Overview
Henderson Far East Income aims to provide a high level of dividend as well as capital appreciation from a diversified portfolio of investments traded on the Pacific, Australasian, Japanese and Indian stock markets.
The fund’s website can be found here.
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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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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10 Sep 2020 6 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Roundup – September 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 August: Aberdeen New Dawn – COVID positive “In […]
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07 May 2020 4 min read
QuotedData’s Economic Roundup – May 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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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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12 Nov 2019 5 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – November 2019
Investment Companies Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford New research Over October, we published notes on Pacific Horizon, Seneca Global Income & Growth, Premier Global Infrastructure, Polar Capital Global Financials, Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure, Aberdeen Standard European Logistics Income and Herald. Additionally, as part of our enhanced coverage of the property sector, we launched […]
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08 May 2019 4 min read
QuotedData’s economic roundup – May 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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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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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 Jul 2018 1 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – July 2018
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – July 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 June 2018. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. July Investment Companies Roundup Money raised and returned in June Newcomer to the market, Yew Grove […]
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11 May 2018 1 min read
QuotedData’s Economic round up – May 2018
QuotedData’s economic round up – May 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 Apr 2018 1 min read
QuotedData’s Economic round up – April 2018
QuotedData’s economic round up – April 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 […]
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11 Dec 2017 1 min read
QuotedData’s economic round up – December 2017
QuotedData’s economic round up – December 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 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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16 May 2017 1 min read
QuotedData’s economic round up – May 2017
QuotedData’s economic round up – May 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 sell […]
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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
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27 Apr 2015 1 min read
The importance of income – where to find it?
Life used to be simpler. If you had a bit of spare cash or you wanted to save up for something you’d just stick some money in a bank or building society account. If you had a nest egg and wanted to invest it in something safe and live off the income, you’d maybe buy […]
News
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12 Aug 2025 3 min read
Scottish Mortgage has bought back over £2.5bn of its shares but the global gaint still trails close to a 10% discount
Our monthly review of investment companies returning capital and raising new money shows the £12bn Baillie Gifford flagship has greatly exceeded its £2bn minimum buyback target as its shares continue to lag the underlying growth in its global portfolio. Scottish Mortgage (SMT) has bought back more than £2.5bn of its shares since activist hedge fund […]
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07 Nov 2024 2 min read
Henderson Far East Income capitalises on strong Asian returns
Henderson Far East Income (HFEL) announced its annual report for the year ended 31 August 2024. The company delivered a NAV total return of 11.9%, trailing the benchmark MSCI AC Asia Pacific ex Japan High Dividend Yield Index which returned 17.4%. The share price total return was 16.6%, with shares trading at a premium of […]
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30 Nov 2023 6 min read
Woeful results from Henderson Far East Income spell change of manager
Over the 12 months ended 31 August 2023, Henderson Far East Income delievered an NAV return of -13.0% and a share price return of -14.8% as compared to a -7.2% return on the FTSE All-Word asia Pacific ex Japan Index and a +0.1% return on the MSCI AC Asia Pacific ex Japan High Dividend Yield […]
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04 Nov 2022 4 min read
Henderson Far East Income rises to the challenge
Henderson Far East Income (HFEL) has released its annual results for the year ended 31 August 2022. Its new chairman, Ronald Gauld, opens his statement by saying that, despite the rather dire backdrop of the last financial year, HFEL rose to the challenge in many ways, producing a positive NAV total return of 1.9% and […]
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09 May 2022 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 9 May 2022
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 9 May 2022: CIP Merchant Capital (CIP) has applied for the cancellation of admission to trading on AIM of its ordinary shares.This follows the announcements on 1 and 20 April 2022 by Corporation Financière Européenne declaring its final offer for CIP to be wholly unconditional and confirming that there would be […]
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29 Oct 2021 2 min read
Henderson Far East Income celebrates 15 years of annual increasing dividends despite China hit
Henderson Far East Income celebrates 15 years of annual increasing dividends despite China hit – Henderson Far East Income (HFEL) has posted its annual report for the year to 31 August 2021. It was a tough 12 months for the trust which saw its NAV rise by 7.2%, behind the FTSE All-World Asia Pacific ex […]
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04 Nov 2020 3 min read
Henderson Far East Income results reflect the market’s love for growth
Over Henderson Far East Income’s (HFEL) annual results period to 31 August 2020, it delivered total NAV and share price returns of -9.9% and -7.8%. These returns compare with a -7.7% result by the MSCI AC Asia Pacific ex Japan high dividend yield index. Despite low interest rates, high yield strategies underperformed, making the backdrop for […]
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26 Jun 2020 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 26 June 2020
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 26 June 2020 The managers of Ediston Property Investment Company bought 276,971 shares at 50p per share on 23 June, to take their holding to 1.5m shares. 50p is a 47.1% discount to the last published NAV but that will probably be falling as a result of COVID-19. Manchester and London used […]
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19 Nov 2019 2 min read
Good returns help Henderson Far East grow
Good returns help Henderson Far East grow – over the year ended 31 August 2019, Henderson Far East Income returned 6.5% in NAV terms and 7.6% in share price terms, both well-ahead of comparative indices and the AIC’s Asia Pacific Income peer group average. The dividend was upped by 3.7% to 22.4p,an amount that was […]
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21 Jun 2019 1 min read
New co-manager at Henderson Far East Income
New co-manager at Henderson Far East Income – The board of Henderson Far East Income has announced that Sat Duhra will step up to be the co-fund manager on the trust, alongside Mike Kerley (the longstanding manager of the fund). This is happening with immediate effect. Sat and Mike have worked together for the last eight […]
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05 Nov 2018 1 min read
Henderson Far East Income reports on flat year
Henderson Far East Income reports on flat year – Henderson Far East Income says that, for the year ended 31 August 2018, its net asset value total return was 1.5% and share price total return -0.6%. These compare to a return of zero on the MSCI AC Asia Pacific ex Japan High Dividend Yield Index and 2.4% for the […]
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03 Nov 2017 1 min read
Henderson Far East Income suffers as growth stocks shine
Henderson Far East Income suffers as growth stocks shine – Henderson Far East Income says that, for the year ended 31 August 2017, the net asset value total return was 17.7% whilst the share price total return was 17.3%. As a comparison, the peer group average fund returned 22.2% and the All-World Asia Pacific ex Japan Index (sterling […]
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26 Oct 2017 1 min read
Henderson Far East Income amends fees
Henderson Far East Income amends fees – Following a formal review of the management fee arrangements, Henderson Far East Income is pleased to report that with effect from 1 September 2017, the Board has agreed a tiering basis to the management fee arrangements so that the existing management fee of 0.9% per annum (calculated as 0.225% per quarter) will only apply to […]
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11 Nov 2016 1 min read
Henderson Far East Income held back by technology underweight
Henderson Far East Income’s NAV just underperformed its benchmark by 2.2% over the year ended 31 August 2016. The net asset value total return was 32.1% whilst the share price total return was 33.4%. In local currency terms, the markets returned 11.3% highlighting the significance of the weakness of sterling pre and post the UK’s vote […]
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29 Jul 2016 2 min read
Law Debenture swaps Henderson OEICs for Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies
Law Debenture says its Net Asset Value total return for the six months to 30 June 2016 was 1.5%, compared to a total return of 4.3% for the FTSE Actuaries All-Share Index. Most of this underperformance arose from the movement in fair value of our long term debt as a result of lower gilt yields. […]
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28 Jul 2016 6 min read
F&C Managed Portfolio beats benchmark despite widening discounts
F&C Managed Portfolio reports that, for the company’s financial year to 31 May 2016, the NAV total return (i.e. adding dividends paid to capital performance) was -4.8% for the Income shares and -4.5% for the Growth shares which represented outperformance against the -6.3% total return for the FTSE All-Share Index, the benchmark index for both […]
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21 Apr 2016 1 min read
Henderson Far East Income benefits from sterling weakness
Henderson Far East Income says its net asset value total return per ordinary share was 5.8% for the six months ended 29 February 2016. This compares favourably with the 3.9% total return on the FTSE All-World Asia Pacific ex Japan Index (sterling adjusted) over the same period. The share price total return per ordinary share […]
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06 Nov 2015 2 min read
Henderson Far East Income increases dividend and mildly outperforms banchmark
Henderson Far East Income has announced its results for the year ended 31 August 2015. During the period the company’s NAV total return was -11.5%, marginally outperforming its benchmark, the FTSE All-World Asia Pacific ex Japan Index, which returned -11.8%. The company moved from trading at a 0.4% premium to a 0.9% premium during the […]
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24 Apr 2015 1 min read
Henderson Far East Income India underweight unhelpful
Henderson Far East Income’s performance lagged that of comparable indices a little over the six months to the end of February 2015. The net asset value total return was 3.3% as compared to 3.9% for the FTSE All-World Asia Pacific ex Japan Index and 7.7% for the FTSE All-World Asia Pacific Index. The discount narrowed a […]
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13 Nov 2014 1 min read
Henderson Far East Income fails to match benchmark
HFEL : Henderson Far East Income fails to match benchmark Henderson Far East Income, managed by Michael Kerley (pictured), has reported a total return of 11.2% on net assets for the year that ended on 31 August 2014, underperformance of its peer group, which returned 12.1%, and its benchmark (the FTSE All World Asia ex Japan […]
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10 Apr 2014 1 min read
Henderson Far East Income : HFEL – interims
Henderson Far East Income, managed by Michael Kerley (pictured), underperformed its benchmark by a little over the six months to the end of February 2014; its net asset value total return was -2.6% vs. -0.8% for the FTSE All World Asia Pacific ex Japan Index. The first two quarterly dividends have been maintained at 4.4p per […]
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19 Aug 2024 1 min read
Investment trust insider on Asian income
Investment trust insider on Asian income – James Carthew: Abrdn Asian Income a ‘solid way to play Asia’ Until the recent tech stock selloff, this Asia equity income fund was clawing back its performance after a difficult few years. The dire state of the Chinese stock market has weighed on listed funds focused on Asia […]
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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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14 Feb 2024 1 min read
ISA ideas: alternatives to funds and trusts that are flavour of the month
by Jennifer Hill from interactive investor, 14th February 2024: Following the herd doesn’t tend to end well. Throughout history investors’ tendency for herd mentality bias has inflated asset bubbles and driven sharp declines detached from market fundamentals.. Trading on the interactive investor platform highlights half a dozen funds that have climbed the popularity rankings over […]
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27 Feb 2023 1 min read
Put your trust in dividends and you can beat those savings rates
David Brenchley, February 26 2023, The Sunday Times: With the best one-year fixed savings account now paying 4.31 per cent, riskier investments such as stocks and shares may seem less attractive than they have been for a long time. If you can get a high interest rate on your money, why take more risk in […]
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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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22 Aug 2022 1 min read
Can investors rely on high-yield trusts to deliver on their promise?
Ian Conway, Shares Magazine, 18 August 2022: With inflation eating away at investors’ income, high-yield trusts can look very appealing. However, the big question investors should ask before committing themselves is just how sustainable are the dividend streams? In this article we analyse four of the highest-yielding trusts, with a diverse mix of income generation, […]
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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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2 min read
Bargain Hunter: 25 cheap equity trusts towards end of 2021
Kyle Caldwell, interactive investor, 15 December 2021 Some trusts have seen premiums cool, while others are trading on potentially unjustly wide discounts. The pick-up in market volatility of late, amid concerns over rising inflation levels and the emergence last month of the Omicron variant, has led to a welcome increase in potential investment trust discount […]
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09 Jun 2021 1 min read
Turnover in focus during pandemic
Which trusts manoeuvred during 2020 and which stood their ground? Kathleen Gallagher, Investment Week, 08 June 2021 • 4 min read Several investment trusts overhauled their portfolios during the market volatility of 2020 as managers chose to revamp their holdings and take advantage of depressed markets. However, other managers saw this strategy as counter-productive and […]
