Overview
Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities, BEMO (formerly Baring Emerging Europe : BEE) aims to achieve capital growth, principally through investment in emerging and frontier equity securities listed or traded on EMEA securities markets. The company may also invest in securities in which the majority of underlying assets, revenues and/or profits are, or are expected to be, derived from activities in EMEA, but which are listed or traded elsewhere.
Their website is found here
You can view our interviews with the company’s Fund Managers below:
23rd September 2022: Matthias Siller – Weekly Show
Fundamentals
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Research History
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16 Jun 2023 1 min read
Interview with Matthias Siller from Baring Emerging EMEA Opportunities
In this week’s show, James Carthew spoke to Matthias Siller from Baring Emerging EMEA Opportunities. If you were looking for the first part of QuotedData’s show, focused on the roundup of the week’s news, click here. If there is a guest speaker you’d particularly like to hear from, please email us on [email protected]. Additionally, if you would […]
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05 Jan 2023 90 min read
QuotedData’s Economic and Political Monthly Roundup January 2023
Economic and Political Monthly Roundup Investment companies | Monthly | January 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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23 Sep 2022 1 min read
Interview with Matthias Siller of Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities
In this week’s show, James Carthew talked to Matthias Siller of Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities. If you were looking for the first part of QuotedData’s show, focused on the roundup of the week’s news, click here. If there is a guest speaker you’d particularly like to hear from, please email us. Additionally, if you would prefer to […]
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09 Jul 2021 1 min read
Interview with Matthias Siller of Baring Emerging EMEA Opportunities
In this week’s show, James Carthew talked to Matthias Siller of Baring Emerging EMEA Opportunities. Watch it again here. If you were looking for QuotedData’s roundup of the week’s news, this is now in the news section – just click here. If there is a guest speaker you’d particularly like to hear from, please email us – […]
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12 Nov 2020 7 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Roundup – November 2020
Investment Companies Monthly 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 Events Guide Legal New research Here is a list of research we published over October: Herald Investment Trust – Hot chips “Reflecting its focus on technology, […]
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09 Oct 2020 7 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Roundup – October 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 Events Guide Appendix – Performance by sector full list New research Here is a list of research we published over September: Standard Life Investments Property Income Trust – […]
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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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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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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 economic roundup – December 2018
QuotedData’s economic roundup – December 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 sell any […]
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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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18 Jul 2018 2 min read
Quarterly Investment Companies Roundup – Second Quarter 2018
QUARTERLY INVESTMENT COMPANIES ROUNDUP – SECOND QUARTER 2018 Global equities markets rose in the second quarter of 2018, Markets were volatile, as positive economic data and encouraging company performances played off against geopolitical concerns. Yields from bond markets rose early in the quarter but fell back as investors turned to ‘safer’ investments. The threat of […]
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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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11 May 2018 1 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – May 2018
QuotedData investment companies roundup – May 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 April 2018. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. India Capital Growth has experience a rebound in performance in the past month, as […]
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18 Apr 2018 1 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – April 2018
QuotedData investment companies roundup – April 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 March 2018. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. Stock markets have suffered their first meaningful fall for nearly two years. At the quarter end, […]
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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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14 Jun 2017 1 min read
QuotedData’s economic round up – June 2017
QuotedData’s economic round up – June 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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31 Jan 2017 1 min read
QuotedData – 2016 review of the year
Our review of 2016 includes performance data, significant moves in discounts and premiums, money raised and money handed back, major news stories and links to the research we have published including our guide to investment companies. 2016 Annual roundup
News
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17 Mar 2025 1 min read
Putin permits sale of some Russian stocks, but not for JEMA
Putin has published a decree that says that certain firms owning Russian stocks will be able to sell these to a New York based hedge fund – 683 Partners – which will then be able to deal in them in Russia. The decree opens up so many questions about how the firms were selected, who […]
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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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11 Jan 2024 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 11 January 2024 – SONG, EDIN, BEMO
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 11 January 2024: Hipgnosis (SONG) says that Sylvia Coleman has resigned as independent non-executive director with immediate effect. Robert Naylor (the chairman) thanked her for the help she provided to him and and his fellow new board directors over the last few months, and wished her all the best for success […]
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08 Dec 2023 1 min read
QuotedData’s weekly news update 8th December
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: Chrysalis (0:20) Baring Emerging EMEA Opportunities (3:23) Ecofin US Renewables (7:21) This week’s interview was with Joe Bauernfreund from AVI Japan Opportunity Trust – watch […]
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4 min read
Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities ekes out some NAV growth
Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities (BEMO) has announced its annual results for the year ended 30 September 2023, during which it provided an NAV total return of 0.5% and a share price total return of -8.8%, which compare to a return on its benchmark of -3.4%. The NAV’s outperformance can largely be attributed to stock selection […]
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2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 8 December 2023 – BEMO, TFG, CRS
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 8 December 2023: Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities (BEMO) says that, earlier this year, Russian retailer Magnit announced a tender offer of its shares. After seeking legal advice that participation in the transaction would be permissible under the current sanctions regime, BEMO applied to tender its shares and has confirmed that its […]
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10 Feb 2023 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 10 February 2023
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 10 February 2023: JLEN Environmental Assets Group (JLEN) says that Nadia Sood has been appointed to its board as a non-executive director with effect from 10 February 2023. The announcement says that Nadia brings extensive experience of executing and managing complex infrastructure investments ranging in size across multiple international markets. She […]
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08 Dec 2022 3 min read
Russia’s war scars Barings Emerging EMEA returns
Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities saw a -29.9% NAV total return for the 12 months ended 30 September 2022. Its performance benchmark return was -20.1%. The dividend was reduced by 9p to 17p. The company’s investments in Russia, now valued at zero, were responsible for the vast majority of the absolute decline in net asset value […]
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07 Sep 2022 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 7 September 2022
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 7 September 2022: SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust (SEIT) says its issue was oversubscribed and has been expanded to £135m, accordingly the company will issue a total of 118,421,053 new ordinary shares at 114p of which 5,139,370 relate to the retail investor offer. It is expected that dealings in the new […]
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30 May 2022 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 30 May 2022
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 30 May 2022 BMO Capital and Income (BCI) has published its half-year unaudited results for the six months to 31 March 2022, during which time its share price total return was 2.1% and its NAV return was -1.3%, underperforming its benchmark which returned 4.7% over the same period. Meanwhile, the trust’s […]
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13 May 2022 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 13 May 2022
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 13 May 2021: Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities (BEMO) has announced that Maria Szczesna, one of its investment managers, and a member of the Barings EMEA Team, has decided to step down from her portfolio management responsibilities to return to her home country for family reasons. Maria will remain with BEMO until […]
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04 Mar 2022 1 min read
Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities updates on Russian exposure
Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities (BEMO) has announced that its board has further refined the fair value of all the remaining Russian investments held in BEMO’s portfolio in line with the evolving market situation. In calculating BEMO’s NAV as at 2 March 2022, the Board has reassessed its policy announced on 1 March 2022 to mark […]
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01 Mar 2022 2 min read
JPMorgan Russian loses another director as trusts discuss sanctions impact
JPMorgan Russian loses another director – Ashley Dunster is standing down as a director of JPMorgan Russian with immediate effect. This follows close on from Tamara Sakovska’s decision to resign from the board on 24 February 2022. Ashley had been a director of the trust since November 2019. He was CIO of Capital Group’s private […]
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2 min read
Russia to be expelled from MSCI Emerging Index?
Russia to be expelled from MSCI Emerging Index? Yesterday, after Russia blocked foreigners from selling Russian shares and exchanges around the world started to announce that they would suspend dealing in Russian shares, a thought occurred to us: did this break MSCI’s liquidity rules that govern the inclusion of stocks in their indices? We emailed […]
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24 Feb 2022 2 min read
QD view – Russia and Ukraine – can we really continue to turn the other cheek?
The events unfolding in Ukraine are awful to see and, to date, the response from the UK government woefully inadequate. The focus of sanctions has been on persons and businesses connected with the Putin regime. Perhaps now we should be going much further. Which investment companies are exposed to Russia? In the investment companies sector […]
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06 Dec 2021 2 min read
Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities outperforms benchmark during recovery year
Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities outperforms benchmark during recovery year – Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities (BEMO) has published its full year results for the 12 months to 30 September 2021. During the period, the NAV total return was up 36.6% while its share price increased by 35.1%, compared to the benchmark return of +33.3%. The discount […]
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19 May 2021 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 19 May 2021
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 19 May 2021 – Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities (BEMO) first-half results period to 31 March 2021 saw it complete its transition from a Russia and hydrocarbon-focused Central and Eastern Europe fund to one including the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), and Sub-Saharan Africa regions. Russia is now BEMO’s number two […]
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16 Nov 2020 2 min read
QuotedData’s Morning Briefing 16 November 2020
QuotedData’s Morning Briefing 16 November 2020 – UK Mortgages (UKML) is to convene an extraordinary general meeting on 4 December. Its board is recommending that UKML should continue operating as a publicly-traded investment company under a revised mandate offering an increased focus on enhancing liquidity and returns whilst continuing to seek to narrow the discount. This […]
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23 Oct 2020 1 min read
QuotedData’s weekly news show 23 October 2020
QuotedData’s weekly news show 23 October 2020 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: A change of direction for Baring Emerging Europe A new manager for Alliance Trust A new meeting requisition […]
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19 Oct 2020 2 min read
Baring Emerging Europe heads for Middle East and Africa
Baring Emerging Europe heads for Middle East and Africa – Baring Emerging Europe has announced a proposed change of investment policy which will diversify the current mandate’s geographical scope to include the whole of Emerging Europe, the Middle East and Africa (“EMEA”) including, as opportunities arise, investing in select frontier markets within the EMEA region. The […]
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06 Oct 2020 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 6 October 2020
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 6 October 2020: Augmentum Fintech says Seedrs (which was 1.2% of its portfolio at the end of March) is planning to merge with Crowdcube. Also, Tide (11.5% of the portfolio) has been awarded another £25m (on top of the £60m it got in February 2019) of the RBS Alternative Remedies Package (the […]
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06 Dec 2019 1 min read
QuotedData’s other news 6 December 2019
In QuotedData’s other news 6 December 2019 Sanditon’s liquidation vote passed yesterday Baring Emerging Europe beat its benchmark for the year ended 30 September 2019, returning 17.8% against 15.9% for the index. The dividend was increased by a penny to 35p. Returns were driven by a strong stockmarket in Russia. Duke Royalty has awarded three […]
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23 Nov 2018 4 min read
Second half brings down Baring Emerging returns
Second half brings down Baring Emerging returns- Baring Emerging Europe (BEE) reported a NAV per ordinary share of -2.57% for 2018 while the benchmark (MSCI Emerging Europe 10/40 Index) went up 1.62% on the year. After a strong first half of the year Baring Emerging Europe was brought down by turbulent economic situations. The manager […]
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07 Dec 2017 1 min read
Baring Emerging Europe outperforms as Polish stocks soar
Baring Emerging Europe outperforms as Polish stocks soar – For the year ended 30 September 2017, Baring Emerging Europe returned 26.9% in NAV terms and 27.6% in share price terms against a 21.4% return for its benchmark, the MSCI Emerging Markets Europe 10/40 Index. The dividend has been increased from 23p to 32p. The manager […]
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15 Dec 2016 2 min read
Baring Emerging Europe proposes tender offer, investment policy changes and changes to its DCM
Baring Emerging Europe has announced proposals to return capital to shareholders through a tender offer of up to 10 per cent. of the issued share capital of the Company at a 2.5 per cent. discount to net asset value per share as at 24 January 2017. The Company is also proposing a change of its […]
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12 Dec 2016 1 min read
Baring Emerging Europe planning tender
Over the year ended 30 September 2016, Baring Emerging Europe’s Net Asset Value per share on a total return basis rose by 41%, which compares with a rise of 27% in the benchmark, the MSCI Emerging Europe 10/40 Index. Part of this was attributable to the decline in sterling; in Dollar terms the increase in Net Asset Value […]
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05 May 2016 3 min read
Baring Emerging Europe NAV outperforms whilst its performance fee is cancelled
Baring Emerging Europe, managed by Matthias Siller (pictured), has announced its interim results for the six months ended 31 March 2016. During the period, it provided an NAV total return of 18.2% beating its MSCI EM Europe 10/40 benchmark index, which returned 14.3%. The share price total return was 12.2%, slightly underperforming the benchmark, which reflects a […]
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18 Apr 2016 1 min read
Best and worst performing investment trusts: Unloved commodity, Brazil and Russia funds finally come good
Recovery in commodity prices has boosted investment trusts specialising in the sector Investors also hoping for Brazil revival if leader Dilma Rousseff is ousted Biotech and healthcare hit by fears Democrat party will squeeze drug prices if they win the US http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/investing/article-3542148/Unloved-commodity-Brazil-Russia-funds-finally-come-good.html
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06 Apr 2016 1 min read
Baring Emerging Europe is scrapping its performance fee
Baring Emerging Europe, managed by Matthias Siller (pictured) has announced that that an agreement has been reached with Baring Fund Managers Limited to remove the performance fee element of the management agreement with effect from 31 March 2016. Under the previous arrangement, Barings was entitled to a performance fee payable at the rate of 10% […]
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27 Nov 2015 1 min read
Baring Emerging outperforms falling markets
The year to the end of September 2015 was a tough one for emerging European markets. Baring Emerging Europe saw its net asset value fall by 20.5% and its share price fall by 17.6% over this period but this was better than their benchmark index, the MSCI EM Europe 10/40 Index which fell by 23.0%. […]
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07 May 2015 1 min read
Baring Emerging beats falling market
Baring Emerging Europe’s half year results, for the six months to the end of March 2015, show that the fund outperformed a falling market with the net asset value total return being -9.9% as compared to a -11.0% return on the MSCI Emerging Market Europe 10/40 Index. The return to shareholders was -8.2%. The Chairman’s statement […]
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25 Nov 2014 1 min read
Tough year for Baring Emerging Europe
BEE : Tough year for Baring Emerging Europe Over the year to the end of September 2014 Baring Emerging Europe’s net asset value fell from 846.2p to 695.9p – on a total return basis a fall of 15.9%. This was 2.6% worse than their benchmark (the MSCI Emerging Markets Europe 10/40 Index) which fell by 13.3%. The […]
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15 May 2014 1 min read
Baring Emerging Europe : BEE – interim results
Baring Emerging Europe had a difficult six months to end March 2014 – the net asset value total return was -13.3%, behind the return on the MSCI 10/40 Index of -10.3%. Its discount narrowed a little however so the return on the share price was -12.1%. The Chairman places the underperformance squarely on the Ukrainian […]
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16 Sep 2024 1 min read
Investment trust insider on a shrinking sector
Investment trust insider on a shrinking sector – James Carthew: We might regret what’s lost in the trust bloodbath Four more investment companies – Aquila European Renewables, Ecofin US Renewables, Gulf Investment Fund and Keystone Positive Change – are heading for the exit. The bloodbath in the investment companies sector seems to be getting worse. […]
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15 Dec 2023 2 min read
The investment trusts facing crunch continuation votes
by Dave Baxter, Investors’ Chronicle, 15 December 2023: The optimists would have you believe that the worst is finally over for the investment trust sector. Interest rates have apparently peaked, wide share price discounts are likely to limit further falls and the reform of cost disclosure requirements could remove one of the many challenges facing […]
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16 Aug 2023 1 min read
Investment trust insider on the return of arbitrageurs
Investment trust insider on the return of arbitrageurs – James Carthew: The unfit trusts at risk from an ‘arb’ attack Investment company bargains abound following the discount widening that has plagued the sector. We have seen some welcome proactive moves by boards to address the problem. What does not seem to have emerged yet is […]
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12 Dec 2022 1 min read
Investment trust insider on EMEA
Investment trust insider on EMEA – James Carthew: In emerging market turmoil, ‘eclectic’ EMEA has surprise appeal China still dominates the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, accounting for 30% of the benchmark at the end of November 2022. Its weak markets, largely a product of its zero-Covid policy, have weighed on the returns of global emerging […]
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03 Oct 2022 1 min read
Terry Smith is dubbed Britain’s Warren Buffett but as even he winds up his trust… should YOU steer clear of emerging markets too or is it time to buy?
By ROSIE MURRAY-WEST, FINANCIAL MAIL ON SUNDAY, 2 October 2022: Making money from emerging markets is not easy. Even veteran investor Terry Smith, hailed as Britain’s Warren Buffett, has announced he is winding up his fund that operates in the region, because it has ‘underperformed expectations’… But these fund disappointments do not mean that emerging […]
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28 Feb 2022 1 min read
Trust Watch: War in Ukraine widens closed-end discounts
Gavin Lumsden, Citywire Investment Trust Insider, 25 Feb, 2022: Discounts widen: Russia’s shocking invasion of Ukraine has caused extreme volatility in stock markets, with the FTSE 100 today recovering 3.7% after plunging a similar amount yesterday. Investment trust share prices fell and leapt in almost equal measure, although the deep uncertainty saw their average share […]
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03 Dec 2020 2 min read
Investment trust insider on emerging markets
Investment trust insider on emerging markets – James Carthew: Who to back in the emerging markets rally? The good news that we have had over the past few weeks on the US election and vaccines to tackle Covid-19 have helped drive a recovery in emerging markets investment trusts. Shares in JPMorgan Emerging Markets (JMG), Mobius (MMIT) […]
