Overview
abrdn Asian Income Fund (formerly Aberdeen Asian Income) aims to provide investors with a total return primarily through investing in Asian Pacific securities, including those with an above-average yield. The company does not expect to have any significant Japanese exposure. You can access the fund’s website here.
Fundamentals
Price
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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08 Apr 2022 1 min read
Interview with Yoojeong Oh from abrdn Asian Income Fund
In this week’s show, Jayna Rana talked to Yoojeong Oh from abrdn Asian Income Fund. 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. Additionally, if you would […]
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18 Feb 2021 2 min read
QuotedData’s Round the World Webinar series – Asia day playback
On 10th February 2021, QuotedData hosted the penultimate Round the World webinar from our series. This webinar was focused on Asia and included presentations and Q&As from 4 investment companies’ managers, covering markets across Asia. We would like to thank all of our speakers and attendees for joining us. Click on the links below to watch […]
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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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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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08 May 2019 4 min read
QuotedData’s economic roundup – May 2019
Economic & Political Roundup A collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you to buy or sell any of the […]
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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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11 May 2018 1 min read
QuotedData’s Economic round up – May 2018
QuotedData’s economic round up – May 2018 is a collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you to buy or […]
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18 Apr 2018 1 min read
QuotedData’s Economic round up – April 2018
QuotedData’s economic round up – April 2018 is a collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you to buy or sell […]
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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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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 Oct 2016 1 min read
Quarterly investment companies roundup – Third quarter 2016
Q3 saw the market adapt to life post the UK’s EU referendum. Sterling continued to fall but most stock markets stabilised and discounts narrowed across most sectors. While the US election is dominating headlines, it does not seem to be having much impact on markets so far. q3-quarterly-roundup
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27 Apr 2015 1 min read
The importance of income – where to find it?
Life used to be simpler. If you had a bit of spare cash or you wanted to save up for something you’d just stick some money in a bank or building society account. If you had a nest egg and wanted to invest it in something safe and live off the income, you’d maybe buy […]
News
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18 Aug 2026 2 min read
Aberdeen Asian Income generates 30.9% first half return on extraordinary AI gains
Aberdeen Asian Income Fund (AAIF) has continued last year’s strong performance with a 28% investment return in the first half of the year largely driven by technology and artificial intelligence stocks. Shareholders in the £452m investment company enjoyed a 30.9% total return in the six months to 30 June as the big gains of Taiwanese […]
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18 Mar 2026 1 min read
Aberdeen Asian delivers 30% return from tech stocks, buybacks and a higher dividend
Aberdeen Asian Income Fund (AAIF) had a strong 2025 generating a 22.2% underlying return that beat the 21.3% of the MSCI AC Asia Pacific ex Japan index, with performance boosted by Aberdeen fund managers Eric Chan and Isaac Thong’s technology stocks benefiting from spending on artificial intelligence (AI). Shareholders enjoyed a 30% return as the share […]
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13 Aug 2025 2 min read
Morning briefing: 62.9% of Assura shareholders back PHP merger; plus AAIF, NRR, DIVI, GABI, RLE, LWI
Primary Health Properties (PHP) has won the battle for rival NHS landlord Assura (AGR) with 62.9% of Assura shareholders accepting its cash and shares offer by yesterday’s 1pm deadline. The offer of £460m in cahs and a 48% stake in the enlarged business has been declared unconditional while the rival £1.7bn private equity cash offer […]
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18 Jul 2025 3 min read
Which trust dividends have grown faster than inflation?
Inflation is creeping back up again. The annual rate of inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) is now 3.6% or, to look at it another way, prices are almost 28% higher than they were five years ago. If we were using the old RPI measure, those figures would be 4.4% and 38%. […]
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03 Jun 2025 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 3 June 2025 – MHN, AAIF, TRIG, SRE
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 3 June 2025: Menhaden Resource Efficiency, abrdn Asia Focus, The Renewables Infrastructure Group, and Sirius Real Estate. we also have: did you see yesterday?
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02 Jun 2025 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 2 June 2025 – AAIF, WHR
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 2 June 2025: We also have: Custodian Property Income REIT makes £22m all-share portfolio acquisition Stories you may have missed from Friday:
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26 Mar 2025 3 min read
abrdn Asian Income Fund wraps up solid year, optimistic about future
abrdn Asian Income Fund (AAIF) has announced its annual results for the year end 31 December 2024. The company delivered a share price total return of 12.0% and a NAV total return of 10.8%, slightly behind the benchmark which returned 12.6%. The company also saw a 22.8% increase in the dividend for the year, providing […]
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14 Mar 2025 4 min read
Asia’s evolution: China’s dividend drive could reshape your income mix
The new US administration has sucked oxygen from other important stories around the world. While the world was focused on Trump’s tariffs, China quietly announced a $41bn package to boost consumer spending. It was a sign that the government would do ‘whatever it takes’ to drive growth. It may suggest a change of direction for […]
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13 Mar 2025 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 13 March 2025 – AAIF, JEMI, SSIT
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 13 March 2025: Isaac Thong is being appointed lead manager of abrdn Asian Income Fund (AAIF) to work alongside Eric Chan. Isaac is joining Aberdeen’s Asia Pacific Equities team from JPMorgan, where he co-managed JPMorgan Global Emerging Markets Income Trust (JEMI) and the open-ended JPMorgan Emerging Markets Income Fund. He will […]
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16 Jan 2025 2 min read
abrdn Asian Income announces enhanced dividend policy
abrdn Asian Income Fund says it will introduce an enhanced annual dividend policy of 6.25% of its average NAV (currently equating to a dividend yield of 7.1% based on the share price). In addition it will provide investors with a continuation vote every three years. Under these proposals, the dividend for the fourth quarter of […]
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27 Mar 2024 3 min read
Positive return for abrdn Asian Income Fund despite challenges
abrdn Asian Income Fund (AAIF) announced its annual results for the year ended 31 December 2023. The company saw a NAV total return of 2.5%, slightly ahead of the MSCI AC Asia Pacific ex Japan Index total return index which returned 1.6%. Shares rose 1.9%, with the discounting widening to 14% at the time of […]
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05 Mar 2024 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 5 March 2024 – GABI, AAIF, HOME
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 5 March 2024: The shareholder consultation exercise that GCP Asset Backed Income (GABI) was undertaking in connection with its strategic review is complete. Shareholders have expressed a broad range of views. Expect to see an announcement on the way forward in the week beginning 11 March 2024.That could include selling the […]
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17 Aug 2023 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 17 August 2023 – ABD, AAIF, ESP, EPIC
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 17 August 2023: In its final set of annual results (before it is absorbed by Asia Dragon), abrdn New Dawn (ABD) returned -6.8% in NAV terms for the 12 months ended 30 April 2023, and -7.3% in share price terms, both lagging the -5.2% return generated by the benchmark MSCI AC […]
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05 Apr 2023 2 min read
abrdn Asian Income Fund continues to impress
abrdn Asian Income Fund announced annual results for the year ended December 31 2022. NAV total return was -3.6% while shares fell 2.7%, beating the benchmark MSCI AC Asia Pacific ex Japan Index total return Index, which fell by 6.8% on a total return basis. NAV total return has now outperformed the index over one, […]
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15 Aug 2022 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 15 August 2022
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 15 August 2022: Seraphim Space (SSIT) holding D-Orbit, a market leader in space logistics and orbital transportation services, and Breeze Holdings have mutually agreed to terminate their previously announced merger agreement effective immediately. Both companies have agreed that financial markets have changed substantially since the proposed transaction was originally agreed upon […]
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28 Mar 2022 3 min read
abrdn Asian Income enjoys strong performance over 2021 as it prepares for upcoming challenges
abrdn Asian Income enjoys strong performance over 2021 as it prepares for upcoming challenges – abrdn Asian Income (AAIF) has posted its final results for the year to 31 December 2021, during which time, on a total return basis, the net asset value per share rose by 11.0%, surpassing the MSCI All Countries Asia Pacific […]
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13 Aug 2021 1 min read
Aberdeen Asian Income Fund looks to migrate tax residence to the UK
Aberdeen Asian Income Fund (AAIF) has announced that it is formulating proposals to migrate its tax residence to the UK and to apply for UK investment trust status. Background to the proposals AAIF aims to provide investors with a total return primarily through investing in Asia Pacific securities, including those with an above average yield. […]
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08 Apr 2021 2 min read
Aberdeen Asian Income held up pretty well in 2020
Aberdeen Asian Income held up pretty well in 2020 – Aberdeen Asian Income has published results for the year ended 31 December 2020. The company generated an NAV return of 12.9% – behind the 19.0% return generated by the MSCI AC Asia Pacific ex Japan Index but well ahead of the equivalent high yield index […]
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12 Aug 2020 2 min read
Aberdeen Asian Income’s Korean and Taiwanese tech and telecoms holdings show resilience
Over Aberdeen Asian Income (AAIF)’s interim results period to 30 June 2020, the company’s NAV declined by (6.5%). By comparison, the MSCI All Countries Asia Pacific ex-Japan high dividend yield index was down by (7.0%) over the same period. AAIF says that its performance was affected by its light exposure to China, which was the […]
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15 May 2020 7 min read
Aberdeen Asian Income benefits from tech and Chinese consumption
Aberdeen Asian Income (AAIF) has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 December 2019, during which it benefited from exposure to tech companies and businesses that rely on Chinese consumption growth. During 2019, AAIF provided an NAV total return of 10.5%, which was broadly in line with the MSCI All Countries Asia Pacific […]
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1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 15 May 2020
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 15 May 2020 Having collected 100% of rents due at the end of March, Triple Point Social Housing REIT has raised its dividend target for the year ended 31 December 2020 to 5.18p, 1.7p up on the figure for 2019. It has also appointed Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited as sole corporate broker and […]
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14 Apr 2020 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 14 April 2020
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 14 April 2020: Oil bounces a bit as OPEC announces production cuts Ashoka India Equity said that Manoj Garg, a member of the team managing the trust, has relocated from Mumbai to Singapore and will no longer be involved in the management of the fund. Aberdeen Asia Focus Income has renewed a […]
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14 Aug 2019 2 min read
QuotedData’s other news 14 August 2019
It has been a busy morning of half-year results announcements. In QuotedData’s other news 14 August 2019: Apax Global Alpha (APAX) reported interim results to 30 June 2019; total NAV retur was +13.4% (+12.9% in constant currency terms). Last 12 months total NAV return was +14.4% (+12.2% constant currency) reflecting primarily strong performance of the private equity portfolio. Aberdeen Asian Income […]
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05 Apr 2019 2 min read
Light China exposure helps Aberdeen Asian Income in 2018
Light China exposure helps Aberdeen Asian Income in 2018 – Following a difficult year for Asian stocks, it comes as little surprise that Aberdeen Asian Income (AAIF) has reported a single-digit decline in its NAV. Unlike in 2017, where the fund’s light exposure to China saw it miss out on the technology-fuelled buying spree, it […]
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19 Jul 2018 1 min read
Investment Trust Insider on how to grow trusts
Investment Trust Insider on how to grow trusts James Carthew: imponderable questions in quest for scale Last week I addressed the uphill battle Ashoka India Equity (AIE) faces if it wants to expand, having raised just £46.5 million in its flotation. It is by no means the smallest fund out there, however. Many of the very smallest funds […]
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10 Apr 2018 1 min read
Underweight Chinese tech companies detract from Aberdeen Asian Income
Underweight Chinese tech companies detract from Aberdeen Asian Income – Aberdeen Asian Income’s NAV returned 16.0% in sterling terms, compared to the MSCI All Countries Asia Pacific ex Japan Index, which returned 25.4%. The ordinary share price total return was 17.4% while the discount to NAV narrowed slightly to 7.5% at the year end. A […]
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30 Mar 2017 3 min read
Aberdeen Asian Income benefits from China underweight
Aberdeen Asian Income Fund reports that its NAV rose by 29.9% over the course of 2016, outpacing the 27.7% rise in the MSCI All Country Asia Pacific ex-Japan Index (total return basis). The share price rose by 28.4% on a total return basis to 194.3p, while the discount widened slightly, notwithstanding significant buy-back activity, from 6.8% […]
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07 Feb 2017 1 min read
All trust sectors bar one made money in ’16
UK Smaller Companies was the only investment sector to lose money in 2016 despite a turbulent political and economic landscape, new research has revealed. See more here
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17 Aug 2016 2 min read
Aberdeen Asian Income cuts manager’s fee
Aberdeen Asian Income’s net asset value returned 16.9% in sterling terms over the six months to 30 June 2016, outperforming the MSCI AC Asia Pacific ex Japan Index, which returned 13.0%. Against this backdrop, the Ordinary Share price total return rose by 16.6% and the discount over NAV per Ordinary share widened from 6.8% at […]
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28 Jul 2016 6 min read
F&C Managed Portfolio beats benchmark despite widening discounts
F&C Managed Portfolio reports that, for the company’s financial year to 31 May 2016, the NAV total return (i.e. adding dividends paid to capital performance) was -4.8% for the Income shares and -4.5% for the Growth shares which represented outperformance against the -6.3% total return for the FTSE All-Share Index, the benchmark index for both […]
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03 Apr 2016 3 min read
Aberdeen Asian Income held back by South East Asian exposure
The Chairman of Aberdeen Asian Income, Peter Arthur, says its performance was disappointing over the year that ended on 31 December 2015. The net asset value per Ordinary Shares (“NAV”) fell by 9.9%, trailing the 3.9% decline in the MSCI All Country Asia Pacific ex-Japan Index. The share price fell by 16.8% on a total return basis […]
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14 Aug 2015 2 min read
Aberdeen Asian Income suffers from China underweight
They believe Aberdeen Asian Income has reported that its net asset value total return fell 2.4% in sterling terms over the six months to 30 June 2015, compared with the MSCI AC Asia Pacific ex Japan Index, which returned 2.6%. Against this backdrop, the Ordinary share price total return fell by 2.1% with the premium over […]
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25 Mar 2015 1 min read
Aberdeen Asian Income Fund in the wrong banks
Aberdeen Asian Income’s results for the year that ended on 31 December 2014 show the fund generating a return on net assets of 7.6%, a bit behind the 9.5% return on the MSCI AC Asia Pacific ex Japan Index. The dividend was edged up from 7.9p to 8p and this was covered 1.03x. The fund […]
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18 Aug 2014 1 min read
Aberdeen Asian Income Fund – performing in line with benchmark
AAIF : Aberdeen Asian Income Fund – performing in line with benchmark Aberdeen Asian Income Fund’s interim results show AAIF’s NAV returned 3.8% in sterling terms, in line with the MSCI AC Asia Pacific ex Japan Index, which returned 3.9%. The return on the share price was 5.4% reflecting an expansion of the trusts premium to NAV […]
Videos
In The Press
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08 Oct 2024 1 min read
Bull and bear pairs: nine high-risk and low-risk fund couplings
by Jennifer Hill from interactive investor, 8th October 2024: Making the case for the bulls are anticipated interest rate cuts, an economy that appears to be on a stable footing and low unemployment. Making the case for the bears are relatively high stock valuations, looming elections and the chance that recession may not be avoided. […]
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19 Aug 2024 1 min read
Investment trust insider on Asian income
Investment trust insider on Asian income – James Carthew: Abrdn Asian Income a ‘solid way to play Asia’ Until the recent tech stock selloff, this Asia equity income fund was clawing back its performance after a difficult few years. The dire state of the Chinese stock market has weighed on listed funds focused on Asia […]
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31 Jul 2024 1 min read
Nine funds for high income and top total returns
by Jennifer Hill from interactive investor, 30th July 2024: In some cases, having a high yield can come at the cost of overall total returns, but it’s not always the case: certain funds allow investors to have their cake and eat it. Greencoat UK Wind The trust boasts a share price total return of 129.2% […]
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09 May 2023 1 min read
Investment trust boards: what do they do, and do they add value?
by Faith Glasgow from interactive investor, 9 May 2023: The recent widely publicised spat between members of Scottish Mortgage’s board of directors has once again focused attention on investment trust boards as a unique aspect of the closed-ended fund structure… Investment trusts are required to have independently elected boards of directors because they are structured […]
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27 Feb 2023 1 min read
Put your trust in dividends and you can beat those savings rates
David Brenchley, February 26 2023, The Sunday Times: With the best one-year fixed savings account now paying 4.31 per cent, riskier investments such as stocks and shares may seem less attractive than they have been for a long time. If you can get a high interest rate on your money, why take more risk in […]
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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 […]
