Overview
BlackRock World Mining aims to maximise total returns to shareholders through a world-wide portfolio of mining and metal securities. Up to 20% of the assets may be invested in investments other than quoted securities.
The fund manager’s website can be accessed here.
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Research History
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14 Sep 2023 41 min read
QuotedData’s Economic and Political Monthly Roundup September 2023
Economic and Political Monthly Roundup Investment companies | Monthly | September 2023 August was a moderately volatile month for markets as the economic picture in China worsened. Developed markets held up better than emerging markets. Yields on US government debt rose. Oil prices edged up, but the big jump was in natural gas prices as […]
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9 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Roundup – September 2023
September 2023 Monthly roundup | Investment companies Kindly sponsored by abrdn Winners and losers in August 2023 Share price total returns for investment companies were generally poor over August, with the best performing sector, Debt – Structured Finance, returning just 2.1%, with only a few sectors managing to eke out a positive total return. Funds […]
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09 Feb 2023 40 min read
QuotedData’s Economic and Political Monthly Roundup February 2023
Economic and Political Monthly Roundup Investment companies | Monthly | February 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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07 Dec 2022 8 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Roundup – December 2022
Investment Companies Monthly Roundup Kindly sponsored by abrdn December 2022 Monthly | Investment companies Winners and losers in November 2022 As discussed in this month’s economic and political roundup, lower US inflation triggered a fall in the US dollar and drove equity markets higher over November. The big surprise was the resurgence of Chinese markets […]
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14 Jul 2020 9 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Quarterly Review – Second 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 Guide The legal bit When the going gets […]
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08 Jun 2020 8 min read
QuotedData’s Economic Roundup – June 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 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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07 Apr 2020 5 min read
QuotedData’s Economic Roundup – April 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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10 Mar 2020 6 min read
QuotedData’s Economic Roundup – March 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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07 Feb 2020 7 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Roundup – February 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 Major news stories Income Events Guide New research Here is a list of research we published over January: An annual overview note on Shires Income (SHRS) “Shires Income (SHRS) will […]
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11 Sep 2019 3 min read
QuotedData’s economic roundup – September 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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05 Jul 2019 3 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – July 2019
Investment Companies Roundup New research Over June, we published notes on CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income, Standard Life Private Equity and Shires Income. You can read all these notes by clicking on the links above or by visiting www.quoteddata.com. In this issue Performance data – there was a greater appetite for risk in June as […]
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08 May 2019 3 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – May 2019
Investment Companies Roundup New research Over April, we published notes on Henderson Diversified Income, Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure, Jupiter Emerging and Frontier Income, Seneca Global Income & Growth and Polar Capital Global Financials 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 […]
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18 Jan 2019 1 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – January 2019
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – January 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 December 2018. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. Extract from money raised and returned in December The only new issue […]
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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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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 2 min read
QuotedData’s Economic round up – September 2018
QuotedData’s Economic round up – September 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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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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13 Mar 2018 1 min read
QuotedData’s Economic round up – March 2018
QuotedData’s economic round up – March 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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10 Jan 2018 2 min read
QuotedData investment companies roundup – January 2018
QuotedData investment companies roundup – January 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 December 2017. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. January Investment Companies Roundup Winners and losers in December Infrastructure India’s share price […]
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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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14 Sep 2017 2 min read
QuotedData’s economic round up – September 2017
QuotedData’s economic round up – September 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 […]
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QuotedData investment companies roundup – September 2017
QuotedData investment companies roundup – September 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 August 2017. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. September Investment Companies Roundup Winners and losers in August Ashmore Global’s […]
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03 Aug 2017 1 min read
QuotedData investment companies roundup – August 2017
QuotedData investment companies roundup – August 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 July 2017. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. August Investment Companies Roundup Monthly NAV/Price moves: A couple of themes stand out […]
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16 May 2017 2 min read
QuotedData investment companies roundup – May 2017
QuotedData investment companies roundup: 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 2017. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. Money in: The only new launch in April was EJF Investments, a £69m fund trying to take advantage of […]
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15 Mar 2017 1 min read
QuotedData investment companies roundup – March 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. March 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
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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
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08 Dec 2014 1 min read
Commodities & Natural Resources
Specialist Commodities and Natural Resources Please click on the link above for the first of what will be a regular series of articles focusing on a particular area of the investment companies market. This month the theme is the Specialist Commodities and Natural Resources sector.
News
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05 Mar 2025 3 min read
Frustrating year for BlackRock World Mining Trust
BlackRock World Mining Trust (BRWM) announced its annual report for the year ended 31 December 2024. The company saw a NAV total return fall 10.7% while the share price fell 12.7%. Over the same period, the company’s benchmark index, the MSCI ACWI Metals & Mining 30% Buffer 10/40 Index (net total return), returned -9.9%. The […]
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22 Jan 2025 3 min read
BlackRock Trusts off limits for Saba until at least 2027
Separately, the boards of BlackRock World Mining (BRWM), BlackRock Energy and Resources Income (BERI), BlackRock American Income (BRAI) and BlackRock Smaller Companies (BRSC) have all issued statements this morning that say they have entered into agreements with Saba Capital Management LP, under which Saba has given a number of undertakings to each trust as follows: […]
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08 Mar 2024 21 min read
2023 – a more challenging year for BlackRock World Mining
BlackRock World Mining (BRWM) has released its annual results for the year ended 31 December 2023, during which it provided NAV and share price total returns of -6.2% and -10.4% respectively. In comparison, it says that its reference index, the MSCI ACWI Metals & Mining 30% Buffer 10/40 Index (net total return), returned +2.4%, the […]
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03 Mar 2023 14 min read
BlackRock World Mining posts strong year driven by supportive macro
BlackRock World Mining (BRWM) has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 December 2022. During the period, which the chairman David Cheyne describes as “another year of excellent performance”, BRWM provided an NAV total return of +17.7% and a share price total return of +26.0%. In comparison, over the same period, BRWM says […]
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24 Aug 2022 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 24 August 2022
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 24 August 2022: BlackRock World Mining (BRWM) has posted its interim results for the six months to 30th June. Over the period, the trust’s NAV fell by 1.7% while its share price rose by 1.8%. This compares with a 4.3% fall from its index. Net revenue earnings were 20.07p per share, […]
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23 Jun 2022 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 23 June 2022
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 23 June 2022: BlackRock World Mining Trust (BRWM) says that the up coming IPO of Ivanhoe Electric Inc. on Friday, 24 June 2022 would, at the mid-point of the announced IPO valuation range, add about 1.4% to its NAV. The trust’s investment consists of common shares of Ivanhoe Electric Inc. and […]
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08 Mar 2022 2 min read
2021 worked out well for BlackRock World Mining
2021 worked out well for BlackRock World Mining – BlackRock World Mining has published its results for the year ended 31 December 2021 and they are good. The NAV total return for the period was 20.7% and the share price return 17.5% against a return of 15.1% on its benchmark index (the MSCI ACWI Metals & […]
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07 Mar 2022 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 7 March 2022
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 7 March 2022: In light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, BlackRock on Monday, 28 February 2022, suspended the purchase of all Russian securities in its active and index funds. The boards of BlackRock World Mining (BRWM) and BlackRock Energy & Resources Income (BERI) confirm that the manager (BlackRock Fund Managers) […]
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04 Mar 2022 5 min read
QD view – Feeling resourceful?
I started writing this article a week ago – the day before Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine. With the events unfolding in Eastern Europe and a harsh increase in sanctions a foregone conclusion, I pressed pause on looking at the commodities and natural resources sector to focus on the immediate impact on trusts with […]
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01 Oct 2021 4 min read
QD View – Energy crisis, opportunity in uncertainty
The drivers that have led to the current energy crisis have been clearly visible for some time and reflect a number of long-term structural challenges that we face. Chief amongst these is climate change and the need to decarbonise but related to this are issues of energy security; the intermittency of renewables; battery technology that […]
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20 Aug 2021 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 20 August 2021
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 20 August 2021: EP Global Opportunities (EPG) has announced its interim results for the half-year ended 30 June 2021. At the half-year end, EPG’s NAV was 314.6p, an increase of 2.0% from the 31 December 2020 NAV of 308.4p. After taking account of the final dividend of 6.0p per share that was paid […]
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07 May 2021 3 min read
QD view – how the top 10 trusts have changed
I was playing with the QuotedData data pages this week – looking at factors such as widest discounts and highest yields – then I alighted on the 10-largest funds by market cap and I have to admit that some names on that list were a surprise to me. Fortunately, I had some old data from […]
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05 Mar 2021 2 min read
BlackRock World Mining managers delighted with 2020 performance
BlackRock World Mining Trust (BRWM) has its annual results for the year ended 31 December 2020, during which the managers say they were delighted with the portfolio’s performance. During the year, BRWM provided NAV and share price total returns of +31.8%1 and +46.7%1 respectively. In comparison, BRWM says that its reference index, the MSCI ACWI Metals […]
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02 Feb 2021 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 2 February 2021
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 2 February 2021: BlackRock World Mining has revalued its investment in OZ Minerals Brazilian Royalty from $23.6m to $30.1m, adding 2.7p to its NAV. BlackRock Throgmorton Trust has appointed Merryn Somerset Webb as a non-executive director with effect from 24 March 2021. Merryn is the editor-in-chief of MoneyWeek, the UK personal finance magazine […]
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18 May 2020 2 min read
BlackRock World Mining benefits over April as gold equities ‘catch up’
BlackRock World Mining’s (BRWM) NAV increased by 18.1% over the month of April (the shares were up 17%) – driven by gold. BRWM’s portfolio, as at 30 April 2020, was as follows: Exposure % Total Diversified 32.0 Gold 30.9 Copper 16.8 Silver & Diamonds 4.9 Nickel 3.6 Industrial Minerals 3.4 Platinum Group Metals 2.1 Iron […]
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25 Mar 2020 2 min read
BlackRock World Mining says any stimulus by China would disproportionately benefit the sector
In a update release covering its in February, BlackRock World Mining’s (BRWM) Evy Hambro and Olivia Markham (representing the manager), had this to say: Performance “The company’s NAV decreased by 9.9% in February, underperforming its reference index, the MSCI ACWI Metals and Mining 30% Buffer 10/40 Index (net return), which returned (9.2%). (Figures in GBP) […]
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28 Feb 2020 2 min read
BlackRock World Mining drops coal from remit
BlackRock World Mining drops coal from remit – in conjunction with the release of BlackRock World Mining’s annual report for 2019, the board has had a rethink about its benchmark and examined the trust’s ESG credentials. The managers have decided that, across their business, they will no longer invest in businesses that derive more than […]
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21 Aug 2019 1 min read
QuotedData’s other news 21 August 2019
In QuotedData’s other news 21 August 2019 Regional REIT has made a sizeable acquisition – six office assets for £25.9m, comprising offices located in Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Chester, Glasgow and Manchester. The assets total circa 172,442sq. ft. and are expected to provide a net income of approximately £2.36m a year from 27 tenants; equating to a net […]
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01 Mar 2019 2 min read
Vale disaster overshadows BlackRock World Mining 25th anniversary
Vale disaster overshadows BlackRock World Mining 25th anniversary – BlackRock World Mining has published results for the year ended 31 December 2018. The trust underperformed the EMIX Global Mining Index – returning -11.5% in NAV terms and -10.7% in share price terms, against a -6.2% return for the index. The dividend was raised from 15.6p to […]
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27 Feb 2018 2 min read
2017 was another strong year for BlackRock World Mining Trust
2017 was another strong year for BlackRock World Mining Trust (BRWM) – After a remarkable 2016 for global mining and commodity sectors, BlackRock World Mining Trust‘s undiluted NAV and share price rose in 2017 by 24.0% and 24.2% respectively in sterling terms with income reinvested. By comparison, the Euromoney global mining index rose by 20.8% […]
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20 Apr 2017 1 min read
BlackRock World Mining revalues Banro stake
BlackRock World Mining Trust says that following the completion of the recapitalisation of Banro Corporation, it receive a mix of cash and common equity in Banro for its investment in the gold-linked preferred shares of Banro Group (Barbados) Limited, including accrued dividends. The transaction is expected to complete on 19 April 2017. Based on the market […]
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12 Feb 2017 1 min read
BlackRock World Mining revalues Avanco
BlackRock World Mining says it is revaluing its investment in the Avanco Royalty. The valuation is being increased from $12m to $25.2m. This has the effect of adding 6p to the fund’s net asset value. BlackRock World Mining bought the royalty in 2014 – read that story here. BRWM: BlackRock World Mining revalues Avanco
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17 Oct 2016 1 min read
Japan investment trusts lure hungry investors
Japan investment trusts have stormed the charts over the past month, with investors showing renewed confidence in the performance of Japanese corporates. read more here
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12 Aug 2016 2 min read
Strong recovery for BlackRock World Mining
BlackRock World Mining experienced a strong recovery in its net asset value during H1 2016 yet lagged its benchmark index by 4.4%. The first six months saw the mining sector rebound, shrugging off a difficult start to the year when world equity markets took fright on heightened concerns over global economic growth. The Euromoney Global Mining […]
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21 Apr 2016 1 min read
Top ten risers and fallers in March
http://view.ceros.com/citywire/it-insider-april-2016/p/21 Investors appeared to have a greater appetite for risk during March, with trusts which have invested in Brazil, Latin America, and Russia all featuring in the top 10 risers.
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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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16 Mar 2016 1 min read
London’s Natural Resources Funds Saw Gains In February
London-listed funds with exposure to commodities and natural resources saw their fortunes improve in February, according to analysis by research firm QuotedData. See more at: http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/news/AN_1458113487917777800/londons-natural-resources-funds-saw-gains-in-february—quoteddata.aspx#sthash.x209LJ8E.dpuf
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29 Feb 2016 1 min read
BlackRock World Mining warns on dividend
BlackRock World Mining’s results for the year ended 31 December 2015 reflect th poor performance of the mining sector. The fund’s NAV total return was -35.3%, the share price return was -37.0% and the benchmark, the Euromoney Global Mining Index, was down 36.9%. the discount widened from 11.9% to 15.0%. The dividend was maintained at […]
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22 Oct 2015 1 min read
BlackRock World Mining fee cut
BlackRock World Mining has announced that, with effect from 1 October 2015, the management fee has been reduced to 0.8% of gross assets. If they invest in another BlackRock fund the underlying fee is rebated to the trust to avoid double charging. This is the second fee cut this year – in July the fee […]
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14 Aug 2015 4 min read
BlackRock World Mining outperforms falling market
The continued slump in commodity markets weighed on the performance of BlackRock World Mining over the first half of 2015. the total return on net assets was -7.0% for the period and the return to shareholders was -2.8%. These figures are better than the return on the Euromoney Global mining Index however – this returned […]
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27 Jul 2015 5 min read
F&C Managed Portfolio sees both pools beat the UK market
F&C Managed Portfolio has published results for the year ended 31 May 2015. The NAV total returns for the Income shares were 10.0% and for the Growth shares 12.8% compared to the FTSE All-Share Index of 7.5%. The investment company sector, as measured by the FTSE Equity Investment Instruments Index, returned 13.0%. The annual dividend increased […]
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22 Jul 2015 1 min read
BlackRock World Mining gets first royalty payment from Avanco
BlackRock World Mining made a $12m investment in Avanco Resources (a Brazilian copper play) in August 2014. Today it has announced the receipt of $4m from the company which is the first payment under the royalty contract. They say Avanco successfully completed an equity raising earlier in the year, which combined with the $12 million BlackRock […]
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22 May 2015 2 min read
Henderson value trust underperformance masks portfolio developments
Henderson Value Trust interim results for the half-year ended 31 March 2015 show a NAV total return of 0.4% which compares against a 12.4% rise in its FTSE World Index benchmark. However, the managers that this this masks some encouraging developments within the investment portfolio. They say that new investments made by Henderson, which were in […]
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24 Apr 2015 1 min read
Cayenne Trust says considering proposals for future of the company
The Cayenne Trust’s results for the year ended 31 January 2015 have been published. The company’s net asset value total return and share price total return were both 12.1% for the period. This compares to an 11.6% return on the FTSE All-Share Equity Investments Index. The dividend has been increased from 1.2p to 3.8p. The […]
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20 Mar 2015 2 min read
BlackRock World Mining apologises for royalty losses
2014 was not a great year for BlackRock World Mining. The net asset value total return fell by 26.4% and the share price fell by 30.4% both of which do not compare well to a fall in the Euromoney Global Mining Index of 13.0%. The larger fall in the share price reflects a widening of their […]
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22 Jan 2015 1 min read
F&C Managed Portfolio benefits from strong investment company sector
F&C Managed Portfolio has announced results for the six months that finished on 30 November 2014. The FTSE All-Share Index returned -0.1% over that period but F&C Managed Portfolio Growth shares (FMPG) returned 4.3% and the F&C Managed Portfolio Income shares (FMPI) returned 3.0% over the period. This may be largely down to a good […]
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09 Oct 2014 1 min read
BlackRock World Mining writes off London Mining exposure
BRWM : BlackRock World Mining writes off London Mining exposure With apologies for not picking this up yesterday, BlackRock World Mining, in its usual NAV announcement, disclosed that it had written off its £52m exposure to London Mining. This is a big blow to the net asset value – taking about 30p off the net […]
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14 Aug 2014 1 min read
BlackRock World Mining says past the bottom of the commodity cycle
BRWM : BlackRock World Mining says past the bottom of the commodity cycle BlackRock World Mining’s interims, covering the first half of 2014, show the net asset value underperforming its benchmark – returning 0.8% vs. a 3.0% return on the Euromoney Global Mining Index. The ordinary share price total return was 2.4%. The managers believe that […]
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28 Jul 2014 1 min read
BlackRock World Mining : BRWM – royalty purchase
BlackRock World Mining is buying a royalty linked to production from Avanco Resources’ current licensed projects including the Antas North deposit and the Pedra Branca deposit both in Brazil. For $12m BlackRock World Mining gets a 25% royalty payment on gold production and a 2% payment on the production of other metals including copper. Following this transaction, BlackRock […]
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20 Feb 2014 1 min read
BlackRock World Mining : BRWM – Final results
BlackRock World Mining suffered in 2013 as commodities fell out of favour. the net asset value fell by 27.2% over the year (-24.6% including reinvested income). The share price did better, falling by 20.7% (-17.5% total return) as the discount contracted. The Euromoney Global Mining Index fell by 24.1%.
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22 Jan 2025 1 min read
Blackrock trusts agree peace deal with Saba Capital
By: Elliot Gulliver-Needham, Investment Reporter, CityAM, 22 January 2025: A host of Blackrock-run investment trusts have made a peace deal with US hedge fund Saba Capital, amid its activist campaign to take over the boards of several UK trusts. In a series of stock exchange announcements, the Blackrock trusts said that they had made an […]
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07 Oct 2024 1 min read
Investment trust insider on China’s stimulus
Investment trust insider on China’s stimulus – James Carthew: A China recovery could have a big impact on the world It’s not just China investment trusts that are feeling the benefit of Beijing’s efforts to stimulate the country’s stalling economy and depressed stock market. The latest rounds of stimulus being injected into the Chinese economy […]
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17 Mar 2023 1 min read
Look beyond the dividend heroes
Andrew Courtney, for Investment Week, 15 March 2023: The dividend hero and next generation hero lists published by the AIC are a great marketing tool for the investment companies industry and tend to generate a considerable amount of press attention, despite being a relatively simplistic yardstick (funds that have grown their dividend every year for […]
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15 Feb 2023 1 min read
ISA ideas: alternatives to the most-popular funds and trusts
by Jennifer Hill from interactive investor, 15 February 2023: We ask a range of experts for potential fund substitutes for funds and trusts consistently high in demand, including Scottish Mortgage, Fundsmith Equity, City of London, and Vanguard LifeStrategy. Investing can be a fickle business as money follows the latest trend but analysis of the most-bought […]
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21 Apr 2022 1 min read
Discover the best and worst performing investment trusts so far in 2022
James Crux, Shares Magazine, 21 April 2022: Rising interest rates since the turn of the year, runaway inflation and Russia’s shocking invasion of Ukraine have shaken the investment kaleidoscope in 2022 and forced many investors to reposition portfolios for an increasingly uncertain world… COMMODITIES TRUSTS IN DEMAND Precipitated by the supply/demand imbalances caused as global […]
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20 Apr 2022 1 min read
Defensives doing well
Jennifer Hill, AIC Compass, 8 April 2022: Jennifer Hill analyses the sectors delivering robust returns. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine feels symbolic, not only of a marked change in the geopolitical landscape but also of a potential regime change in investing. With oil, gas, wheat and many metals soaring in price, already-stubborn inflation is likely to […]
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14 Mar 2022 1 min read
The trusts with the biggest discount/premium changes since the crisis
Kathleen Gallagher, Investment Week, 10 March 2022: Since Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February, investment trusts have, unsurprisingly, seen big moves in their discounts and premiums, this is leading to some trusts looking expensive and others starting to look more appealing. The figures from the Association of Investment Companies and Morningstar excluded those with large […]
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22 Feb 2022 1 min read
Metal miners are paying bumper dividends but do they come with too much risk?
Going underground: Reliable income is a target for many investors By ROSIE MURRAY-WEST, FINANCIAL MAIL ON SUNDAY 19 February 2022: For many investors, a reliable income stream from dividends is the Holy Grail. At present that grail is largely composed of copper, gold, and even vanadium – as much of the dividend growth from the […]
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Bargain Hunter: 10 trusts that have moved from premiums to discounts
These trusts have seen their premiums vanish since the start of the year as growth shares lost ground. Kyle Caldwell from interactive investor 17th February 2022: Given all the volatility in the first six weeks of 2022, a surprising statistic is that the number of equity investment trusts trading on a premium to their net […]
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19 Jul 2021 1 min read
The investment trusts readers have been studying
The surprising investment trusts Trustnet readers have started researching By Rory Palmer, Reporter, Trustnet 16 July 2021 Baillie Gifford has dominated the most-researched investment trusts by readers in 2021 but previously unheralded names such as Geiger Counter, Miton UK MicroCap and Canadian General Investments have seen the greatest surge, according to the latest figures. Comparing page […]
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01 Mar 2021 1 min read
Funds and trusts yielding above 5%: opportunity or value trap?
Funds and trusts yielding above 5%: opportunity or value trap? by Cherry Reynard from interactive investor | 25th February 2021 11:42 The year 2020 may have been a dismal one for income seekers, but the outlook for 2021 is brighter. There is now a wealth of funds and investment trusts showing yields of more than 5%. However, many investors saw […]
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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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15 Jun 2020 2 min read
Opportunities for the optimistic investor
Opportunities for the optimistic investor: The cheap shares and investment trusts that could thrive post-lockdown By ANNE ASHWORTH FOR THE DAILY MAIL PUBLISHED: 22:01, 12 June 2020 | UPDATED: 10:29, 14 June 2020 Seldom has optimism been such a controversial state of mind. Anyone who dares to voice the hope that recovery may be possible is likely to be called […]
