Overview
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure aims to achieve a high, secure dividend yield on its portfolio and to realise long-term growth in the capital value of the portfolio for the benefit of shareholders, while taking care to preserve shareholders’ capital.
The assets will be primarily invested in the equity and equity-related securities of utility and infrastructure companies in developed countries. They define utility companies as those involved in the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity including the production of electricity from renewable sources; the transport, storage and distribution of gas; the abstraction, treatment and supply of water and the treatment of waste water; and the provision of environmental services such as recycling and waste management. Infrastructure companies are those that own and operate assets which are essential to the functioning of developed economies and to economic development and growth, notably transportation-related assets such as roads, railways, ports and airports.
You can access the manager’s website here.
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Research History
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12 Jun 2024 16 min read
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust – Momentum building
Momentum building The manager of Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust (EGL) notes that after a challenging 18-month period, things are beginning to look a lot brighter. It points out that since the middle of February, strong earnings, AI momentum behind electricity demand, and a shifting macroeconomic outlook have contributed to a 23% bounce in […]
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16 min read
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust – Momentum building
Momentum building After a challenging 18-month period, things are beginning to look a lot brighter for the Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust (EGL). Since the middle of February, strong earnings, artificial intelligence (AI) related momentum behind growing electricity demand, and a shifting macroeconomic outlook have contributed to a 23% bounce in the company’s shares. […]
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15 min read
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust – Momentum building
Momentum Building After a challenging 18-month period, things are beginning to look a lot brighter for the Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust (EGL). Since the middle of February, strong earnings, AI momentum behind electricity demand, and a shifting macroeconomic outlook have contributed to a 23% bounce in the company’s shares. The recent rally reflects […]
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19 Apr 2024 1 min read
Interview with Jean-Hugues de Lamaze from Ecofin Global Utilities & Infrastructure
In this week’s show, James Carthew spoke to Jean-Hugues de Lamaze from Ecofin Global Utilities & Infrastructure. If you were looking for the first part of QuotedData’s show, focused on the roundup of the week’s news click here. If there is a guest speaker you’d particularly like to hear from, please email us Aiman. Additionally, if […]
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23 Jan 2024 20 min read
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust – Strong outlook as macro gloom lifts
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust Investment companies | Annual overview | 23 January 2024 Strong outlook as macro gloom lifts Over the past 12 months, Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure (EGL), along with the broader utilities and infrastructure sector, appears to have been at the mercy of broader macro-economic conditions. However, the managers note […]
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22 min read
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust – Strong outlook as macro gloom lifts
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust Investment companies | Annual Overview | 23 January 2024 Strong outlook as macro gloom lifts Over the past 12 months, Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure (EGL), along with the broader utilities and infrastructure sector, has been at the mercy of broader macro-economic conditions. However, its recent performance in no […]
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22 min read
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust – Strong outlook as macro gloom lifts
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust Investment companies | Annual overview | 23 January 2024 Strong outlook as macro gloom lifts Over the past 12 months, Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure (EGL), along with the broader utilities and infrastructure sector, has been at the mercy of broader macro-economic conditions. However, its recent performance in no […]
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13 Oct 2023 10 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Roundup – October 2023
October 2023 Monthly roundup | Investment companies Kindly sponsored by abrdn Winners and losers in September 2023 September was defined by the ongoing US bond selloff, with global markets trending down in sympathy. Investment trust returns were negative on average for the month, although several sectors still achieved positive returns. The Royalties sector was the […]
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22 Aug 2023 14 min read
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust – Utilities and infrastructure at low tide
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust Investment companies | Update | 22 August 2023 Utilities and infrastructure at low tide In recent months, macroeconomic conditions have weighed on the utilities and infrastructure sectors and on the returns generated by Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure (EGL). Now, as the peak of interest rates draws nearer and […]
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14 min read
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust – Utilities and infrastructure at low tide
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust Investment companies | Update | 22 August 2023 Utilities and infrastructure at low tide In recent months, macroeconomic conditions appear to have weighed on the utilities and infrastructure sectors and on the returns generated by Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure (EGL). Now, as the peak of interest rates hopefully […]
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15 min read
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust – Utilities and infrastructure at low tide
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust Investment companies | Update | 22 August 2023 Utilities and infrastructure at low tide In recent months, macroeconomic conditions have weighed on the utilities and infrastructure sectors and on the returns generated by Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure (EGL). Now, as the peak of interest rates draws nearer and […]
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24 Feb 2023 1 min read
Interview with Jean Hugues de Lamaze from Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure
In this week’s show, James Carthew spoke to Jean Hugues de Lamaze from Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure. If you were looking for the first part of QuotedData’s show, focused on the roundup of the week’s news, click here. If there is a guest speaker you’d particularly like to hear from, please email us on [email protected]. […]
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06 Jan 2023 1 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Trust Weekly News Roundup Show – Review of 2022
In this week’s show, James Carthew spoke to Andrew McHattie from Investment Trust Newsletter. If there is a guest speaker you’d particularly like to hear from, please email us on [email protected]. Additionally, if you would prefer to watch and ask questions live, please join us every Friday at 11am.
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05 Jan 2023 90 min read
QuotedData’s Economic and Political Monthly Roundup January 2023
Economic and Political Monthly Roundup Investment companies | Monthly | January 2023 A collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairs and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage […]
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22 Nov 2022 25 min read
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust – A portfolio for all seasons
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust Investment companies | Update | 22 November 2022 A portfolio for all seasons Even considering the particularly challenging markets we have seen during the last couple of months, Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust (EGL) has posted a very respectable performance and has been issuing shares. This most likely […]
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25 min read
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust – A portfolio for all seasons
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust Investment companies | Update | 22 November 2022 A portfolio for all seasons Even considering the particularly challenging markets we have seen during the last couple of months, Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust (EGL) has outperformed and has been issuing shares. This possibly reflects the long-term strong structural […]
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25 min read
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust – A portfolio for all seasons
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust Investment companies | Update | 22 November 2022 A portfolio for all seasons Even considering the particularly challenging markets we have seen during the last couple of months, Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust (EGL) has posted a very respectable performance (see page 18) and has been issuing shares. […]
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26 Nov 2021 2 min read
QuotedData’s ESG Webinar – Environmental Day Playback
On the 16th November QuotedData hosted the first of three ESG focused webinars. This Environmental webinar began with opening remarks from Natalie Kenway of ESG Clarity and Julia Dreblow of SRI Services. We would like to thank all our speakers and our attendees for joining us. Opening Remarks – Natalie Kenway (ESG Clarity) and Julia […]
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28 Oct 2021 31 min read
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust – Happy birthday to ya!
Happy birthday to ya! Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust (EGL) has just had its fifth birthday. As at end September 2021, since its launch, EGL had provided NAV and share price total returns of 11.3% and 17.1% per annum respectively (cumulative returns of 71.3% and 120.2% in just over five years); and has outperformed […]
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32 min read
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust – Happy birthday to ya!
Happy birthday to ya! Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust (EGL) has just had its fifth birthday and has much to celebrate. As at end September 2021, since its launch, EGL had provided NAV and share price total returns of 11.3% and 17.1% per annum respectively (cumulative returns of 71.3% and 120.2% in just over […]
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33 min read
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust – Happy birthday to ya!
Happy birthday to ya! Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust (EGL) has just had its fifth birthday (having launched on 26 September 2016) and has much to celebrate. As at end September 2021, since its launch, EGL had provided NAV and share price total returns of 71.3% and 120.2% respectively, in just over five years. […]
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26 May 2021 1 min read
QuotedData’s Spring Webinar Series – Renewables playback
On 26th May 2021, QuotedData hosted the last of three Spring webinars. This webinar was focused on Renewables and included presentations and Q&As from 4 investment companies’ managers, covering different aspects of this area. We were also joined by Dr JJ Traynor of Hydrogen One Capital who provided his insights into the hydrogen market. We would like […]
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16 Dec 2020 28 min read
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust – A wealth of opportunities
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust (EGL) has come through the crisis well (its NAV total return is 12.1% YTD to the end of November, outpacing the MSCI World’s 10.9%). Investors appear to increasingly appreciate its proposition (earnings and cash flow growth in sectors with sound growth prospects and a dividend target of 4% of […]
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28 min read
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust – A wealth of opportunities
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust (EGL) has come through the crisis well (its NAV total return is 12.1% YTD to the end of November, outpacing the MSCI World’s 10.9%). Investors increasingly appreciate its proposition (earnings and cash flow growth in sectors with sound growth prospects and a dividend target of 4% of NAV) and […]
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28 min read
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust – A wealth of opportunities
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust (EGL) has come through the crisis well (its NAV total return for 2020 – to the end of November – is 12.1%, outpacing the MSCI World’s Index’s return of 10.9%). Investors increasingly appreciate its proposition (earnings and cash flow growth in sectors with sound growth prospects and a dividend […]
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11 Sep 2020 1 min read
Interview with Jean Hugues de Lamaze of Ecofin
In this week’s show, James Carthew talked to Jean Hugues de Lamaze of Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Watch it again here If you were looking for James Carthew’s roundup of the week’s news, this is now in the news section – just click here If there is a guest speaker you’d particularly like to hear from, please […]
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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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25 Jun 2020 19 min read
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust – Resilient income
Resilient income Investors in search of income have been hit hard by the COVID-19 crisis. Bond yields and interest rates have tumbled, and dividend cuts have proliferated. By contrast, the companies in Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust’s (EGL’s) portfolio have proved relatively resilient. In addition, when paying its dividend, EGL is able to use […]
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18 min read
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust – Resilient income
Resilient income Investors in search of income have been hit hard by the COVID-19 crisis as bond yields and interest rates have tumbled, and dividend cuts have proliferated. By contrast, the companies in Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust’s (EGL’s) portfolio have proved relatively resilient. In addition, EGL is able to use distributable reserves to […]
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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 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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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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10 Jan 2020 8 min read
QuotedData’s economic roundup – January 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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17 Oct 2019 17 min read
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust – Compelling three-year track record
Compelling three-year track record Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust (EGL) has just had its third birthday, and it has much to celebrate. Since launch, the trust has built a compelling track record (NAV and share price total returns of 44.9% and 50.8% respectively) while outperforming a range of comparable indices, including MSCI World Utilities, […]
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17 min read
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust – Compelling three-year track record
Compelling three-year track record Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust (EGL) has just had its third birthday, and it has much to celebrate. Since launch, the trust has built a compelling track record (NAV and share price total returns of 44.9% and 50.8% respectively) outperforming the MSCI World Utilities, S&P Global Infrastructure, MSCI World and […]
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15 Oct 2019 7 min read
Investment companies quarterly roundup – Third quarter 2019
Investment Companies Quarterly Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford New research Over the third quarter, we published notes on India Capital Growth, Jupiter Emerging & Frontier Income, Montanaro European Smaller Companies, JLEN Environmental Assets, Civitas Social Housing, JPMorgan Russian Securities, International Biotechnology Trust, Aberdeen Emerging Markets, Seneca Global Income & Growth, Standard Life Investments Property Income […]
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11 Sep 2019 3 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – September 2019
Investment Companies Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford New research Over August, we published notes on Aberdeen Emerging Markets and JLEN Environmental Assets . You can read all these notes by clicking on the links above or by visiting www.quoteddata.com. In this issue Performance data – appetite for risk was generally down in August, as […]
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12 Jul 2019 6 min read
Quarterly investment companies roundup – Second quarter 2019
Quarterly investment companies roundup – Second quarter 2019 QuotedData news Global equities re-found momentum in June after a cautious April and May. How much longer this ten-year bull market can sustain itself continues to be the subject of much debate. The prospect of interest rate cuts in the US has re-invigorated sentiment for the time […]
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07 Jun 2019 5 min read
QuotedData’s economic roundup – June 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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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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11 Apr 2019 1 min read
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust – Unrecognised outperformance
Year-to-date, Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust (EGL)’s manager, Jean-Hugues de Lamaze, has successfully avoided the fall-out from the bankruptcy of Californian utility PG&E, and the trust’s NAV performance has been very strong (a total return of 10.9% to the end of March 2019), outperforming both the MSCI World Utilities and S&P Global Infrastructure Indices. Given this, […]
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13 min read
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust – Unrecognised outperformance
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust – Unrecognised outperformance Year-to-date, Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust (EGL)’s manager, Jean-Hugues de Lamaze, has avoided the fall-out from the bankruptcy of Californian utility Pacific Gas & Electric (see page 4), and the trust’s NAV performance has been strong (a total return of 10.9% to the end of March 2019), […]
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25 Jan 2019 1 min read
QuotedData review of 2018 – Annual report investment companies
QuotedData review of 2018 – Annual report investment companies 2018 – the return of volatility A trade war, Brexit, US interest rate rises, slowing Chinese growth, a US government shutdown, a dispute over Italy’s budget, the Skripal poisonings, numerous elections – there was plenty to worry about in 2018. A last-minute dive left the US […]
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15 Oct 2018 1 min read
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure – Staying nimble
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure – Staying nimble Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust (EGL) is two years old. The period since its launch has been one in which utilities and infrastructure have faced significant headwinds from rising interest rates and investors’ focus on growth stocks. Despite this, it has thrived. EGL’s manager has been nimble, […]
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1 min read
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure – Staying nimble
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust (EGL) is two years old. The period since its launch has been one in which utilities and infrastructure have faced significant headwinds from rising interest rates and investors’ focus on growth stocks. Despite this, it has thrived. EGL’s manager (Jean-Hugues de Lamaze) has been nimble, moving to take advantage […]
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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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25 Apr 2018 1 min read
Quarterly investment companies roundup – First quarter 2018
Quarterly investment companies roundup – First quarter 2018 Quarterly investment companies roundup – First quarter 2018 – Global equity markets declined in the first quarter of 2018. Concerns about US interest rate rises were the feature of the first half of the quarter. However, worries about global trade took over in the second part, particularly […]
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29 Mar 2018 1 min read
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure – On the contrary ….
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure – On the contrary …. – Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure (EGL) had a strong 2017, beating the MSCI World Utilities Index by a significant margin. Utilities and infrastructure have got off to a difficult start in 2018 however, suffering from negative sentiment as markets have focused on the heightened prospect of […]
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13 Mar 2018 1 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – March 2018
QuotedData investment companies roundup – March 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 February 2018. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. Equity markets continued to run up in early February, supported by strong corporate earnings […]
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18 Jan 2018 1 min read
QuotedData – 2017 review of the year
QuotedData – 2017 review of the year – Many commentators, including us, were wary going into 2017. In the event, economic growth and markets surprised on the upside: US markets hit new highs despite three interest rate rises. Perceived low/no growth areas such as Europe and Japan burst into life. Asia’s technology stocks surged. India’s […]
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10 Jan 2018 1 min read
QuotedData’s economic round up – January 2018
QuotedData’s economic round up – January 2018 – is a collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you to buy or […]
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09 Nov 2017 1 min read
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure – Delivering the goods
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure – Delivering the goods – The manager of Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust (EGL), which invests in utilities and other economic infrastructure equities, says that the company’s portfolio has benefited from having an overweight position in continental European stocks, good stock selection and an upswing in power prices which have moved […]
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14 Jun 2017 1 min read
QuotedData investment companies roundup – June 2017
QuotedData investment companies roundup – June 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 May 2017. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. June Investment Companies Roundup Japan was one of the best places to be […]
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23 May 2017 1 min read
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust – Structural growth, low volatility and high income
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust – Structural growth, low volatility and high income Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust (EGL) invests in utilities and other economic infrastructure equities (see definition on page 4) and is looking to deliver a total return (capital gains and income) of 6-12% per annum to shareholders over time. These sectors […]
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1 min read
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust – Structural growth, low volatility and high income
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust (EGL) invests in utilities and other economic infrastructure equities (see definition on page 4) and is looking to deliver a total return (capital gains and income) of 6-12% per annum to shareholders over time. These sectors are traditionally less volatile than global equities in general, and the manager expects […]
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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
News
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23 Aug 2024 4 min read
Heineken trusts: reaching the parts that other trusts can’t
QD view – four idiosyncratic investment options that provide a differentiated and diversifying addition to a portfolio Part of the joy of investment trusts is that they allow fund managers more room to explore. It doesn’t matter too much if a strategy is highly cyclical, goes through periods of unpopularity, or is illiquid, because managers […]
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05 Jul 2024 8 min read
An update on our analysts’ top picks for 2024
At the outset of 2024, we challenged our analysts to come up with some ideas for investment companies that they liked, and thought could do well over the course of this year (click here to read the original article which set out our analysts’ thinking and why they liked the stocks). We also promised to […]
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10 May 2024 3 min read
QD view – Growth utilities
It would be fair to say that, traditionally, utility companies have not been viewed as the most exciting investments on the planet, with the sector consisting mostly of publicly owned or heavily regulated suppliers of basic amenities like water, gas and power. Nevertheless, as funds such as Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure (EGL) have demonstrated, […]
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16 Feb 2024 3 min read
QD view – Inflation Scare
With inflation rates much reduced, investors became convinced in October that interest rates had peaked. Share prices in the renewables and infrastructure sectors began to rise while yields began to fall and there was a sense that as we entered 2024 we had passed the worst of the sell-off in those sectors. However, as the […]
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05 Jan 2024 4 min read
QD view – Our analysts’ top picks for 2024
As we begin another year here at QuotedData, we thought we’d have some fun and challenge our analysts to come up with some ideas for investment companies that they like and think could do well over the course of 2024. To keep things interesting, each analyst has been asked to select two ideas – one […]
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19 Dec 2023 2 min read
Rising rates weigh on returns for Ecofin Global Utilities
Ecofin Global Utilities (EGL) has announced its annual report for the year ended 30 September 2023. Over the period, the company’s net asset value was down 8.6% while the share price total return was down 21.9%. The company does not have a formal benchmark index, although for comparison the MSCI World Utilities Index fell 8.2%. […]
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13 Sep 2023 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 13 September 2023 – ROOF, EGL, RSE
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 13 September 2023: Primary Health Properties (PHP) has acquired Ireland’s first Enhanced Community Care (ECC) facility at Ballincollig, near Cork, for €29.64m. The property is fully let to the Health Service Executive on a 25-year lease and benefits from five yearly, compounded annually, Irish CPI indexed rent reviews. The government led […]
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18 May 2023 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 18 May 2023
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 18 May 2023: JLEN Environmental Assets (JLEN) NAV at end March 2023 slipped very marginally (0.4p) from the level at end December. Falling near-term power prices, which have affected other renewable energy funds, are less impactful on JLEN, which has a high degree of protection from short term price hedges as […]
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20 Dec 2022 2 min read
Year of progress for Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure
Over the 12 months ended 30 September 2022, Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure produced an NAV total return of 12.5% and a share price total return of 14.0%. This significantly outperformed the total return of global equities, measured by the MSCI World Index, which was -2.4% in sterling terms. The MSCI World Utilities Index and […]
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19 May 2022 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 19 May 2022
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 19 May 2022: Interim results released today for Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure (EGL) show that the trust is off to a great start in this financial year. For the six months ended 31 March 2022, it returned 14.1% in share price terms and 13.7% in NAV terms, both well-ahead of […]
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14 Jan 2022 4 min read
QD view – Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure – better value than you might think
There is a natural bias with financial analysis and commentators towards writing about securities that are perceived as being cheap and less so about those that may, at least optically, look expensive. There is a lot of emphasis placed on trusts trading at marked discounts to net asset value but much less focus on trusts […]
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21 Dec 2021 10 min read
Strong outperformance from Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure
Ecofin Global Utilities and infrastructure Trust (EGL) has announced its annual results for the year ended 30 September 2021, during which it has comfortably outperformed the utilities and infrastructure indices against which it benchmarks itself. During the year, EGL has provided NAV and share price total returns of 22.9% and 28.9% respectively. Both of these […]
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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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05 Mar 2021 3 min read
QD view – Inflation fears making waves
If you listened into this week’s interview with Nick Brind, one of the managers of Polar Capital Global Financials Trust, you will have heard how rising long-term interest rates are helping to drive a recovery in the financials sector, particularly for banks. Long-term interest rates are climbing in part because investors are expecting that inflation […]
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15 Dec 2020 4 min read
Well-deserved expansion for Ecofin Global
Well-deserved expansion for Ecofin Global – Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust has published results for the year ended 30 September, 2020. Highlights During the financial year ended 30 September, 2020 the company’s net asset value per share decreased by 2.6% and the price of an ordinary share increased by 5.6%, both on a total return basis […]
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20 Nov 2020 3 min read
QD view – Looking after the environment
Over the next few weeks, QuotedData is hosting a series of webinars focused on ESG – environmental, social and governance – aspects of investing that are increasingly important to investors. The first of these, on 24 November, will look at the ‘E’ in ESG. The main thrust of the debate around tackling the environmental issues […]
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23 Oct 2020 2 min read
QD view – US election, why worry?
Election day is edging closer in the US and the rhetoric is ramping up. We managed to catch up with Dean Orrico, the manager of Middlefield Canadian Income Fund (the subject of last week’s article) in the weekly interview and he reiterated his observation that Biden is likely to win the Presidential election. The more […]
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06 May 2020 2 min read
Ecofin is growing again
Ecofin is growing again – Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust (EGL) announced on 29 April that it had issued 750,000 shares at 158.2p and yesterday it issued 600,000 shares at 152.5p. Both share issues were done at a price higher than the net asset value, enhancing the underlying value of the shares owned by […]
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18 Dec 2019 2 min read
This tortoise is no slouch
This tortoise is no slouch – Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure is to change its name to Tortoise Global Infrastructure (adopting the name of its manager and reflecting the AIC’s decision to change the name of the utilities sector to infrastructure securities). This announcement coincides with the publication of its annual results for the year […]
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02 Sep 2019 1 min read
QuotedData’s other news 2 September 2019
In QuotedData’s other news 2 September 2019 – Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure has announced that Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited has been appointed as its sole Corporate Broker with immediate effect. St Peter Port Capital has announced that it proposes to terminate its discretionary investment management agreement with St Peter Port Investment Management Limited and become a […]
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23 May 2019 2 min read
QuotedData’s other news 23 May 2019
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure interims show an 8.5% return on NAV for the six months ended 31 March 2019. Dividends of 3.23p were declared and the discount has narrowed so that, on 20 May 2019, it stood at 11.3% (still wider than it would like). Hg Capital‘s share split – ten shares in exchange […]
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17 May 2019 1 min read
QuotedData’s other news 17 May 2019
Murray International has agreed a new GBP30 million loan facility with the Royal Bank of Scotland International Limited which was drawn in full on 16 May 2019 and fixed for five years at an all-in rate of 2.25%. The new facility has, in part, been used to repay a maturing GBP15 million loan (also with the […]
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14 Dec 2018 7 min read
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure to benefit from reduced management fee
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust (EGL) has announced its annual results for the year ended 30 September 2018. During the year, EGL provided an NAV total return of 4.8%n and a share price total return of 1.1%. According to EGL, this compares against a 4.9% return for the MSCI World Utilities Index. The superior […]
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03 Dec 2018 1 min read
Ecofin’s manager acquired by Tortoise
Ecofin’s manager acquired by Tortoise – Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust says its investment manager, Ecofin Limited, has been bought by Tortoise Investments, LLC. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Tortoise Investments, based in Kansas City, owns a family of investment management firms which manage approximately US$20 billion including five New York Stock Exchange […]
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21 Dec 2017 6 min read
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure off to a good start
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure off to a good start – Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust has published annual results. The company’s shares were first listed on the London Stock Exchange on 26 September, 2016 and these results are for the financial year which ended on 30 September, 2017. In that period, the net asset […]
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19 Sep 2016 4 min read
Ecofin updates on restructuring
In this instance we have reproduced the text of the announcement in full: Allocation of Assets and Reclassification of Shares Summary The net asset value of Ecofin Water & Power Opportunities plc (the “Company” or “EWPO”) was 158.02p per EWPO Share on the Calculation Date, comprising 135.5442p in respect of the liquid assets to form […]
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23 May 2016 3 min read
Ecofin Water & Power Opportunities publishes reconstruction proposals
Ecofin Water & Power Opportunities has announced proposals for a reconstruction of the fund, ahead of a continuation vote, which is due to be held before the end of June 2016. The board say that, subject to the passing of the Continuation Vote, the Company intends to propose a scheme of reconstruction with shareholders being: […]
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18 Jun 2024 2 min read
Investment trust insider on US infrastructure
Investment trust insider on US infrastructure – James Carthew: Power up your portfolio with US infrastructure trusts While there may be some political noise in the run up to the presidential election, the long-term case for investments in US renewable infrastructure is pretty solid. While all eyes have been on the meteoric rise of Nvidia, […]
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03 Apr 2024 1 min read
Four last-minute and early-bird investment trust bargains for your ISA
by Sam Benstead from interactive investor, 3rd April 2024: With just days to go before the 6 April ISA deadline, after which the £20,000 allowance restarts, there is still time to add some new ideas to your portfolio.. Investment trusts often throw up opportunities for bargain hunters, as the share price can diverge from the […]
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18 Dec 2023 1 min read
Investment trust insider on 2023
Investment trust insider on 2023 – James Carthew: Dramatic 2023 leaves sector radically different The rationalisation of the sector continues. There has been a flurry of announcements over the past couple of weeks: Abrdn Diversified Income and Growth (ADIG) announced a managed wind down; Triple Point Energy Transition (TENT) declared it will begin an orderly […]
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25 Sep 2023 1 min read
Bargain Hunter: these trusts are usually pricey, but are now cheap
by Faith Glasgow from interactive investor, 25th September 2023: The investment trust sector has not had it easy over the 20 months or so, as rocketing inflation and ongoing interest rate hikes have depressed growth prospects and stifled investor demand for risk assets across the board. The downbeat economic outlook has left most investment trusts […]
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01 Sep 2023 1 min read
How to analyse investment trust gearing in the era of rising interest rates
By Jean-Baptiste Andrieux, Reporter, Trustnet, 31 August 2023: The ability to borrow money is one of the weapon in an investment trust’s arsenal. In many cases, it has contributed towards the outperformance of investment trusts relative to their equivalent open-ended versions, as they take out money to invest, making higher returns each year above the […]
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18 Jul 2023 1 min read
Beyond wealth preservation trusts, nine other defensive options
by Jennifer Hill from interactive investor, 17th July 2023: Wealth preservation investment trusts are popular with DIY investors and for good reason, but a range of other defensive strategies are worthy of consideration, finds Jennifer Hill. The gathering of storm clouds tends to have investors running for cover but with sudden swings in the investment […]
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21 Sep 2022 1 min read
Should you go defensive or back a bounce for beaten-up consumer stocks? Experts’ share picks to shuffle your portfolio and survive a harsh winter
By ROSIE MURRAY-WEST, FINANCIAL MAIL ON SUNDAY, 10 September 2022: There was a real ‘back to school and back to business’ feel in the air last week – until we learnt of the sad death of the Queen. While parents took pictures of uniformed offspring outside their front doors, the press took pictures of the […]
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13 Sep 2022 1 min read
Investment trust insider on investment company short positions
Investment trust insider on investment company short positions – James Carthew: The UK’s most shorted investment companies The pound is sliding. This is hardly surprising given the state of the nation’s finances and the apparent sprouting of a magic money forest to fund tax cuts and energy price subsidies. Against this backdrop, I find it […]
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23 Dec 2021 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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23 Feb 2021 1 min read
Investment trust insider on renewables
Investment trust insider on renewables – James Carthew: How the renewables class of 2013 has changed beyond recognition Following the recent new issues and the oversubscribed £198m placing by Greencoat UK Wind (UKW) last week, the now 17 investment companies in the sector have a combined market value of about £10.5bn and are within a […]
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11 Jan 2021 1 min read
7 Funds To Back In The Post-Vaccine World
7 Funds To Back In The Post-Vaccine World James Phillipps Contributor, Forbes Dec 17, 2020,07:37am EST|447 views U.S. equity, technology and environmental funds topped the charts this year, but where is the smart money going in 2021? After the strength of the S&P 500’s rally, powered by big tech, many investors are looking further […]
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03 Dec 2020 2 min read
Investment trust insider on emerging markets
Investment trust insider on emerging markets – James Carthew: Who to back in the emerging markets rally? The good news that we have had over the past few weeks on the US election and vaccines to tackle Covid-19 have helped drive a recovery in emerging markets investment trusts. Shares in JPMorgan Emerging Markets (JMG), Mobius (MMIT) […]
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05 Aug 2020 1 min read
New addition to Prudent 15 list – Ecofin
New addition to Prudent 15 list – Ecofin You can find out more about my Dynamic 35 and Prudent 15 lists here at Sharepad –https://knowledge.sharescope.co.uk/david-stevenson/ Adventurous Investor, 31 July 2020 Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust (EGL) I do not think it is unfair to say that over the last decade we have seen […]
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23 Jul 2020 1 min read
Investment trust insider on infrastructure
Investment trust insider on infrastructure – James Carthew: infrastructure trusts look safer than equity While we haven’t yet seen a new issue, the market for fundraising by investment companies appears to be fairly healthy despite the wider economic malaise. If you are raising money in the current environment, it helps if your investments aren’t much correlated […]
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02 Jun 2020 2 min read
Investment trust insider on emerging markets
Investment trust insider on emerging markets – James Carthew: there’s value in emerging markets as investors rush to take cover In uncertain times, it makes sense that investors turn to sectors with defensive earnings, such as utilities and infrastructure. Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure (EGL), which I hold, is trading at asset value and issuing shares. […]
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16 Sep 2019 1 min read
QuotedData’s Matthew Read comments on an Ecofin discount conundrum
QuotedData’s Matthew Read comments on an Ecofin discount conundrum – Bargain Hunter: Strong performer since launch, but on a double-digit discount This investment trust is approaching its third birthday and has been a strong performer, but is sitting on a 12% discount. Funds and Investment Trusts September 16, 2019 by Kyle Caldwell A specialist investment trust with an attractive […]
