Overview
Schroder Income Growth’s principal investment objectives are to provide real growth of income, being growth of income in excess of the rate of inflation, and capital growth as a consequence of the rising income. The policy is to invest primarily in above-average yielding UK equities but up to 20% of the portfolio may be invested in equities listed on recognised stock exchanges outside the UK. If considered appropriate, the Company may use equity related instruments such as convertible securities and up to 10% of the portfolio may be invested in bonds. In addition, up to 20% of total income may be generated by short-dated call options written on holdings in the portfolio.
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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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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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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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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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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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07 Dec 2016 1 min read
QuotedData’s round up of views on the global economy – December 2016
QuotedData’s collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from comments made by chairman and managers of investment companies. december-economic-and-political-roundup
News
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12 Nov 2024 3 min read
Financials and energy drive Schroder Income Growth Fund to strong year
Schroder Income Growth Fund (SCF) announced its annual results for the year ended 31 August 2024. The company delivered a NAV total return of 19%. This compares to 17% from the benchmark All-Share Total Return Index. The share price return was 17.7%. The company’s share price discount to NAV averaged 9.6% during the year and […]
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26 Oct 2023 4 min read
Schroder Income Growth digs into reserves to maintain dividend record
Schroder Income Growth has reported results for the 12 months ended 31 August 2023 NAV total return increased by 4.03% to 220.6p (31 August 2022: 211.7p), but underperformed versus the FTSE All-Share Index return of 5.2%. The discount widened to end the year at 8.9% and so the return to shareholders was -3.0%. Dividend per […]
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10 Nov 2022 3 min read
Schroder Income Growth misses out on oil and banks rally
Over the 12 months to the end of August 2022, Schroder Income Growth lagged the All-Share Index, delivering a return on NAV of -2.7% and a return to shareholders of -4.7% against a +1.0% return for the benchmark index. The dividend was increased to 13.2p, up 3.1% on the previous year and this was covered […]
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12 Nov 2021 4 min read
Schroder Income Growth provides 26th year of dividend growth
Schroder Income Growth Fund (SCF) has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 August 2021, during which it has outperformed its benchmark by a margin and is providing its 26th year of dividend growth. During the period, SCF’s NAV and share price total returns were 34.4% and 37.0% respectively, both markedly ahead of […]
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12 May 2021 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 12 May 2021
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 12 May 2021 – Schroder Income Growth’s (SCF’s) reported interim results to 28 February 2021, with the NAV returning 16.1% (compared to 12.0% delivered by the FTSE all-share index.). SCF’s share price outperformed the NAV, with a total return of 19.6%. Law Debenture (LWDB) announced yesterday evening that further to the recent announcement regarding the issuance […]
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20 Nov 2020 6 min read
Schroder Income Growth shows modest NAV underperformance
Schroder Income Growth (SCF) has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 August 2020, during which it provided modest NAV underperformance of its All-Share benchmark. Over the twelve months, SCF provided an NAV total return of -13.2% and a share price total return of -7.0% (during the year, the share price’s discount to […]
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15 May 2020 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 15 May 2020
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 15 May 2020 Having collected 100% of rents due at the end of March, Triple Point Social Housing REIT has raised its dividend target for the year ended 31 December 2020 to 5.18p, 1.7p up on the figure for 2019. It has also appointed Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited as sole corporate broker and […]
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14 Nov 2019 2 min read
Schroder Income Growth hit by widening discount
Schroder Income Growth hit by widening discount – over the year ended 31 August 2019, the trust underperformed its benchmark, the All-Share Index, returning -1.9% against +0.4% for the index. A widening discount compounded the problem, however. The discount went from 4.6% to 8.3% leaving shareholders with a return for the year of -5.4%. On […]
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09 Nov 2018 2 min read
Schroder Income Growth continues to increase dividends
Schroder Income Growth continues to increase dividends- Schroder Income Growth Fund (SCF) has raised dividends by 5.4%, with total distribution of 11.8 pence per share. This was twice that of the 2.7% that was achieved by the Consumer Prices Index over the same period. This is in line with the objective of the Schroder income […]
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17 Oct 2018 1 min read
Schroder Income Growth announces lower management fee
Schroder Income Growth announces lower management fee – Schroder Income Growth Fund (SCF) has announced that new fee arrangements have been agreed with the company’s investment manager Schroder Investment Management (SDR.LN) The new arrangements is effective from 1 September 2018. The previous fee structure The previous arrangement was a flat fee of 0.75% per annum on the value of the […]
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20 Nov 2017 2 min read
Schroder Income matches benchmark beats peers
Schroder Income matches benchmark beats peers – Schroder Income Growth says that, for the year ended 31 August 2017, the company returned 14.3% in NAV terms, matching the All-Share Index and ahead of the AIC UK Equity Income peer group average of 13.0%. The share price increased by 18.8% in total return terms during the […]
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22 Nov 2016 3 min read
Schroder Income Growth raises dividend for 21st consecutive year
Schroder Income Growth Fund has published its annual financial report for the year ended 31 August 2016. A total return of 8.4% for the net asset value compared unfavourably to a total return of 11.7% for the FTSE All-Share Index. The share price produced a negative total return for the year of 0.8%, reflecting a widening in […]
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26 May 2016 2 min read
Schroder Income Growth in line with benchmark in first half
Schroder Income Growth says that, during the six months ended 29 February 2016, the net asset value produced a negative total return of 1.4%, broadly comparable to that of the FTSE All-Share Index, which fell by 1.2% over the period. The company’s share price declined by 8.5% in total return terms during the period as the […]
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18 Nov 2015 1 min read
Good year for Schroder Income Growth as celebrates 20 years of dividend increases
Schroder Income Growth Fund has announced results for the year ended 31 August 2015. During the year under review, the net asset value produced a total return of 3.1%, comparing favourably to a total return of -2.3% for the FTSE All-Share Index. The share price total return for the year was 5.1% as the net […]
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01 May 2015 1 min read
Schroder Income Growth stock selection adds value
Schroder Income Growth interims for the six months ended 28 February 2015 were published last night. The fund outperformed the FTSE All-Share Index, achieving a net asset value total return of 7.9% versus the 4.1% recorded by the Index. At the same time, the Company’s share price produced a total return of 6.0%, with the […]
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18 Nov 2014 1 min read
Schroder Income Growth change to investment policy
SCF : Schroder Income Growth change to investment policy Schroder Income Growth’s annual report for the year that ended on 31 August 2014 is out. they upped the dividend by 3.1% (well ahead of the 1.5% increase in the CPI – inflation beating dividend increases are part of Schroder Income Growth’s objective). The total return […]
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30 Jul 2014 1 min read
Schroder Income Growth Fund : SCF – fee change
Schroder Income Growth Fund has a fee structure today based on a percentage of the net revenue return (10%), a percentage of assets (0.375% on assets up to and including £75m, 0.35% on the next £50m, and 0.325% on assets in excess of £125m) and a performance fee (a symmetrical arrangement where the manager lost […]
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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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27 Jun 2023 1 min read
Are ‘dividend hero’ investment trusts keeping up with inflation?
by Kyle Caldwell from interactive investor, 27 June 2023: Research for interactive investor examined whether 19 investment trusts have beaten inflation over the past five years in terms of dividend growth, share price and net asset value (NAV) returns. The minimum aim of every investor should be to ensure that over the long term the […]
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22 Nov 2021 1 min read
The UK trusts on the biggest discount or premiums relative to their history
By Eve Maddock-Jones, Reporter, Trustnet, 19 November 2021 Trustnet looks at which UK investment trusts are trading below their five year average discount/premium level and which ones are running well ahead of the norm. Several UK investment trusts are running well below their five-year-average discount presenting major buying opportunities, according to fund pickers. The pandemic […]
