JPMorgan Global Growth and Income (JGGI). Last week Scottish announced that its portfolio was now aligned with JGGI’s. Scottish’s shareholders approved […]
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23 Dec 2021 1 min read
Bargain Hunter: three trusts shaking things up to tackle their big discounts
7th December 2021 by Kyle Caldwell from interactive investor There are various tools a board can use in an attempt to boost demand for shares. Here are some examples. When an investment trust is persistently out of favour, its board can spring into action in an attempt to tackle its discount… Change at the top In a […]
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22 Nov 2021 1 min read
What is the future of trust dividend heroes following consolidation?
Kathleen Gallagher, Investment Week, 17 November 2021• 2 min read In the past 18 months, four trusts have fallen off the Association of Investment Companies’s (AIC) dividend hero list for various different reasons. However, investment trust experts are cautiously optimistic the list will grow over the next few years, with the main barrier to that […]
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25 Oct 2021 1 min read
Board seeks end to historic £600m Scottish Investment Trust
JPMAM set to nab the only portfolio of investment trust veteran Alasdair McKinnon By Jessica Tasman-Jones, Portfolio Adviser, 20 Oct 21 The proposed end to the £590.7m Scottish Investment Trust has been called a “sad day” for nostalgists as the board calls for the merger of one of the UK’s oldest investment companies with JP […]