Overview
Boussard & Gavaudan seeks to achieve long-term appreciation of its assets through multi alternative investment strategies by investing in BG Fund, a sub-fund of BG Umbrella Fund Plc, also managed by BGAM. BG Umbrella Fund Plc is a feeder fund to BG Master Fund Plc. BG Master Fund Plc is an opportunistic Europe-focused multi-strategy fund which aims primarily at arbitraging instruments with non-linear pay-offs in special situations. Over time, BGHL may undertake direct investments other than BG Fund that are identified by the Investment Manager.
The fund’s website can be accessed at this link.
Research History
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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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06 Dec 2019 6 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – December 2019
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 Income Events New research Here is a list of research we published over November: An initiation note on Henderson High Income “We have initiated coverage on Henderson High Income (HHI). Since […]
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07 Aug 2019 3 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – August 2019
Investment Companies Roundup New research Over July, we published notes on CQS New City High Yield, BlackRock Throgmorton, Strategic Equity Capital, Seneca Global Income & Growth, CG Asset Management, Standard Life Investments Property Income and Aberdeen New Dawn. You can read all these notes by clicking on the links above or by visiting www.quoteddata.com. In this issue Performance data – appetite […]
News
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07 Oct 2024 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 7 October 2024 – SHIP, BGHL, BGHS
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 7 October 2024: Tufton Oceanic Assets (SHIP) says that “principals and staff of its investment manager”, Tufton Investment Management Ltd, acquired an additional 160,741 of SHIP’s ordinary shares on 30 September 2024. As at 30 June 2024, Tufton stakeholders owned 4.9% of the issued share capital in the company. Boussard & […]
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28 Apr 2023 5 min read
Boussard & Gavaudan reports on mixed performance in 2022
Boussard & Gavaudan Holding (BGHL/BGHS) has published its annual results for the year ended 31 December 2022. During the year, BGHL’s NAV for the euro and sterling shares decreased by 4.90% and 3.47%, respectively, while the associated market prices decreased by 4.72% for the euro shares and increased by 5.26% for the sterling shares. As […]
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17 Jun 2022 1 min read
QuotedData’s weekly news show 17th June 2022
Thank you to everyone that listened in today, whether you watched the Zoom live, on Facebook or on YouTube. In this week’s show, James Carthew covered the week’s top stories: • Lindsell Train • Montanaro UK Smaller Companies • Boussard & Gavaudan This week’s interview was with Laura Elkin from AEW UK REIT – watch […]
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2 min read
Boussard & Gavaudan Holding requisitioned by Emmanuel Gavaudan
Boussard & Gavaudan Holdings (tickers BGHS and BGHL for its sterling and Euro share classes respectively) has announced that, on 10 June 2022, notice was served by Mr Emmanuel Gavaudan, requiring the company’s Board to convene a general meeting to consider the appointment of two additional directors nominated by him. The board is satisfied with […]
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10 Dec 2020 2 min read
Boussard & Gauvadan manager opposes tender
Boussard & Gauvadan manager opposes tender – Boussard & Gavaudan Holding has repurchased 1,629,532 shares (about 10.5% of its issued share capital), updated its website and revised the format of its newsletters in an attempt to narrow its discount over the past 12 months. Performance during 2020 has been positive, year to date the NAV has grown […]
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18 Jul 2019 1 min read
QuotedData’s other news 18 July 2019
In QuotedData’s other news 18 July 2019: The global growth fund, Brunner Investment Trust (BUT), reported half-year results to 31 May 2019 with NAV (with debt at fair value) up 2.9% on a total return basis. The company’s portfolio delivered a return of 4.1% between December 2018 and May 2019 – the main driver of performance […]
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17 Jul 2019 2 min read
Boussard & Gavaudan proposals unfriendly to smaller retail investors
Boussard & Gavaudan proposals unfriendly to smaller retail investors – The Europe-focused hedge fund company, Boussard & Gavaudan Holding (B&G), has struggled to arrest a long-standing discount and lack of liquidity in its sterling (BGHS) and euro (BGHL) shares – they both trade at discounts of more than 25 percent. Still, the detail behind the […]
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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 Oct 2016 1 min read
10 YEARS OF PA: The birth of infrastructure funds, to property in turmoil
The investment company sector has changed considerably over the past ten years, as back in October 2006 we were still enjoying the dying days of the credit boom. read more here
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01 Jul 2016 3 min read
Miton Global Opportunities flat after rollercoaster year
Miton Global Opportunities has released results for the year ended 30 April 2016. The net asset value per share rose to 182.4p, a total return of 0.4% – there is no dividend. The manager says the company’s shares ended the financial year standing at an all-time high, moving from 162.75p to 164.25p during the year. […]
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08 Jan 2016 2 min read
Miton Global Opportunities underperforms in first half
Miton Global Opportunities, formerly Miton Worldwide Growth Investment Trust PLC, has announced its interim results for the six-months ended 31 October 2015. During the period, the company’s NAV total return was -4.4% and its share price total return was -2.8%. These compare against a return of -3.6% on the MSCI world and a 1.3% return […]
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05 Aug 2015 2 min read
Miton Worldwide Growth – Sink or swim? Realisation opportunity in 2018
Miton Worldwide Growth, managed by Nick greenwood (pictured), has announced its annual results for the year ended 30 April 2015. During the year, the trust’s NAV per share grew by 8.5% to 181.63p whilst its share price grew by 8.9% beating the FTSE All-Share Index, which rose 7.5% during the same period. The discount narrowed marginally […]
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27 Apr 2015 1 min read
Boussard & Gavaudan gets almost a third of return from buy-backs
Boussard & Gavaudan published their annual report on Friday 24th. This showed that, over the course of 2014, the NAVs for the Euro and Sterling shares increased by 6.85% and 5.29% respectively, whilst the market price improved by 11.73% and 16.71%. This was a good result both in NAV and share price terms as, by […]
In The Press
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17 Jun 2022 1 min read
Analysts warn shareholders on Boussard & Gavaudan trust proposals
Investment Week, Kathleen Gallagher, 17 June 2022: Analysts at QuotedData are warning shareholders of the Boussard & Gavaudan trust to be wary of recent proposals to appoint two more board members that have been chosen by the investment manager. The £306.8m trust, which has two share classed, GBP and Euro, announced on 16 June that […]
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06 Apr 2021 1 min read
Investment trust insider on hedge funds
Investment trust insider on hedge funds – James Carthew: Hedge funds proved their worth last year if you can stomach the fees A few of the listed hedge funds have published results recently. Pershing Square (PSH) and the two Brevan Howard funds – BH Global (BHGG) and BH Macro (BHMG) – had bumper years, largely on […]
