Overview
Allianz Technology Trust aims to achieve long-term capital growth by investing principally in the equity securities of quoted technology companies on a worldwide basis with the aim of achieving long-term capital growth.
Allianz Technology Trust invests in mid to large technology companies. The portfolio is positioned to hold companies we expect to benefit from the continued growth in particular sub-sectors of technology, especially in companies that provide solutions to save money or enable companies to improve their relationships with customers and deliver revenue growth. It is also seeks to hold companies that will create shareholder value with the introduction of a new product or new technology. Over the past 20 years, this would include PC manufacturers, software, internet applications or consumer devices.
The trust’s website can be found here.
Fundamentals
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Research History
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26 Apr 2024 11 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Quarterly Review – First quarter of 2024
First quarter of 2024 Investment Companies | Quarterly roundup | April 2023 Kindly sponsored by abrdn Equity rally belies difficult quarter for sector 2024 started on strong footing, with global equities (as measured by the MSCI All Countries World Index) rallying 9.2% over the first three months (in sterling terms). However, while there some standouts […]
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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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05 Jan 2023 9 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Roundup – January 2023
December 2022 Monthly roundup | Investment companies Winners and losers in December 2022 The Financials sector only has two constituents, one of these – Trian Investors 1 – has seen its discount narrow since it promised to return cash to investors by next June, and it has also benefited from underlying NAV appreciation. Last month’s […]
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07 Jul 2020 7 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Roundup – July 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 Income Events Guide Appendix – Performance by sector full list New research Here is a list of research we published over June: CQS New City High Yield – […]
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08 Jun 2020 7 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Roundup – June 2020
Investment Companies Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford and Aberdeen Standard Investments Table of contents New research In this issue Performance data Discounts and premiums Money in and out Major news stories Income Events Guide Appendix – Performance by sector full list New research Here is a list of research we published over May: GCP Infrastructure – […]
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07 Apr 2020 8 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Roundup – April 2020
Investment Companies Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford and Aberdeen Standard Investments Table of contents New research In this issue Performance data Discounts and premiums Money in and out Major news stories Income Events Guide Appendix – Performance by sector full list New research Here is a list of research we published over March: An update note […]
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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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07 Oct 2019 5 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – October 2019
Investment Companies Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford New research Over September, we published notes on India Capital Growth, Jupiter Emerging & Frontier, International Biotechnology Trust, JPMorgan Russian Securities, Civitas Social Housing, Montanaro European Smaller Companies and JLEN Environmental Assets. We also launched a monthly real estate roundup, beginning with reviews of August and September. In […]
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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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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 […]
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15 Apr 2019 6 min read
Quarterly Investment Companies Roundup – First Quarter 2019
Quarterly Investment Companies Roundup – First Quarter 2019 QuotedData news Through the first quarter of 2019, global equities largely clawed back the losses suffered over the final weeks of 2018. How much longer this ten-year bull market can sustain itself is the subject of much debate. US interest rate rises have stalled, reflecting growing cautiousness. Elsewhere, […]
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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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13 Nov 2018 1 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – November 2018
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – November 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 October 2018. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. Winners and losers in October In what was generally a miserable month for equity markets, Brazil shone […]
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16 Oct 2018 2 min read
Quarterly Investment Companies Roundup – Third Quarter 2018
Quarterly Investment Companies Roundup – Third Quarter 2018 Global equities delivered positive returns over the third quarter of 2018. This was principally because of strength in the US market. Political uncertainty and concerns about global trade held back other regions. Generally, government bond yields rose over the quarter. The UK equity market fell as the Bank of […]
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11 Jul 2018 1 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – July 2018
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – July 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 June 2018. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. July Investment Companies Roundup Money raised and returned in June Newcomer to the market, Yew Grove […]
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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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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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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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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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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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10 Nov 2017 1 min read
QuotedData investment companies roundup – November 2017
QuotedData investment companies roundup – November 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 October 2017. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. November Investment Companies Roundup Globalworth Real Estate’s discount was eliminated after it announced […]
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03 Aug 2017 2 min read
QuotedData’s economic round up – August 2017
QuotedData’s economic round up – August 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 buy or sell […]
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15 Mar 2017 1 min read
QuotedData’s round up of views on the global economy – March 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 […]
News
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13 Mar 2025 4 min read
Allianz Technology keeps pace with benchmark despite Mag 7 underweight
Allianz Technology Trust reports an NAV increase of 35.6% over 2024, marginally behind the 35.8% return of its benchmark. The board observes that this was achieved without holding the index-matching weights in the largest companies – avoiding excessive concentration risk. The share price increased by 38.1%, as the discount narrowed. As usual, there’s no dividend. […]
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14 Feb 2025 3 min read
Are we still in love with the Magnificent Seven?
Investors’ most enduring love affair over the past decade has been with mega-cap technology stocks. They have swooned as the sector has gone from strength to strength, pushing more and more capital in its direction. However, there is a growing question as to whether this romantic entanglement is nearing its natural end. Until recently, the […]
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27 Dec 2024 5 min read
QuotedData’s review of the year 2024
This is the last of our weekly emails for 2024. We hope that you have been finding them useful. 2024 has been a year of setbacks and shrinkage for the UK investment companies industry, topped by the cynical and self-serving attack on seven trusts by US corporate raider Saba Capital (there will be much more […]
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29 Nov 2024 1 min read
QuotedData’s Investors’ Choice: The results are in!
If you missed the announcement that followed today’s quarterly panel show, here are the winners of our inaugural QuotedData’s Investors’ Choice Awards Many thousands of you visited our dedicated Awards website. One lucky voter won the £5,000 prize for correctly predicting all the winners. A big thank you to our sponsors: Cazenove Capital and Stonehage […]
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09 Aug 2024 3 min read
Bubble trouble?
In his latest QD view, James Carthew looks at the impact of recent market falls on the technology sector, and Polar Capital Technology in particular. Polar Capital Technology’s amazing results Polar Capital Technology (PCT) announced results for the 12 months ended 30 April 2024 on 17 July 2024, we covered these here. The numbers were […]
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08 Aug 2024 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 8 August 2024 – AIE, FSFL, ATT, IHR, RGL, AIRE, CREI
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 8 August 2024: Ashoka India Equity (AIE) has reminded shareholders that its annual voluntary redemption – where shareholders can, if they choose, cash in their shares at NAV – will happen at the end of September. If you want to take part, redemption requests need to be in by 5 September […]
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03 May 2024 1 min read
QuotedData’s weekly news show 3rd May 2024
Thank you to everyone that listened in today, whether you watched the Zoom live or on YouTube. In this week’s show, James Carthew covered the week’s top stories: • Aberforth Split Level Income (0:33) • Chrysalis (6:24) Andrew McHattie highlighted a number of funds that were looking unusually cheap or expensive (10:24). This week’s interview […]
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13 Mar 2024 2 min read
Allianz Technology Trust returns more than 40% in 2023
Allianz Technology Trust (ATT) has released its annual results for the 12 months ending 31 December 2023. Over the 12 month period ATT generated a NAV total return of 46.4%, and share price total return of 44.5%. Both slightly underperformed its benchmark, the Dow Jones World Technology Index, which retuned 48.2%. ATT attributes this underperformance […]
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09 Jun 2023 3 min read
QD view – AI mania driving tech recovery
Big getting bigger One of the dominant, and for most investment managers highly frustrating, trends of recent times has been the strength of the mega caps. It was really evident in the UK last year, where a handful of large stocks drove indices higher and, if you were underweight those, as most active managers would […]
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13 Mar 2023 2 min read
2022 was a hard year for ATT
Allianz Technology Trust (ATT) has reported its annual results for the year ending 31 December 2022. 2022 was a difficult year for ATT, and the wider technology sector in general. AGT reported a NAV total return of -33.6%, and share price return of -40.4%. This compares to the -26.4% return of its benchmark, the Dow […]
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26 Jul 2022 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 26 July 2022
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 26 July 2022: The Allianz technology team has moved en masse across to Voya Financial and it is now the investment adviser to Allianz Technology (ATT). The board is confident that there will be minimal impact on the management of the portfolio, It is anticipated that there will be no change […]
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11 Mar 2022 1 min read
QuotedData’s weekly news show 11th March 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: •Jupiter Emerging & Frontier Income •ScotGems •AllianzTechnology This week’s interview was with James Harries of Securities Trust of Scotland – watch it again here.
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08 Mar 2022 3 min read
Allianz Technology announces results as Walter Price prepares to stand down
Allianz Technology announces results as Walter Price prepares to stand down – Allianz Technology reports that, over the year ended 31 December 2021, the NAV return was 19.4% and the shareholder return 18.7%, whilst the benchmark Dow Jones World Technology Index (sterling adjusted, total return) increased by 28.2%. As usual, there is no dividend. Mike Seidenberg will […]
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06 Aug 2021 2 min read
QD view – do we love tech or not?
Our monthly roundup of news and views from the investment companies sector should be hitting your inboxes shortly. The macro roundup contains a long and detailed but fascinating look at the technology sector from Ben Rogoff, manager of Polar Capital Technology. He was writing in the trust’s annual report, which was published on 20 July. […]
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02 Aug 2021 2 min read
Allianz Technology hit by market rotation from growth to cyclical stocks
Allianz Technology hit by market rotation from growth to cyclical stocks – Allianz Technology (ATT) has posted its interim report for the six months to 30 June 2021. During the period, it achieved a 7% NAV increase though its share price was down by 0.8%. Meanwhile, the Dow Jones World Technology index was up 13.9%. […]
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15 Mar 2021 4 min read
Allianz Technology reflects on an excellent year
Allianz Technology (ATT) had an excellent year, with total NAV and share price returns of 76.1% and 80.3%, over its financial year-end to 31 December 2020. In a great year for technology overall, ATT shone, with its NAV return outperforming its benchmark, the Dow Jones world technology index, by 34.4%. The top 10 holdings in ATT’s […]
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07 Aug 2020 2 min read
US has no monopoly on good technology
One of the things that caught my eye in this morning’s BBC news was a photo of Mark Zuckerburg, looking rather smug, captioned “Facebook founder sees wealth hit $100bn after TikTok rival launch”. Apparently, Instagram Reels is set to capture the short-form video market from TikTok (no doubt helped enormously if Trump succeeds in banning […]
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03 Aug 2020 2 min read
Allianz Technology benefiting profoundly from remote working investments
Technology sector trust, Allianz Technology (ATT), has reported interim results to 30 June 2020. It was an outstanding period for the fund, with technology flourishing over the pandemic. ATT’s NAV increased by 36.7%, while the shares delivered a return of 36.9%. Benchmark beat led by remote working and stay at home ATT comfortably beat its […]
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15 Mar 2019 2 min read
Allianz Technology stock selection delivers benchmark beat
Allianz Technology stock selection delivers benchmark beat – In the 13 months to 31 December 2018, Allianz Technology Trust’s (ATT) NAV per share increased by 9.0%. The company’s benchmark index, the Dow Jones World Technology Index (sterling adjusted, total return), increased by 0.1% over the same period. More volatility around tech For the technology sector, […]
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23 Feb 2018 1 min read
Positive stock selection delivers outperformance for Allianz Technology
Positive stock selection delivers outperformance for Allianz Technology – Allianz Technology Trust (ATT) announced that for the year to 30 November 2017, the company’s Net Asset Value (NAV) per share increased by 41.0%. The benchmark index, the Dow Jones World Technology (sterling adjusted, total return), increased by 31.5% over the same period, creating an outperformance for the portfolio of […]
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31 Jul 2017 3 min read
Better year for Growth pool in F&C Managed Portfolio
Better year for Growth pool in F&C Managed Portfolio – F&C Managed Portfolio has published results for the year ended 31 May 2017. The NAV total return (i.e. adding dividends paid to capital performance) was 24.5% for the Income shares and 26.4% for the Growth shares. This compares with the 24.5% total return for the All-Share […]
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23 Feb 2017 3 min read
Allianz Technology underperforms in 2016
Allianz Technology Trust reports that it underperformed its benchmark over the year ended 30 November 2016. The NAV increased in the period by 23.8%, finishing at 835.9p as at 30 November 2016 compared with 675.1p as at 30 November 2015. The benchmark index, the Dow Jones World Technology Index (sterling adjusted, total return), increased by 31.7% […]
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20 Jul 2016 4 min read
Allianz Technology underperforms benchmark as investors seek safer stocks
Allianz Technology Trust has announced its interim results for the six months ended 31 May 2016. During the period the Trust’s NAV fell by 1.5% to 665.1p and its share price fell by 5.4% to 598.0p, both of which underperformed the trust’s benchmark, the Dow Jones World Technology Index, which increased by 2.7%. The discount […]
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26 Feb 2016 3 min read
Allianz Technology outperforms increasingly concentrated benchmark
Allianz Technology Trust says its NAV increased by 10.3% over the year to 30 November 2015, finishing at 675.1p compared with 612.2p as at 30 November 2014. They outperformed their benchmark index, the Dow Jones World Technology Index, by 3.3% over this period. The market price of the Company’s shares also outperformed the benchmark finishing […]
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23 Jul 2015 2 min read
Allianz Technology helped by narrowing discount
Allianz Technology just failed to match the performance of the Dow Jones World technology Index over the six months ending 31 May 2015 – its net asset value rose by 6.6% against 6.8% for the index. The discount narrowed though and that meant that shareholders saw an 8.3% uplift in the ordinary share price. The […]
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05 Mar 2015 1 min read
Bias to growth hurts Allianz Technology
Allianz Technology Trust failed to match the return on its benchmark, the Dow Jones World Technology Index, over the year to the end of November 2014. Over the year the fund delivered a return of 18% vs. the Index’s 27.3%. To compound the problem, the discount widened from 0.45 to 5.8% and so the return to […]
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30 Jul 2014 1 min read
RCM Technology : RTT – interims
RCM Technology has reported its results for the six months ended 31 may 2014. Over that period the net asset value fell by 0.1%, this does not compare well with the return on the Dow Jones World Technology index which gained 7.6%. The share price fell by 3.6%. The result for this period should be set […]
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06 Mar 2014 1 min read
RCM Technology : RTT – annual results
RCM Technology’s figures, covering the year ended 30 November 2013, show the fund beating its benchmark by some margin. The total net asset value return for RTT was 47.2% over the year vs. 20.5% for the Dow Jones World Technology Index. On the back of this strong performance, the managers, led by Walter Price (pictured) have […]
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17 Dec 2024 1 min read
Investment trust insider looks back at 2024
Investment trust insider looks back at 2024 – James Carthew: Shrinking trusts provide multiple opportunities Share price discounts remain stubbornly wide despite a huge number of buybacks and corporation actions in 2024. Nevertheless, there have been some big winners this year. This year has seen the investment companies sector shrink as boards have made big […]
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29 Apr 2024 1 min read
Investment trust insider on tech trusts
Investment trust insider on tech trusts – James Carthew: Two tech trusts you should hold for the AI revolution One of the weirder things about the investment companies market is that some of its most successful funds are trading at significant discounts. I could point to all sorts of examples but the one I want […]
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13 Mar 2024 1 min read
The battle for technology: Allianz vs Polar Capital
By Jean-Baptiste Andrieux, Reporter, Trustnet, 13 March 2024: Technology has richly rewarded investors since the global financial crisis of 2008 and, more recently, developments in artificial intelligence (AI) have led to surge in US mega-cap tech stocks. As beneficiaries of the tech boom and AI exuberance, Allianz Technology Trust and Polar Capital Technology Trust were […]
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15 Feb 2024 1 min read
The revival of technology investment trusts
by Jennifer Johnson, Investors’ Chronicle, February 14, 2024: At first glance, London’s largest dedicated technology trusts aren’t overexposed to the fabled ‘Magnificant Seven’ stocks that dominated the US market last year. Open-ended funds can only hold 10 per cent in a single company, meaning they must underweight the megacap companies that sit at the top […]
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14 Feb 2024 1 min read
ISA ideas: alternatives to funds and trusts that are flavour of the month
by Jennifer Hill from interactive investor, 14th February 2024: Following the herd doesn’t tend to end well. Throughout history investors’ tendency for herd mentality bias has inflated asset bubbles and driven sharp declines detached from market fundamentals.. Trading on the interactive investor platform highlights half a dozen funds that have climbed the popularity rankings over […]
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15 Jan 2024 1 min read
Investment trust insider on AI
Investment trust insider on AI – James Carthew: Tech trusts transform their returns with big AI bets Ignoring a couple of oddities, the best-performing investment company last year in terms of underlying growth in net asset value (NAV) was Manchester & London (MNL), which generated a return of 57%. A narrowing discount meant that shareholders […]
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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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11 Oct 2023 1 min read
15 years on from Lehman’s: the funds and investment trusts that top the charts
by Kyle Caldwell from interactive investor, 10th October 2023: The 15-year anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers, which sent shockwaves through global stock markets, recently passed. Prior to the largest bankruptcy in US history came the credit crunch. This put paid to over-borrowed banks such as Northern Rock. Then came the full-blown banking crisis […]
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07 Aug 2023 1 min read
Bargain Hunter: four investment trust discounts not reflecting reality
by Faith Glasgow for interactive investor, 7th August 2023: Most major markets rose in July, as did hopes that a US recession can be averted, while better-than-expected inflation news provided a welcome fillip for interest-rate sensitive sectors of the investment trust world such as infrastructure and growth capital. Investment trust discounts have therefore tended to […]
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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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15 Feb 2023 1 min read
ISA ideas: alternatives to the most-popular funds and trusts
by Jennifer Hill from interactive investor, 15 February 2023: We ask a range of experts for potential fund substitutes for funds and trusts consistently high in demand, including Scottish Mortgage, Fundsmith Equity, City of London, and Vanguard LifeStrategy. Investing can be a fickle business as money follows the latest trend but analysis of the most-bought […]
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16 May 2022 1 min read
Eight star fund managers you can buy on the cheap
Sam Benstead from interactive investor, 11th May 2022: The stock market rout this year has created a rare opportunity to buy shares in investment trusts run by star managers at large discounts to the value of their investments. Headline bargains include a 38% discount on Pershing Square Holdings run by Bill Ackman, a 10% discount […]
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21 Apr 2022 1 min read
Discover the best and worst performing investment trusts so far in 2022
James Crux, Shares Magazine, 21 April 2022: Rising interest rates since the turn of the year, runaway inflation and Russia’s shocking invasion of Ukraine have shaken the investment kaleidoscope in 2022 and forced many investors to reposition portfolios for an increasingly uncertain world… COMMODITIES TRUSTS IN DEMAND Precipitated by the supply/demand imbalances caused as global […]
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14 Mar 2022 1 min read
The trusts with the biggest discount/premium changes since the crisis
Kathleen Gallagher, Investment Week, 10 March 2022: Since Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February, investment trusts have, unsurprisingly, seen big moves in their discounts and premiums, this is leading to some trusts looking expensive and others starting to look more appealing. The figures from the Association of Investment Companies and Morningstar excluded those with large […]
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21 Jan 2022 1 min read
WI Daily: Share splits and investors
Rory Palmer, What Investment, 18 Jan 2022: Near the end of last year, I was told that my shares in Henderson EuroTrust had been subdivided after the board announced a reorganisation of the company’s share capital. As a relatively new investor, this was a first. I knew it was an option trusts could exercise, but I wanted […]
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23 Dec 2021 1 min read
Questor investment trust bargain: Polar Capital Technology
By Sam Benstead, Daily Telegraph, 16 December 2021 Polar Capital Technology gives investors access to the world’s best companies for a knock-down price. When we tipped Polar Capital Technology Trust in 2018, we praised its “experienced and respected management team” and said its “uncharacteristically wide” discount of 6pc made it a clear buy. Three years […]
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15 Nov 2021 2 min read
Investment trusts rediscover their roots with a 21st century twist
The listed fund vehicles are financing innovation in clean fuels, space and digital infrastructure Mary McDougall, Financial Times, NOVEMBER 12 2021 Investment trusts seem to be coming full circle. For most of the 20th century, they gradually moved away from their origins as entrepreneurial schemes investing in specific targets, often in Britain’s colonies, to running […]
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06 Sep 2021 1 min read
Why a stocks and shares Isa is the perfect gift for a baby
Violet is five months old — a good age to start investing in the market, says her devoted uncle David Brenchley David Brenchley, Friday September 03 2021, 5.00pm, The Times It’s always exciting when you can welcome a new baby to the family. This was certainly the case with the birth of my niece, Violet, […]
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08 Jun 2021 1 min read
Global changes being sped up by Covid which could transform fortunes
Could ‘megatrends’ shaping the world make you mega-rich? From automated factories to wind farms, global changes are being sped up by Covid – and could transform YOUR fortunes By ROSIE MURRAY-WEST, FINANCIAL MAIL ON SUNDAY PUBLISHED: 21:51, 5 June 2021 | UPDATED: 11:44, 6 June 2021 In a ‘bigger is better’ world, it is no longer enough for economists and […]
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24 Mar 2021 1 min read
Investment trust shareholder rights a beginner’s guide
Investment trust shareholder rights: a beginner’s guide by Kyle Caldwell from interactive investor | 23rd March 2021 14:04 We explain everything investors in investment trusts need to know about their shareholder rights and why voting matters. One of the longstanding, but perhaps understated structural advantages of investment trusts versus funds is their independent board of directors. It is their job […]
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16 Mar 2021 1 min read
Buying on the dip
Buying on the dip: investors pile in to stocks ripe for a recovery Lockdown is lifting, so why not snap up the companies that are ready to bounce back David Brenchley, Saturday March 13 2021, 12.01am, The Times Investors have been taking advantage of whipsawing markets as they buy on the dips in share prices […]
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04 Jan 2021 1 min read
2020’s investment trust winners: time to take profits?
2020’s investment trust winners: time to take profits? December 30, 2020 By Dave Baxter The enormous sell-off that took hold in February and March was swiftly followed by a fierce rally that has come to dominate much of the year. MSCI World index rose by nearly 40 per cent in sterling terms between the start of […]
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22 Dec 2020 2 min read
Moving Apart
Moving Apart Trustnet magazine, Issue 68, December 2020 Cherry Reynard This year saw a stark divide between the winners and losers, but nowhere was this more apparent than the investment trust universe, writes Cherry Reynard This year has been a tumultuous one and the investment trust industry has reflected its highs and lows. Despite the […]
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05 Oct 2020 1 min read
Investment trust insider on Asian technology
Investment trust insider on Asian technology – James Carthew: there’s a lot of Asia tech we’re missing I met Mark Sheppard, the fund manager and leading shareholder of Manchester & London (MNL), last week. He was adamant that it was madness that most UK investors’ portfolios were very underweight US technology stocks and had next to […]
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25 Aug 2020 1 min read
US tech fund that is still aiming for 20% returns
The US tech fund that is still aiming for 20% returns: ALLIANZ TECHNOLOGY investment trust By JEFF PRESTRIDGE, FINANCIAL MAIL ON SUNDAY PUBLISHED: 21:51, 22 August 2020 | UPDATED: 08:00, 24 August 202 Walter Price is confident that he can keep delivering stellar returns for those invested in the investment trust he runs – the £981million Allianz Technology, listed on […]
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Tech trust plans to issue new shares to keep lid on premium
Tech trust plans to issue new shares to keep lid on premium by Kyle Caldwell from interactive investor | 13th August 2020 13:32 Allianz Technology Trust (LSE: ATT) is seeking shareholder approval to increase the number of new shares it can issue to keep its premium under control. The trust, managed by Walter Price, has put in a strong showing so […]
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15 Jun 2020 1 min read
How UK investors can cash in on the digital revolution
Don’t have a costly Kodak moment: How UK investors can cash in on the digital revolution and tech stocks By JEFF PRESTRIDGE, FINANCIAL MAIL ON SUNDAY PUBLISHED: 21:53, 13 June 2020 | UPDATED: 09:42, 14 June 2020 Technology is very much of the moment. It’s the investment theme that has driven the US stock market to claw back all the losses […]
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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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07 Feb 2019 1 min read
Investment Trust Insider on the past decade
Investment Trust Insider on the past decade – James Carthew: the constant evolution of investment trusts A decade ago, when we were emerging from the global financial crisis, I was managing Advance UK Trust and Citywire was just 10 years old. All of this seems like a long time ago now. Recently, I found a Winterflood […]
