Overview
JPMorgan Multi-Asset Growth & Income (MATE) (formerly JPMorgan Multi-Asset Trust), aims to generate income and capital growth, while seeking to maintain lower levels of portfolio volatility than a traditional equity portfolio. It operates a multi-asset strategy, maintaining a high degree of flexibility with respect to asset class, geography and sector of the investments selected for the portfolio.
JPMorgan Multi-Asset Growth & Income is targeting total returns in excess of 6% per year over rolling five-year periods.
In its new guise, JPMorgan Multi-Asset Growth & Income is designed for those investors who are looking for attractive, relatively predictable, income that grows at least in line with inflation and a diversified portfolio of investments designed to be less volatile than that of a typical equity portfolio (the managers target volatility two-thirds of that of a global equity index).
The board feels that the income ought not to come at the expense of investors’ total returns.
We published notes:
on 2 May 2023 – Caution in the face of volatile markets – updated the story from our last note
on 22 August 2022 – Navigating a changed landscape – looked at the trust’s progress against a tougher macroeconomic backdrop
in September 2021 – New policy bearing fruit – which sought to explain how the fund had changed for the better
We wrote a note at IPO: “Long-term return objective of 6% per annum”, published in January 2018.
You can access the fund’s website here
Research History
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02 May 2023 20 min read
JPMorgan Multi-Asset Growth & Income – Caution in the face of volatile markets
JPMorgan Multi-Asset Growth & Income Investment companies | Annual overview | 2 May 2023 Caution in the face of volatile markets In a world of volatile equity markets and uncertain futures, MATE offers investors a refreshingly straightforward target of achieving an average of 6% compound annual returns over a rolling five-year period and paying an […]
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19 min read
JPMorgan Multi-Asset Growth & Income – Caution in the face of volatile markets
JPMorgan Multi-Asset Growth & Income Investment companies | Annual overview | 2 May 2023 Caution in the face of volatile markets In a world of volatile equity markets and uncertain futures, MATE offers investors a straightforward target of achieving an average of 6% compound annual returns over a rolling five-year period and paying an inflation-linked […]
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20 min read
JPMorgan Multi-Asset Growth & Income – Caution in the face of volatile markets
JPMorgan Multi-Asset Growth & Income Investment companies | Annual overview | 2 May 2023 Caution in the face of volatile markets In a world of volatile equity markets and uncertain futures, MATE offers investors a refreshingly straightforward target of achieving an average of 6% compound annual returns over a rolling five-year period and paying an […]
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03 Nov 2022 50 min read
QuotedData’s Economic and Political Monthly Roundup November 2022
Economic and Political Monthly Roundup Investment companies | Monthly | November 2022 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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13 Oct 2022 14 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Quarterly Review – Third Quarter 2022
Third quarter of 2022 Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford and Aberdeen Standard Investments Piling on the misery In the face of rising inflation, exacerbated by the war in Ukraine, central bankers have condemned for their relative inaction. However, in the third quarter of 2022, they stepped up a gear. Last month’s economic and political roundup […]
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22 Aug 2022 11 min read
JPMorgan Multi-Asset Growth & Income – Navigating a changed landscape
Navigating a changed landscape Measures being taken to tackle inflation appear to be weighing on markets. Reflecting this, JPMorgan Multi-Asset Growth & Income (MATE) has also been affected, with falls in its NAV and share price. However, living up to its objective, these falls have not been as severe as those of global equity markets. […]
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11 min read
JPMorgan Multi-Asset Growth & Income – Navigating a changed landscape
Navigating a changed landscape Measures being taken to tackle inflation are weighing on markets. Reflecting this, JPMorgan Multi-Asset Growth & Income (MATE) has also been affected, with falls in its NAV and share price. However, living up to its objective, these falls have not been as severe as those of global equity markets. In the […]
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12 min read
JPMorgan Multi-Asset Growth & Income – Navigating a changed landscape
Navigating a changed landscape Measures being taken to tackle inflation are weighing on markets. Reflecting this, JPMorgan Multi-Asset Growth & Income (MATE) has also been affected, with falls in its net asset value (NAV) and share price. However, living up to its objective (see below), these falls have not been as severe as those of […]
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08 Oct 2021 15 min read
JPMorgan Multi-Asset Growth & Income – New policy bearing fruit
New policy bearing fruit There are many investors looking for a high and growing income and a modest level of capital growth. JPMorgan Multi-Asset Growth & Income (MATE), with a portfolio diversified across a range of different asset classes, was designed with this in mind. MATE was established about three and a half years ago. […]
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17 min read
JPMorgan Multi-Asset Growth & Income – New policy bearing fruit
New policy bearing fruit There are many investors looking for high and growing income and a modest level of capital growth. JPMorgan Multi-Asset Growth & Income (MATE), with a portfolio diversified across a range of different asset classes, was designed with this in mind. MATE was established about three and a half years ago. As […]
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16 min read
JPMorgan Multi-Asset Growth & Income – New policy bearing fruit
New policy bearing fruit There are many investors looking for high and growing income and a modest level of capital growth. JPMorgan Multi-Asset Growth & Income (MATE), with a portfolio diversified across a range of different asset classes, was designed with this in mind. MATE was established about three and a half years ago. As […]
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12 Nov 2020 5 min read
QuotedData’s Economic Roundup – November 2020
Economic and Political Monthly Roundup Kindly sponsored by Allianz A collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you to buy or […]
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07 Jul 2020 8 min read
QuotedData’s Economic Roundup – July 2020
Economic & Political Roundup Kindly sponsored by Allianz A collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you to buy or sell […]
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12 Nov 2019 1 min read
QuotedData’s economic roundup – November 2019
Economic & Political Roundup
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07 Jun 2019 5 min read
QuotedData’s economic roundup – June 2019
Economic & Political Roundup A collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you to buy or sell any of the […]
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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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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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25 Jan 2018 1 min read
JPMorgan Multi-Asset Trust – Long-term return objective of 6% per annum
JPMorgan Multi-Asset Trust – Long-term return objective of 6% per annum JPMorgan Multi-Asset Trust (MATE) is a new investment company that will invest across a range of different asset classes. It will aim to achieve a total return of 6% per annum, over the long term, through a combination of income and capital growth. It […]
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1 min read
JPMorgan Multi-Asset Trust – Long-term return objective of 6% per annum
JPMorgan Multi-Asset Trust – Long-term return objective of 6% per annum JPMorgan Multi-Asset Trust (MATE) is a new investment company that will invest across a range of different asset classes. It will aim to achieve a total return of 6% per annum, over the long term, through a combination of income and capital growth. It […]
News
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26 Jan 2024 3 min read
QD view – So long MATE
As we covered on our Wednesday news post, this week saw JPMorgan Multi Asset Growth & Income (MATE) announce its merger with JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI). For fans of investment companies, this story may seem familiar as JGGI has already swallowed up the Scottish Investment Trust and JPMorgan Elect. MATE’s board outlined several […]
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QuotedData’s weekly news show 26th January 2024
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: • Asia Energy Impact (0:47) • JPMorgan Multi-Asset (5:10) • abrdn Private Equity Opportunities (8:26) This week’s interview was with Nick Montgomery and Bradley Biggins […]
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24 Jan 2024 2 min read
Proposed merger of JPMorgan Multi-Asset Growth & Income and Global Growth & Income funds
JPMorgan Multi-Asset Growth & Income (MATE) and JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI) have announced that the two companies have agreed heads of terms in respect of a proposed rollover of assets from MATE to JGGI. MATE shareholders will receive new shares in JGGI which will provide them with exposure to a diversified portfolio of […]
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15 Dec 2023 5 min read
QD view – An early Christmas present
An early Christmas present We hope that all of our readers are getting into the festive spirit, and to help with that the gracious team at JPMorgan has given us an early Christmas present. For those who are not yet aware, JPMorgan Asset Management (JPM), which runs numerous investment trusts such as JPMorgan Japan (JFJ) […]
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06 Jul 2023 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 6 July 2023
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 6 July 2023: TwentyFour Select Monthly Income (SMIF) says 3,939,187 shares were tendered to its quarterly tender offer. 500,000 of these were purchased by Numis and the rest have been bought back into treasury – all at 72.62p per share. JPMorgan Multi Asset Growth and Income (MATE) passed its continuation vote […]
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20 Jun 2023 2 min read
abrdn Diversified Income & Growth next out the door?
abrdn Diversified Income and Growth’s board has announced that it has commenced a strategic review. The obvious problems that the trust faces are its discount, which was about 26% last night ahead of this announcement, and its shrinking market cap, which at £255m is not a bad size but the board feels limits the scope […]
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19 May 2023 2 min read
JPMorgan Multi-Asset Growth & Income misses benchmark but maintains stability
JPMorgan Multi-Asset Growth & Income (MATE) announced annual results for the year ended 28 February 2023. The company recorded a negative total return of -5.3% on its opening net asset value, an underperformance of 11.3% for the year, compared to the benchmark. The company’s share price returned -1.5% during the period as the discount to […]
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05 May 2023 4 min read
QD view – Spreading your bets – asset allocating for uncertain times
For the second time in five years, investors are finding themselves in the grips of a global bear market that has punished most asset classes. The reasons underpinning the latest bout of selling have been well covered by market commentators, with QuotedData being no exception. Alongside this, many column inches have also been devoted to […]
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14 Oct 2022 4 min read
QD view – navigating troubled waters
When I started writing this article, it was being widely reported that the chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, had been forced to cut short his visit to the US and was returning to London to face urgent talks with the prime minister and Conservative MPs. Before I had finished it, he was out of a job, with […]
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17 May 2022 3 min read
JPMorgan Multi Asset to match CPI inflation on dividend
JPMorgan Multi Asset Growth and Income has announced results for the 12 months ended 28 February 2022. Over that period, the company achieved a positive total return of 8.1% on its net asset value, an outperformance of 2.1% for the year, against the reference index (a total return of 6.0% per annum measured over a […]
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19 Oct 2021 2 min read
Much better numbers from JPMorgan Multi Asset
Much better numbers from JPMorgan Multi Asset – JPMorgan Multi-Asset Growth and Income Trust (MATE) has published half-year results covering the six months ended 31 August 2021. The trust’s NAV returns were triple those of its benchmark – a return of 9.2% against its 3.0% target – and shareholders benefited from a return of 21.5% […]
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23 Sep 2021 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 23 September 2021
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 23 September 2021: Acorn Income has published a circular convening the meetings necessary to get shareholder approval for its plan to liquidate and offer investors a choice of cash or a rollover into an open-ended fund managed by Unicorn – the Unicorn UK Income Fund – this will be the default […]
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13 May 2021 3 min read
JPMorgan Multi Asset revamp shows early promise
JPMorgan Multi-Asset Growth & Income has published results for the year ended 28 February 2021. The NAV return for the period was 4.1%, a little behind the old performance benchmark of LIBOR +4.5% (which worked out at 4.8% for the period). The board has proposed a number of changes, including a new benchmark, which we […]
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31 Mar 2021 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 31 March 2021
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 31 March 2021 – JPMorgan Multi-Asset (MATE) announced that with immediate effect, to better reflect the investment objective of providing an attractive total return of growth and income, the company will change its name to JPMorgan Multi-Asset Growth & Income. The company’s London Stock Exchange stock ticker symbol MATE will remain […]
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26 Mar 2021 1 min read
QuotedData’s weekly news show 26 March 2021
QuotedData’s weekly news show 26 March 2021 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: JPMorgan Multi Asset update Chrysalis raised 300m from oversubscribed issue Digital 9 Infrastructure raised 300m at IPO Syncona […]
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23 Mar 2021 2 min read
Shake up at JPMorgan Multi Asset
Shake up at JPMorgan Multi Asset – JPMorgan Multi Asset Trust just passed its third birthday. It would be fair to say that the trust is sub-scale – with a market cap of £80m – and not particularly in demand – it currently trades on a discount of 11.8%. The board and the managers, believe […]
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09 Oct 2020 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 9 October 2020
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 9 October 2020: Aquila European Renewables Income Fund has announced the results of its equity raise – €127.5m before expenses. the fund is issuing 122,902,772 ordinary shares at €1.0375 per share. This represents a premium of 5.2% to the company’s NAV as at 30 June 2020. JPMorgan Multi-Asset Trust (MATE) has […]
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09 Jun 2020 2 min read
JPMorgan Multi Asset Trust will maintain dividend
JPMorgan Multi Asset Trust will maintain dividend – JPMorgan Multi Asset Trust has published results covering the year ended 29 February 2020. At that point, the trust had delivered a 5.3% return, about 0.1% less than the return on its benchmark. Shareholders had made 6.1% on their investment over the year. Since then, the NAV has […]
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21 May 2019 2 min read
JPMorgan Multi-Asset delivers 5.1% NAV return in inaugural year
JPMorgan Multi-Asset delivers 5.1% NAV return in inaugural year – JPMorgan Multi-Asset (MATE) has reported its first set of annual results following its launch in March 2018. MATE replaced JPMorgan Income & Capital following the latter’s wind-up. Over the year to 28th February 2019, MATE’s underlying portfolio performed much better than the shares. Total return […]
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21 Feb 2018 1 min read
JPMorgan’s Multi-Asset Trust launch gets £81m rollover
JPMorgan’s Multi-Asset Trust launch gets £81m rollover – The launch of JPMorgan Multi-Asset Trust (MATE) received a boost today with the news that approximately half of the shareholders of JPMorgan Income & Capital Trust (JPI) have voted to roll over into MATE. JPI is a split capital fund that has reached the end of its fixed term. The roll […]
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08 Mar 2024 1 min read
The most expensive trusts relative to their history
By Matteo Anelli, Senior reporter, Trustnet, 07 March 2024: Premiums are rare in the investment trusts industry, which suffers from chronic discounts, but there are still some trusts that have caught investors’ eyes and garnered traction over the past five years, according to data from QuotedData. Earlier this morning, we looked at the trusts that […]
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26 Feb 2024 1 min read
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Christian Mayes, Portfolio Adviser, 26 FEBRUARY 2024: A range of mergers have been announced in the investment trust space in recent times. Among others, the £2.3bn JP Morgan Global Growth and Income trust announced plans to absorb the £71m JP Morgan Multi-Asset Growth & Income (MATE) in January, while last week saw a bidding war […]
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29 Jan 2024 1 min read
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07 Feb 2023 1 min read
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23 Mar 2022 1 min read
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24 Feb 2022 1 min read
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07 Feb 2022 1 min read
Funds expected to stay the course in 2022
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21 Jan 2022 1 min read
Trust discounts widen in 2021 as post-Covid euphoria is hit by new variants
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25 May 2021 1 min read
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24 Mar 2021 1 min read
JPMorgan Multi Asset Trust changes name and dividend policy
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