Overview
Herald Investment Trust seeks to achieve capital appreciation through investments in smaller quoted companies, in the areas of technology, communications and multi-media. Investments will be made throughout the world. The business activities of investee companies will include information technology, broadcasting, printing and publishing and the supply of components, equipment and services to these companies.
There is no relevant benchmark, so a hybrid is used as a measure of performance, which is 2/3rd the Numis Smaller Companies Index including AIM in the UK and 1/3rd the Russell 2000 Technology Index in the US.
You can access the manager’s website here
Research History
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18 Oct 2024 1 min read
Interview with Katie Potts from Herald Investment Trust
In this week’s show, James Carthew spoke to Katie Potts from Herald Investment Trust. 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 Aiman. Additionally, if you would prefer to watch […]
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25 Jun 2024 26 min read
Herald Investment Trust – Heralding in the age of AI
Heralding in the age of AI In a world where the share prices of AI-related companies have determined the fortunes of global equity markets, Herald Investment Trust (HRI) offers a way to capitalise on these potent tailwinds while still offering an arguably seldom-found discount opportunity within a universe known for its high valuations, coupled with […]
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23 min read
Herald Investment Trust – Heralding in the age of AI
Heralding in the age of AI In a world where AI stocks have appeared to determine the fortunes of global equity markets, Herald Investment Trust (HRI) offers a way to capitalise on these tailwinds. Further, it is trading on a discount within a universe arguably known for its high valuations, currently this is 11.5%. HRI’s […]
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24 min read
Herald Investment Trust – Heralding in the age of AI
Heralding in the age of AI In a world where AI stocks have determined the fortunes of global equity markets, Herald Investment Trust (HRI) offers a way to capitalise on these potent tailwinds while still offering an arguably seldom-found discount opportunity within a universe known for its high valuations, coupled with the trust currently trading […]
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13 Nov 2023 14 min read
Herald Investment Trust – Patience and Power
Herald Investment Trust Investment companies | Updated | 13 November 2023 Patience and Power Herald Investment Trust (HRI) demonstrates why patience can be key when it comes to investing. The managers highlight the drought of funding available to small cap technology stocks. The team has ensured that HRI has sufficient liquidity to take advantage of opportunities […]
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14 min read
Herald Investment Trust – Patience and Power
Herald Investment Trust Investment companies | Update | 13 November 2023 Patience and power Herald Investment Trust (HRI) demonstrates why patience can be key when it comes to investing. The managers highlight the drought of funding available to small cap technology stocks. The team has ensured that HRI has sufficient liquidity to take advantage of opportunities […]
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13 min read
Herald Investment Trust – Patience and power
Herald Investment Trust Investment companies | Update | 13 November 2023 Patience and power Herald Investment Trust (HRI) illustrates why patience can sometimes be important when it comes to investing. The manager says that there is a drought of funding for small cap technology stocks, but its team has ensured that HRI has sufficient liquidity to […]
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09 Mar 2023 64 min read
QuotedData’s Economic and Political Monthly Roundup March 2023
Economic and Political Monthly Roundup Investment companies | Monthly | March 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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11 Jan 2023 26 min read
Herald Investment Trust – Efficiency savings
Herald Investment Trust Investment companies | Annual overview | 11 January 2023 Efficiency savings While Herald Investment Trust (HRI), like many other technology and growth-focused strategies, has been caught up in the grips of 2022’s market selloff, the fundamentals of many of the companies in its portfolio have remained largely unscathed. In fact, HRI’s management […]
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25 min read
Herald Investment Trust – Efficiency savings
Herald Investment Trust Investment companies | Annual overview | 11 January 2023 Efficiency savings While Herald Investment Trust (HRI), like many other technology and growth-focused strategies, appears to have been caught up in the grips of 2022’s market selloff, its manager says that the fundamentals of many of the companies in its portfolio have remained […]
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25 min read
Herald Investment Trust – Efficiency savings
Herald Investment Trust Investment companies | Annual overview | 11 January 2023 Efficiency savings While Herald Investment Trust (HRI), like many other technology and growth-focused strategies, has been caught up in the grips of 2022’s market selloff, the fundamentals of many of the companies in its portfolio have remained largely unscathed. In fact, the management […]
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02 Feb 2022 32 min read
Herald Investment Trust – The future is bright
The future is bright Whilst Herald Investment Trust’s (HRI’s) results for the year ended 31 December 2021 will not be published for some time, it looks as though it had another impressive year, with particularly strong performances from its semiconductor and UK media holdings (see pages 15 to 23 for a detailed look at HRI’s […]
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31 min read
Herald Investment Trust – The future is bright
Whilst Herald Investment Trust’s (HRI’s) results for the year ended 31 December 2021 will not be published for some time, it looks as though it had another impressive year, with particularly strong performances from its semiconductor and UK media holdings (see pages 14 to 22 for a detailed look at HRI’s performance during 2021). Rising […]
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31 min read
Herald Investment Trust – The future is bright
Whilst Herald Investment Trust’s (HRI’s) results for the year ended 31 December 2021 will not be published for some time, it looks as though it had a good year, with particularly strong performances from its semiconductor and UK media holdings (see pages 14 to 22 for a detailed look at HRI’s performance during 2021). Rising […]
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05 Nov 2020 18 min read
Herald Investment Trust – Hot chips
Herald Investment Trust (HRI) has generated an impressive uplift in its net asset value (NAV) over the last 12 months. Reflecting its focus on technology, which has generally performed well as the world tries to adjust to life under the COVID-19 pandemic, HRI’s NAV total return of 26.1% eclipses the return on one of the […]
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18 min read
Herald Investment Trust – Hot chips
Herald Investment Trust (HRI) has generated an impressive uplift in NAV over the last 12 months. Reflecting its focus on technology, which has generally performed well as the world tries to adjust to life under the pandemic, HRI’s NAV total return of 26.1% eclipses the return on the Numis Smaller Companies plus AIM Index, which […]
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18 min read
Herald Investment Trust – Hot chips
Herald Investment Trust (HRI) has generated an impressive uplift in NAV over the last 12 months. Reflecting its focus on technology, which has generally performed well as the world tries to adjust to life under the pandemic, HRI’s NAV total return of 26.1% eclipses the return on the Numis Smaller Companies plus AIM Index, which […]
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01 Apr 2020 24 min read
Herald Investment Trust – Change is a coming
Change is a coming Following an excellent year of performance during 2019 (an nav total return of 27.5%), Herald Investment Trust (HRI) has seen its discount widen and the value of its portfolio companies fall since the outbreak of covid-19. As authorities scramble to contain the virus, our lives are changing in significant ways. Inevitably, […]
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24 min read
Herald Investment Trust – Change is a coming
Following an excellent year of performance during 2019 (a net asset value (NAV) total return of 27.5%), Herald Investment Trust (HRI) has seen its discount widen and the value of its portfolio companies fall since the outbreak of covid-19. As authorities scramble to contain the virus, our lives are changing in significant ways. Inevitably, technology […]
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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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08 Oct 2019 17 min read
Herald Investment Trust – “Profits are only profits when they are realised”
“Profits are only profits when they are realised” Herald Investment Trust (HRI) generated strong absolute returns in the first half of 2019, with marked outperformance by both its UK and US portfolios of their local market indices. Both a general market recovery and a recovery in global technology stocks have helped, but HRI’s UK and […]
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17 min read
Herald Investment Trust – “Profits are only profits when they are realised”
“Profits are only profits when they are realised” Herald Investment Trust (HRI) generated strong positive returns in the first half of 2019, with marked outperformance by both its UK and US portfolios of their local market indices. Both a general market recovery and a recovery in global technology stocks have helped, but HRI’s UK and […]
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07 Aug 2019 5 min read
QuotedData’s economic roundup – August 2019
Economic & Political Roundup A collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you to buy or sell any of the […]
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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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22 Mar 2019 2 min read
QuotedData’s economic roundup – March 2019
QuotedData’s economic roundup – March 2019 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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12 Feb 2019 1 min read
Herald Investment Trust – Shifting sentiment
Herald Investment Trust – Shifting sentiment Herald Investment Trust (HRI) is approaching its 25th birthday. HRI’s manager, Katie Potts, has been at the helm since launch, delivering considerable outperformance of equity markets. She has seen significant swings in sentiment towards the technology sector over that time. Growth stocks and the technology sector fell out of […]
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1 min read
Herald Investment Trust – Shifting sentiment
Herald Investment Trust – Shifting sentiment Herald Investment Trust (HRI) is approaching its 25th birthday. HRI’s manager, Katie Potts, has been at the helm since launch, delivering considerable outperformance of equity markets. She has seen significant swings in sentiment towards the technology sector over that time. Growth stocks and the technology sector fell out of […]
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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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18 Jul 2018 2 min read
Quarterly Investment Companies Roundup – Second Quarter 2018
QUARTERLY INVESTMENT COMPANIES ROUNDUP – SECOND QUARTER 2018 Global equities markets rose in the second quarter of 2018, Markets were volatile, as positive economic data and encouraging company performances played off against geopolitical concerns. Yields from bond markets rose early in the quarter but fell back as investors turned to ‘safer’ investments. The threat of […]
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12 Jun 2018 1 min read
Herald Investment Trust – From small acorns ….
Herald Investment Trust – From small acorns …. – Herald Investment Trust (HRI) provided very strong returns during 2017 (NAV and share-price total returns of 26.9% and 32.7% respectively) with positive contributions coming from all of its regional portfolios. During 2017, a significant proportion of HRI’s NAV performance came from 24 holdings, all of which at least doubled […]
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1 min read
Herald Investment Trust – From small acorns ….
Herald Investment Trust – From small acorns …. – Herald Investment Trust (HRI) provided very strong returns during 2017 (NAV and share-price total returns of 26.9% and 32.7% respectively) with positive contributions coming from all of its regional portfolios. During 2017, a significant proportion of HRI’s NAV performance came from 24 holdings, all of which at […]
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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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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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07 Dec 2017 1 min read
Herald Investment Trust – Who wants to be a billionaire?
Herald Investment Trust – Who wants to be a billionaire? Herald, the small cap technology, communications and multimedia trust, recently passed a remarkable milestone. It has created more than £1bn for investors since it launched in 1994. Katie Potts, who has managed the fund over its entire life, points out that £98m was raised from […]
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1 min read
Herald Investment Trust – Who wants to be a billionaire?
Herald Investment Trust – Who wants to be a billionaire? Herald, the small cap technology, communications and multimedia trust, recently passed a remarkable milestone. It has created more than £1bn for investors since it launched in 1994. Katie Potts, who has managed the fund over its entire life, points out that £98m was raised from […]
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19 Oct 2017 1 min read
Quarterly investment companies roundup – Third quarter 2017
Quarterly investment companies roundup – Third quarter 2017 – Markets moved up a little over the course of the three months ended 30 September 2017. Regionally, emerging markets did well. The pound strengthened a bit relative to the US dollar but was flat against the euro. The oil price rose by more than 20%. In […]
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14 Sep 2017 1 min read
QuotedData investment companies roundup – September 2017
QuotedData investment companies roundup – September 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 August 2017. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. September Investment Companies Roundup Winners and losers in August Ashmore Global’s […]
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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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11 Jul 2017 1 min read
Herald Investment Trust – Backing growing businesses
Herald Investment Trust – Backing growing businesses. Marten & Co has published an update note on a company in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications sector: Herald Investment Trust – Backing growing businesses The Technology sector has been rising strongly in recent months. This note discusses a number of stocks that contributed to a near 40% increase […]
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1 min read
Herald Investment Trust – Backing growing businesses
QuotedData is publishing a new update note on a company in the Small Media, Communication & IT Companies sector: Herald Investment Trust – Backing growing businesses The Technology sector has been rising strongly in recent months. This note discusses a number of stocks that contributed to a near 40% increase in Herald Investment Trust’s NAV over […]
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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 […]
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QuotedData investment companies roundup – March 2017
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 2017. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. March Investment Companies Roundup
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31 Jan 2017 1 min read
QuotedData – 2016 review of the year
Our review of 2016 includes performance data, significant moves in discounts and premiums, money raised and money handed back, major news stories and links to the research we have published including our guide to investment companies. 2016 Annual roundup
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20 Dec 2016 1 min read
Herald Investment Trust – Tech bids demonstrate value
Herald Investment Trust – Tech bids demonstrate value; Marten & Co published an update note on Herald Investment Trust. Herald Investment Trust – Tech bids demonstrate value Herald Investment Trust’s (HRI’s) manager believes recent portfolio activity (bids for Avesco and Mentor Graphics) shows that HRI’s NAV does not reflect the true valuations of the underlying companies, […]
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1 min read
Herald Investment Trust – Tech bids demonstrate value
QuotedData has published a note on a company in the Small Media, Comms & IT Companies sector. Herald Investment Trust – Tech bids demonstrate value Herald Investment Trust’s (HRI’s) manager believes recent portfolio activity (bids for Avesco and Mentor Graphics) shows that HRI’s NAV does not reflect the true valuations of the underlying companies, particularly […]
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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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11 Aug 2016 1 min read
Herald Investment Trust – Investing in the future
Herald Investment Trust – Investing in the future Marten and Co publishes its first initiation of coverage note on Herald Investment Trust (HRI) Herald Investment Trust (Herald) is a major investor in the small-cap technology sector, especially in the UK. It is the only listed investment trust with a focus on this space. In recent times, […]
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1 min read
Herald Investment Trust – Investing in the future
Herald Investment Trust (Herald) is a major investor in the small-cap technology sector, especially in the UK. It is the only listed investment trust with a focus on this space. In recent times, small-cap technology stocks have become cheaper relative to both the broader market and large-cap technology stocks. Relative valuations are now close to […]
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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24 Jul 2024 2 min read
Herald kicks off 2024 with a bang
Herald Investment Trust (HRI) has announced its interim report for the six months to 30 June 2024. The company delivered a NAV total return of 11.4% and a share price total return of 13.7% comfortably outperforming comparative benchmark returns. The company noted that there was a large divergence across geographies during the period. The best […]
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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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22 Feb 2024 3 min read
Herald’s US investments shine in 2023
Herald Investment Trust (HRI) has released its annual results for the 12 month period ending 31 December 2023. Over the year HRI generated a NAV total return of 5.7%, compared to the 3.2% Numis Smaller Companies plus AIM (ex. investment companies) Index and the 21.0% Russell 2000® Technology Index (in sterling terms). A major factor […]
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08 Dec 2023 5 min read
QD view – your vote will count in Arb fight
Discounts in the investment trust sector are almost double their average[1], with the combination of cost disclosure rules and rising interest rates creating widespread selling pressure. It is perhaps not surprising that this has caught the attention of activist investors who spot an opportunity. Saba Capital is the latest arbitrageur on the block, thought to […]
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24 Nov 2023 4 min read
QD View – AI euphoria gone too far?
The bizarre comings and goings at OpenAI have been dominating business headlines recently. I must admit, I find the ongoing delirium surrounding artificial intelligence somewhat tiring. While I’m certainly not qualified to debate the finer details of the technology, it seems to me that for most people, the extent of it so far amounts to […]
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22 Sep 2023 3 min read
QD view – Lehman terms
A milestone was passed very recently without much fanfare. 15 September 2023 marked the 15th anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers, a vanquished titan of American finance, an event which precipitated the 2008 global financial crisis, the most significant downturn since the great depression of the 1930s. While the societal consequence of the crisis […]
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19 Jul 2023 1 min read
Stable returns for Herald despite market divergence
Herald Investment Trust (HRI) announced its half year results for the period ended June 30 2023. NAV for the company fell 0.3% while shares fell 1.8%, outperforming the Numis Smaller Companies Index which fell 1.8%, although the Russell 2000 Technology Index was up more than 16%. Herald operates a global portfolio with exposure to several […]
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20 Apr 2023 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 20 April 2023
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 20 April 2023: Fondul Proprietatea (FP) has sold its stakes in E-Distributie Muntenia, Enel Energie Muntenia, E-Distributie Dobrogea, E-Distributie Banat, and ENEL Energie to Public Power Corporation (a Greek company) for RON650m (£116.2m). Andrew Joy is now chairman of Herald Investment Trust (HRI), following the retirement of Tom Black. Sherborne Investors […]
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16 Feb 2023 2 min read
End of a tough year for Herald
Herald Investment Trust (HRI) has announced its final results for the year ended 31 December 2022. NAV fell 22.8% during the year, underperforming its benchmark index, the Numis Smaller Companies plus AIM (ex. investment companies), which fell 22.8%. However, the company did outperform the small cap Russell 2000 Technology Index (in sterling terms) which was […]
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22 Feb 2022 2 min read
Herald proves ‘resilient’ through second year of Covid
Herald proves ‘resilient’ through second year of Covid – Herald has published its annual report for the year to 31 December 2021. During the period under review, the NAV increased by 19%, compared to an increase in the comparative total return indices of 17.8% and 15.2%. The portfolio is focused on growth companies, and only […]
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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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20 Jul 2021 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 20 July 2021
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 20 July 2021: Miton Global Opportunities (MIGO) has posted its annual report for the year ended 30 April 2021. Over the 12 months, the trust achieved a NAV return of 55% and total share price return of 61.7%, significantly ahead of its SONIA 3 month plus 2% benchmark, which returned 2.1%. Managers, […]
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21 Apr 2021 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 21 April 2021
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 21 April 2021: Riverstone Credit Opportunities (RCOI) participated in a $63.0m first lien delayed-draw term loan to a lithium-ion battery company [Imperium3 New York – or IM3NY] that will commercialise high performing lithium-ion batteries by developing a large-scale manufacturing facility in Endicott, NY. In addition to having a first lien on the manufacturing […]
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01 Mar 2021 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 1 March 2021
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 1 March 2021 – SDCL Energy Efficiency Income (SEIT) noted that further to its announcement on 24 December 2020, it has completed the acquisition of a series of portfolios of commercial and industrial on-site solar and energy storage projects in the United States, together with a 50% interest in the platform that has […]
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26 Feb 2021 3 min read
QD view – the rewards of truly patient capital
One of this week’s highlights was Herald’s (HRI’s) annual results for the year ended 31 December 2020. The performance numbers are impressive, a 37% return on NAV and a 51% return for shareholders, helped by some discount narrowing. Herald also celebrated another milestone, you may remember that back in 2017, we published a note – […]
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23 Feb 2021 2 min read
Herald reports impressive returns
Herald reports impressive returns – Herald Investment Trust has published its annual report for the year ended 31 December 2020. Its NAV increased by 37% over the year. This compares to an increase of 4.9% for the Numis Smaller Companies plus AIM (ex. investment companies) Index – UK assets make up about half the portfolio – and […]
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04 Dec 2020 2 min read
QD view – Good governance might start with you
On Tuesday next week we will hold the third and final day of our ESG conference and the main focus will be on governance. The importance of this area to investors cannot be understated. Just think of the damage done at BHS, Carilion, Wirecard, Patisserie Valerie, Boohoo and Volkswagen. It wasn’t just investors taking the […]
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17 Jul 2020 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 17 July 2020
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 17 July 2020: BMO Private Equity Trust has announced the appointment of Nplus1 Singer Advisory LLP as its sole corporate broker, with immediate effect. Tetragon Financial Group (TFG) will be hosting a conference call for investors on Friday, 31 July 2020 at 15:00 BST / 10:00 EDST. The call is to […]
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19 Feb 2020 2 min read
A great year for Herald shareholders
A great year for Herald shareholders – over 2019, investors in Herald Investment Trust made returns of 37.7%. 27.5% of that came from the NAV return and the rest from a narrowing of the trust’s discount from 17.8% to 11.3%. The report says that over the same period the Numis Smaller Companies Index (of UK […]
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22 Jul 2019 2 min read
QuotedData’s other news 22 July 2019
In QuotedData’s other news 22 July 2019: LXI REIT has agreed a new £100m revolving credit facility, provided by Lloyds Bank plc at 1.55% per annum over LIBOR. This complements the company’s existing 10-year, 12-year and 15-year term loan facilities with Scottish Widows. The new facility has an initial term of three years, which may be extended by […]
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18 Jan 2019 4 min read
Last minute reversal leaves Independent in negative territory
Last minute reversal leaves Independent in negative territory – over the year to 30 November 2018, the trust produced a net asset value total return of -10.8%, following a steep fall from a high point reached only a few weeks previously. Over the same period, the All-Share Index and the World Index would have produced […]
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30 Jul 2018 1 min read
Lazard World Trust Fund reports decent year as it introduces 6% yield
Lazard World Trust Fund reports decent year as it introduces 6% yield – Lazard World Trust Fund says that, for the year ended March 31 2018, the total return on its net asset value was 20.9%, which compares favourably with its benchmark, the MSCI All Country World Index ex-U.S., which increased 16.5%. A revised dividend policy, effective for […]
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22 Feb 2018 2 min read
UK TMT proves a positive hunting ground for Herald Investment Trust
UK TMT proves a positive hunting ground for Herald Investment Trust – The Herald Investment Trust (HRI), which invests in smaller Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) companies has delivered its Annual Financial Report to year ending 31st December 2017. The NAV of the Company increased by 26.9% during the year and the share price increased […]
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18 Jan 2018 4 min read
Independent publishes results for phenomenal year
Independent publishes results for phenomenal year – Over the year to 30 November 2017, Independent Investment Trust produced a net asset value (NAV) total return of 54.8%. However one measures performance this was, by some margin, the best annual result in the history of the Independent: theoretical investments in the All-Share Index and the World Index would […]
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11 Dec 2017 1 min read
Investment Trust Insider on Blue Prism’s inexorable rise
Investment Trust Insider on Blue Prism’s inexorable rise Carthew: the beneficiaries of Blue Prism’s inexorable rise Occasionally, early stage technology companies can produce spectacular share price gains. When this happens, even relatively small investments can make a noticeable difference to a fund’s returns. Regular readers of my column may recall that I wrote about the […]
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17 Feb 2017 5 min read
Herald benefits from sterling depreciation and modestly beats comparative index
Herald Investment Trust has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 December 2016. During the year, the Trust’s NAV increased by 22.8% to 1,083.2p per share, whilst the share price increased by 18.4%. This reflected a widening of the discount, over the year, from 15.5% to 18.5%. The Trust says that during the […]
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15 Nov 2016 1 min read
UIL, Industrial Multi Property Third Quarter Winners – QuotedData
LONDON (Alliance News) – The best performer in both price and net asset value terms in the third quarter was UIL Ltd, boosted by its largest investment, Australian-listed Resolute Mining Ltd, which benefited from a strong gold price. Industrial Multi Property Trust PLC and Kubera-Cross Border Fund Ltd both saw recoveries in their share price […]
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22 Jul 2016 3 min read
Herald navigates volatile period with modest uplift in NAV
Herald Investment Trust has announced its interim results for the six-months ended 30 June 2016. During the period the Trust’s net asset value per share increased by 0.9% to 889.6p in the first half of 2016. The chairman, Julian Cazalet (pictured) says that this small disguises what has been a very volatile period for the […]
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17 Feb 2016 3 min read
Herald benefits heavily from takeovers, more focus on the US going forward
Herald Investment Trust has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 December 2015. During the period, the company’s NAV grew by 8.4% to 881.8p per share, whilst its share price grew by 13.1% to 745.3p reflecting a narrowing of the discount from 19.0% to 15.5%. Both the share price and the NAV beat […]
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22 Jul 2015 1 min read
Herald benefits from buoyant M&A market
Over the first half of 2015 Herald Investment Trust’s total return was 7.9% and the share price return was 8.0%. These figures compare to an 8.3% return on the Numis Smaller Companies plus AIM Index and a 6% return on the Russell 2000 small cap. technology Index. The report says they saw a steady stream […]
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17 Jul 2015 1 min read
World Trust’s biotech and China holdings help outperformance
World Trust Fund has announced results for the year ended 31 March 2015 that show it outperforming the MSCI All Country World Index and the MSCI All Country World ex USA Index. Over the year the fund returned 24.2% on net assets and 25.4% on share price as compared to 11.2% for the ex USA […]
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24 Apr 2015 1 min read
Cayenne Trust says considering proposals for future of the company
The Cayenne Trust’s results for the year ended 31 January 2015 have been published. The company’s net asset value total return and share price total return were both 12.1% for the period. This compares to an 11.6% return on the FTSE All-Share Equity Investments Index. The dividend has been increased from 1.2p to 3.8p. The […]
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19 Feb 2015 1 min read
Allocate Software boosts Herald’s NAV but discount hurts investors
Herald Investment Trust’s results for the year ended 31 December 2014 show its asset value outperforming its benchmark but shareholders losing money as its discount widened. The total return on net assets for the year was 1.3% while a blend of the Numis Smaller Companies Index plus AIM excluding investment companies and the Russell 2000 (small cap) […]
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23 Jul 2014 1 min read
Herald Investment Trust : HRI – interims
Herald Investment Trust has announced its interim results for the first half of 2014. Over the period the net asset value fell, total return -0.3%, this represents an outperformance of the Numis Smaller Companies plus AIM ex Investment Companies and the Russell 2000 Small cap. Technology indices, both of which fell by 1.8%. The manager’s comments […]
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26 Feb 2014 1 min read
Herald Investment Trust : HRI – annual report
Herald Investment Trust has released its results for 2013. Over the year Herald’s net asset value rose by 26.9% but the share price did even better, rising by 33.5% as HRI’s discount contracted from 18.9% to 14.7%. By comparison the Numis Smaller Companies Index plus AIM ex investment companies rose by 27.7% and the Russell […]
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23 Jan 2014 1 min read
F&C Managed Portfolio : FMPI – half yearly report
FMPI has announced its interim results covering the six months ended 30 November 2013. The net asset value returns for the period were 2.9% for the Income shares and 7% for the Growth shares. This compares to a 3.9% return on the FTSE All-Share Index and 3.1% on the FTSE Equity Investments Index. The Board say […]
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16 Jul 2024 1 min read
Is there a perfect number of stocks for a portfolio?
by Cherry Reynard from interactive investor, 15th July 2024: Running a concentrated portfolio of a small number of companies comes with the risk of a single-stock failure, which can derail a fund manager’s track record.. The vogue has been for managers to hold concentrated portfolios. Many have sought to emulate the Warren Buffett mantra – […]
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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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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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20 Nov 2023 1 min read
Investment trust insider on RTW Biotech
Investment trust insider on RTW Biotech – James Carthew: RTW Biotech will succeed with or without Arix I was singing the praises of capital markets days last week. Last Tuesday, I managed to get along to one held by RTW Biotech Opportunities (RTW). The day was planned some time ago, but the timing was great […]
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05 Jul 2023 1 min read
The funds and trusts that can’t be replaced with an ETF
by Sam Benstead from interactive investor, 5 July 2023: When it comes to sales, there has only been one winner in the active versus passive fund battle over the past decade, with the latter cleaning up. In 2007, before the financial crisis struck, the amount held in tracker funds was a mere £29 billion, which […]
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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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14 Mar 2022 1 min read
In Focus: Herald Investment Trust
Trustnet Magazine, February 2022: This tech-focused trust is something of an anomaly in that it has close to half its portfolio in UK stocks. Increases in inflation and interest rates have turned investors away from tech-focused portfolios such as the Herald Investment Trust over the past year. Yet while technology stocks still have a bumpy […]
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22 Feb 2022 1 min read
Bargain Hunter: 10 trusts that have moved from premiums to discounts
These trusts have seen their premiums vanish since the start of the year as growth shares lost ground. Kyle Caldwell from interactive investor 17th February 2022: Given all the volatility in the first six weeks of 2022, a surprising statistic is that the number of equity investment trusts trading on a premium to their net […]
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01 Dec 2021 2 min read
The global trusts on the biggest discounts or premiums relative to their history
Trustnet continues its study into which trusts have the most inflated valuations and biggest discounts relative to their five-year average, this time focusing on global investment trusts. By Eve Maddock-Jones, Reporter, Trustnet, 24 November 2021 Buying cheap trusts on a bigger discount than normal can be a lucrative way to make money over the long-term. Similarly […]
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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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21 Jul 2021 2 min read
QuotedData’s top investment company picks for H2 2021
Five companies to keep on your radar QuotedData, Investment Week, 21 July 2021 • 1 min read Apax Global Alpha invests in a range of private equity funds raised and advised by Apax Partners. To avoid the problem of uninvested cash dragging on returns, the trust invests surplus liquidity in a portfolio of derived investments […]
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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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31 Mar 2021 1 min read
Short-term blip or fundamental shift?
Growth trusts tumble: short-term blip or fundamental shift? Citywire Wealth Manager, Jennifer Hill, 30 March 2021 2020 was a vintage year for off-market equity investors. Shares in leading specialist trusts Chrysalis Investments and Scottish Mortgage rocketed 110% and 107% respectively. More recently some of that momentum has gone into reverse, however. Chrysalis is now 9.62% below its […]
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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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14 Jul 2020 1 min read
The best of British
Make your investments fly high by picking the best of British: Why top fund managers believe future could be rosy for UK shares By ROSIE MURRAY-WEST, FINANCIAL MAIL ON SUNDAY PUBLISHED: 21:58, 11 July 2020 | UPDATED: 08:18, 13 July 2020 Investors who have flown the Union Flag over their portfolios this year have endured some stomach-churning turbulence as the […]
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19 Aug 2019 1 min read
Shares magazine looks at ‘bargain’ trusts
Shares magazine looks at ‘bargain’ trusts – Seven trusts on bargain ratings: which ones to buy? We reveal the trusts trading on a steeper discount to the 12 month average… MONITORING PREMIUMS AND DISCOUNTS Many investors monitor premiums and discounts to NAV very closely as a way of spotting if there is an opportunity to buy something […]