Overview
European Assets seeks to generate attractive long-term capital growth through investment in quoted small and medium-sized companies in Europe, excluding the UK (defined as those with a market capitalisation below that of the largest company in the HSBC Smaller Europe (ex UK) Index or to a monetary value of Euro 2.5 billion, whichever is the greater). As well as capital growth the company aims to offer an attractive quarterly dividend. A high distribution policy has been adopted and dividends have been paid mainly out of other reserves.
It is the Trust’s objective to identify companies which possess particular knowledge in specialist markets providing them with opportunities in the longer term to achieve above average growth. The Trust does not restrict its investments to any specific industrial sectors and a diversified geographical spread has been maintained.
The company is planning a combination with the European Smaller Companes Trust.
The fund manager’s website can be found here.
Fundamentals
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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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06 Apr 2023 82 min read
QuotedData’s Economic and Political Monthly Roundup April 2023
Economic and Political Monthly Roundup Investment companies | Monthly | April 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 Aug 2019 5 min read
QuotedData’s economic roundup – August 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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05 Apr 2019 4 min read
QuotedData’s economic roundup – April 2019
Kindly sponsored by Polar Capital 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 […]
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15 Aug 2018 1 min read
QuotedData’s Economic round up – August 2018
QuotedData’s Economic round up – August 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 Jun 2018 1 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – June 2018
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – June 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 May 2018. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. The premium of biotech company, Syncona, rose on positive news on two of its […]
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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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11 Dec 2017 2 min read
QuotedData investment companies roundup – December 2017
QuotedData investment companies roundup – December 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 November 2017. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. December Investment Companies Roundup Money raised and returned in November There were no […]
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12 Oct 2017 1 min read
QuotedData investment companies roundup – October 2017
QuotedData investment companies roundup – October 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 September 2017. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. October Investment Companies Roundup Amongst the top performers, Alternative Liquidity Fund sold its […]
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10 Apr 2017 1 min read
QuotedData’s round up of views on the global economy – April 2017
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 companies mentioned. Kindly sponsored […]
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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 […]
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06 Oct 2025 3 min read
Morning briefing: Baillie Gifford’s Schiehallion to become an investment trust next year; “disappointing” Franklin Global interims; plus AIRE, SRE, MVI, EAT-ESCT, CLC, CGI
Half-year results from Baillie Gifford growth capital fund Schiehallion and Franklin Global; annual figures from Alternative Income REIT; shareholder approval for the merger of European Assets with European Smaller Companies Trust; plus updates from Sirius Real Estate, Marwyn Value Investors, Calculus VCT and Canadian General Investments. Schiehallion (MNTN), the £1.1bn Baillie Gifford growth capital fund […]
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10 Sep 2025 5 min read
Morning briefing: Fidelity Japan confirms rollover into AJOT; plus SSIT, SOHO, OCI, HHI, PPET, HET/FEV, EAT/ESCT, GRI, HWG & WHR
Fidelity Japan Trust (FJV) has reported a net asset value (NAV) total return of 3.3% for the six months to 30 June 2025, broadly in line with the TOPIX Total Return Index in sterling terms, which rose 3.2%. The trust’s share price delivered a total return of 10.6% as its discount narrowed from 13.1% to […]
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15 Aug 2025 4 min read
Morning briefing: European Opps slashes fee after another poor year for Darwall trust; plus MYI, EAT, BIPS, JEMA & VEIL
European Opportunities Trust cuts the fee it pays fund manager Alexander Darwall after another year of underperformance largely caused by the slump in its top holding Novo Nordisk; Murray International beats its benchmark in the first half; plus results and updates from European Assets, Invesco Bond Income Plus, Vietnam Enterprise and JPMorgan Emerging Europe. European […]
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23 Jun 2025 4 min read
European Smaller Companies and European Assets propose merger
The boards of European Smaller Companies Trust (ESCT) and European Assets Trust (EAT) have announced that they have reached agreement on the heads of terms for a proposed combination of the two companies. The merger will be implemented via a scheme of reconstruction under section 110 of the Insolvency Act 1986, resulting in the voluntary […]
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03 Apr 2025 4 min read
European Assets board dissatisfied with performance as it lags benchmark yet again
European Assets has published results for 2024. Its NAV total return was -0.8% and share price return -3.6%. These compare to a 2.4% return for its MSCI Europe excluding United Kingdom Small Mid Cap (Net Return) Index benchmark. The chairman observes that the longer-term performance of the company has been disappointing. The sterling NAV total […]
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11 Oct 2024 3 min read
What’s growth got to do with it?
This week, we were reminded of the challenges that Europe faces, with Germany making the headlines for cutting its growth forecast for 2024 from an already meagre expansion of 0.3% to a contraction of 0.2%. If this comes to pass, it will be the second year in a row that Europe’s ‘motor for growth’ has […]
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02 May 2024 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 2 May 2024 – EAT, TRIG, API
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 2 May 2024: European Assets Trust (EAT) announced that Mine Tezgul will succeed Sam Cosh as the company’s lead investment manager with immediate effect. Mine Tezgul is a portfolio manager in the European equities team and head of European small cap equities. Mine joined the manager in 2018 as an equity […]
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20 Mar 2024 2 min read
European Assets Trust looks to the future after solid year
European Assets Trust (EAT) announced its annual results for the year end 31 December 2023. NAV total return was 8.2% for the year ended 31 December 2023, slightly behind the benchmark return of 9.8%. Share price total return was 4.5% while the declared dividend for 2024 is 5.90, up 2% from 2023. Following the company’s disappointing […]
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04 Jan 2024 1 min read
European Assets lags benchmark over 2023
European Assets says that its NAV total return (capital performance with dividends reinvested) for 2023 was 8.2% in Sterling (10.8% in Euros). The Sterling share price total return for the year was 4.9%. These compare with the Benchmark (a blend of MSCI Europe excluding United Kingdom Small Mid Cap (Net Return) Index – which is […]
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02 Jan 2024 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 2 January 2024 – EAT, RSE, CVCG
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 2 January 2024: European Assets Trust (EAT) announced that as part of an orderly succession plan, Kate Cornish-Bowden has today been appointed to the board and its committees. Kate Cornish-Bowden is the chair of International Biotechnology Trust, and a non-executive director of Finsbury Growth & Income Trust and CC Japan Income […]
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19 May 2023 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 19 May 2023
The Unbound Group (UBG) (formerly Electra Private Equity) provided an update follow its strategic review. The company had recently reported that the trading environment remained challenging over Q1 with conditions deteriorating more than expected, leaving the company with cash constraints. As a result the board has decided to initiate a formal review of strategic options available […]
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29 Mar 2023 2 min read
End of a challenging year for European Assets Trust
European Assets Trust (EAT) announced its results for the year ended 31 December 2022. NAV return was 28.2% for the year ended 31 December 2022. This compares to -17.7% for the benchmark, EMIX Smaller European Companies (ex UK) Index. Shares fell 28.4% in sterling terms over the same period. The company also announced a reduced […]
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03 Aug 2022 3 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 3 August 2022
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 3 August 2022: European Assets (EAT) has posted its half-year results for the six months to 30 June 2022. During the period, its NAV fell by 31.4% while its share price fell by 31.8%. The chair said the trust has been hit by the aggressive market sell-off exacerbated by the war […]
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22 Mar 2022 3 min read
European Assets had a good 50th year
Over the course of 2021, European Assets generated a total return of 16.3% – ahead of the 14.9% return generated by the EMIX Smaller European Companies (ex UK) Index. Shareholders did even better as the discount narrowed by five percentage points. The return to shareholders was 23.2%. The dividend for 2022 (calculated at 6% of […]
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04 Aug 2021 3 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 4 August 2021
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 4 August 2021: One of Schroder British Opportunities’s (SBO) private equity holdings, Rapyd, has completed a $300m Series E funding round. The global Fintech as a Service company had recently acquired Valitor, a European payments and card issuing company and also launched a venture arm. The additional funds will enable Rapyd to […]
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12 Mar 2021 1 min read
European Assets comfortably outperformed in a difficult year
European Assets Trust (EAT) has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 December 2020, during which it comfortably outperformed in a difficult year. EAT’s sterling NAV total return was 21.9% for the year ended, which it says compares to an 18.9% return for the EMIX Smaller European Companies (ex UK) Index, its benchmark. […]
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18 Jan 2021 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 18 January 2021
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 18 January 2021 – AVI Japan Opportunity (AJOT) is seeking to raise up to £35m in new ordinary shares under its existing placing programme. Joe Bauernfreund, CEO and CIO of Asset Value Investors, AJOT’s manager, commented: “We want to take advantage of valuations which in many cases remain depressed despite encouraging signs […]
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10 Aug 2020 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 10 August 2020
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 10 August 2020: European Assets Trust (EAT) has published its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2020. During the period EAT provided an NAV total return of -3.5%, which it says is in line with that of its benchmark, the EMIX Smaller European Companies (ex UK) Index, which […]
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17 Apr 2020 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 17 April 2020
Tetragon Financial’s investor day on Wednesday 29 April 2020 has been cancelled in light of the current restrictions. However, it will host a conference call for investors on 30 April 2020 at 15:30 GMT / 10:30 EST to discuss its Q1 Factsheet and to provide a company update. Details will be circulated shortly and posted […]
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30 Mar 2020 1 min read
European Assets management fee to be lowered by 5bps
European Assets (EAT) has announced an amendment to the basis of calculation of its management fee payable to BMO Investment Business Limited (the manager). Previously, the manager received a fee equal to 0.8% per annum of the value of funds under management (calculated as the value of total assets less current liabilities (excluding borrowings) at the […]
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13 Mar 2020 3 min read
Stock selection drives strong results from European Assets
Part of the European smaller companies sector, European Assets (EAT) has released its annual results to end-December 2019. In sterling terms, the share price and NAV total returns came in at 25.7% and 19.8%, with stock selection driving performance (sector allocation detracted slightly). The best performance came from ASM International, the Dutch listed semiconductor equipment supplier, […]
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23 Jul 2019 1 min read
QuotedData’s other news 23 July 2019
In QuotedData’s other news 23 July 2019: Yesterday’s mystery about who bought Woodford’s stake in Crystal Amber has been cleared up. Discount-driven investor, 1607 Capital Partners, announced that they now have a 10.34% stake in the company. The trades were done at 190p, a 23.7% discount to NAV and 3p below the market bid price at […]
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18 Mar 2019 1 min read
European Assets Trust completes redomicile to the UK
European Assets Trust completes redomicile to the UK – European Assets Trust’s (EAT) has completed the move of its legal domicile from the Netherlands to the UK. There will not be any difference in the investment policy or dividend policy and the investment team will not change. EAT believes there are benefits to migrating to […]
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08 Mar 2019 2 min read
European Assets UK migration almost complete
European Assets UK migration almost complete – European Assets generated an NAV total return for the year ended 31 December 2018 of -15.4%. This compares to the total return of its benchmark the EMIX Smaller European Companies (ex UK) Index of -12.7%. The discount was 9.5% at the year end in comparison to a small premium of […]
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16 Nov 2018 1 min read
European Assets Trust is redomiciling to the UK
European Assets Trust is redomiciling to the UK- European Assets Trust (EAT) is expected to move their legal domicile from the Netherlands to the United Kingdom. There will not be any difference in the investment policy or dividend policy and the investment team will not change. European Assets Trust has also set up a subsidiary […]
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07 Mar 2018 2 min read
Stock Split on the cards at European Assets Trust
Stock Split on the cards at European Assets Trust – 2017 was a good year for European smaller companies and for European Assets Trust (EAT). In its final report for the year ended 31 December 2017, the company recorded a share price return of +35.8% and a NAV total return of 22.6%. This compares to the total return […]
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16 Nov 2017 1 min read
European Assets introduces tiered fee
European Assets introduces tiered fee – In response to a sustained period of growth in net assets, the Supervisory Board of European Assets Trust NV has decided to announce an amendment to the basis of calculation of the investment management fee payable to F&C Investment Business Limited, the investment manager. Previously, the investment manager received […]
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09 Mar 2017 1 min read
Brexit, stock selection and momentum driven markets blamed for 16% underperformance at European Assets
European Assets delivered a 7.4% return on NAV for the year ended 31 December 2016 compared to a 23.3% return on the Euromoney Smaller European Companies Index. The Board has already announced a total dividend for 2017 of Euro 0.7884 per share (2016: Euro 0.912 per share, net of Dutch withholding tax) will be paid. This […]
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08 Aug 2016 2 min read
Torrid time for European Assets
Over the first half of 2016 European Assets’ portfolio had, what the chairman describes as a “torrid” time. he says progress was made on the economic front but political risk ultimately dominated the market, especially after the British decision to exit the European Union. The NAV, in sterling total return terms, fell by -4.0% against a Euromoney Smaller European Companies (ex […]
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16 Mar 2016 3 min read
European Assets hikes dividend by 20%
European Assets Trust recorded a Sterling net asset value total return for the year of +20.5% (26.9% in Euro terms), a Sterling share price return of +20.4% and a Euro dividend increase of +20.3% for the year ended 31 December 2015. The Euromoney Smaller European Companies (ex UK) Index returned 17.2% (23.4% in Euro terms). The Board […]
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28 Jan 2016 2 min read
F&C Managed Portfolio beats UK market
F&C Managed Portfolio Trust has published interim results for the six months ended 30 November 2015, announcing a net asset value total return of -5.1% for the Income shares and -2.4% for the Growth shares compared to the FTSE All-Share Index return of -6.4%. The key drivers of the performance of the Growth Portfolio were […]
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31 Jul 2015 2 min read
European Assets Trust outperforms benchmark in H1
European Assets Trust, managed by Sam Cosh (pictured) has published its interim results for the six-months ended 30 June 2015. During the period, the trusts share price and NAV total returns (23.3% and 22.9% in Euro terms respectively) beat the Euromoney Smaller European Companies (ex UK) Index, which returned 18.5% during the same. Not surprisingly, […]
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06 Mar 2015 1 min read
European Assets boosted by takeover activity
European Assets’ results for the year ended 31 December 2014 show that the fund had a great year. the net asset value total return was 7.7%, the share price return was 8.8% and the dividend was increased by 8.5% in Euro terms, on top of a 27% increase in 2013. By contrast the return on the […]
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01 Aug 2014 1 min read
European Assets Trust : EAT – interims
European Assets Trust has published its interim figures covering the six months ended 30 June 2014. Over the period European Assets Trust underperformed its benchmark – the total return on net assets was 2.5% in Sterling terms vs. 6.6% for the Euromoney Smaller European companies ex UK Index. The fund’s rating improved however and so […]
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12 Jun 2023 1 min read
Bargain Hunter: sizing up ‘cheap’ investment trusts on 5%-plus yields
by Kyle Caldwell from interactive investor, 8 June 2023: For investment trust fans now is one of the best opportunities over the past decade to try and pick up a bargain, as the chart below from stockbroker Numis shows. The average equity investment trust is trading on a discount a smidge over 10%, while those […]
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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 […]
