Overview
Seraphim Space Investment Trust aims to generate capital growth over the long term through investment in a diversified international portfolio of Space Tech businesses. “Space Tech businesses” means businesses which rely on space-based connectivity or precision, navigation and timing signals or whose technology or services are already addressing, originally derived from, or of potential benefit to the space sector.
The company has no formal benchmark. However, the company will target an annualised NAV total return on the company’s portfolio of at least 20% over the long-term. This is intended to be a target only and reflects the AIFM’s expectations of the potential returns that can be generated by investing in a portfolio of early and growth stage private companies which have the potential to generate substantial returns for their shareholders over the long-term and recognises that not all portfolio companies will achieve their potential and that some may fail in their entirety. It should not be taken as an indication of the company’s expected future performance, return or results over any period and does not constitute a profit forecast. Prospective investors should not place any reliance on the target return referred to above in deciding whether to invest.
As the priority is to produce capital growth over the long term, the company has no dividend target and will not seek to provide its shareholders with a particular level of distribution.
QuotedData published its initiation note on the trust on 14 August 2024 – Science fiction becoming science fact
You can access the fund’s website here
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Research History
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07 Nov 2024 12 min read
Seraphim Space Investment Trust – Entering orbit
Entering orbit Seraphim Space Investment Trust (SSIT) continues to see its portfolio of SpaceTech companies achieve what its managers believe are key milestones. Over SSIT’s financial year, its companies raised $900m in new investments, with SSIT contributing £11m across 10 positions. Examples include the oversubscribed IPO of Astroscale, the successful capital raise of D-Orbit, and […]
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13 min read
Seraphim Space Investment Trust – Entering orbit
Entering orbit Seraphim Space Investment Trust (SSIT) continues to see its portfolio of cutting-edge SpaceTech companies achieve key milestones. Over SSIT’s financial year, its companies raised $900m in new investments, with SSIT contributing £11m across 10 positions. Notable examples are the oversubscribed IPO of Astroscale, the successful capital raise of D-Orbit, and the soaring share […]
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14 min read
Seraphim Space Investment Trust – Entering orbit
Entering orbit Seraphim Space Investment Trust (SSIT) continues to see its portfolio of cutting-edge space-focused companies (‘SpaceTech’) achieve key milestones. Over SSIT’s financial year, its companies raised $900m in new investments, with SSIT contributing £11m across 10 investments. Notable examples are the oversubscribed initial public offering (IPO) of Astroscale, the successful capital raise of D-Orbit, […]
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14 Aug 2024 30 min read
Seraphim Space Investment Trust – Science fiction becoming science fact
Science fiction becoming science fact The manager of Seraphim Space Investment Trust (SSIT) says that the recent boom in the space economy has been driven by significantly lower costs to launch, smaller, cheaper components to build satellites and other spacecraft, and the growth of private space companies. Companies that once had to pay hundreds of […]
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30 min read
Seraphim Space Investment Trust – Science fiction becoming science fact
Science fiction becoming science fact The manager of Seraphim Space Investment Trust (SSIT) says that the recent boom in the space economy has been driven by significantly lower costs to launch, smaller, cheaper components to build satellites and other spacecraft, and the growth of private space companies. Companies that once had to pay hundreds of […]
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29 min read
Seraphim Space Investment Trust – Science fiction becoming science fact
Science fiction becoming science fact The manager of Seraphim Space Investment Trust (SSIT) says that the recent boom in the space economy has been driven by significantly lower costs to launch, smaller, cheaper components to build satellites and other spacecraft, and the growth of private space companies. It says that companies that once had to […]
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17 Oct 2023 14 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Quarterly Review – Third Quarter 2023
Third quarter of 2023 Investment Companies | Quarterly roundup | October 2023 Kindly sponsored by abrdn ‘Uncomfortable’ Following a fast start to the first half of the year, globally equities took a breather in Q3, as markets assessed the implications of the worst bond sell-off in a generation. Yields on 10-year US treasuries and UK […]
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14 Sep 2023 9 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Roundup – September 2023
September 2023 Monthly roundup | Investment companies Kindly sponsored by abrdn Winners and losers in August 2023 Share price total returns for investment companies were generally poor over August, with the best performing sector, Debt – Structured Finance, returning just 2.1%, with only a few sectors managing to eke out a positive total return. Funds […]
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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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03 Nov 2022 8 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Roundup – November 2022
Investment Companies Monthly Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford and abrdn November 2022 Monthly | Investment companies Winners and losers in October 2022 Many equity markets recovered some of the ground lost in September. The swift departure of Liz Truss and her unfunded tax cuts helped the UK stock market and sterling. North America […]
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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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15 Oct 2024 2 min read
Annual results a sign of what’s to come for Seraphim Space Investment Trust
Seraphim Space Investment Trust (SSIT) has announced its annual results for the year ended 30 June 2024. The company saw a NAV total return of 2.6%, while shares rallied 102.2%. The strong performance saw the company’s discount narrow significantly, although the share price remained depressed at a discount of 43.2% highlighting the extent of the […]
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03 Sep 2024 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 3 September 2024 – RMII, VNH, MNL, SSIT
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 3 September 2024: RM Infrastructure Income (RMII) announced a tender offer of up to £20m to be made to shareholders, together with a notice convening a general meeting of the company, to be held on 25 September 2024 at 12.00pm. Following shareholder approval of a new investment policy at a general […]
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05 Aug 2024 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 5 August 2024 – DNE, SSIT, THRG, TFIF, MMIT
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 5 August 2024: Dunedin Enterprise (DNE) has announced that Dunedin Buyout Fund III LP has entered into a legally binding agreement for the realisation of its investment in EV, a provider of high-performance video cameras and quantitative visual analytics to the global energy industry. The investment in EV was valued, net […]
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02 Jul 2024 2 min read
Seraphim Space Investment Trust maintains momentum as portfolio continues to develop
Seraphim Space Investment Trust (SSIT) has provided an update including several announcements regarding its portfolio companies including: Voyager Space’s Starlab announces strategic partnership with Palantir Starlab Space, the US-led global joint venture from portfolio company Voyager Space, Airbus, Mitsubishi Corporation and MDA Space, announced Palantir Technologies as a strategic partner. Palantir will become the exclusive […]
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06 Jun 2024 2 min read
Strong momentum for Seraphim Space
Seraphim Space Investment Trust (SSIT) announced its third quarter results for the three-month period ended 31 March 2024. The company saw a NAV total return of 0.8% for the period, a portfolio valuation increase of 1.4%, and a significant jump in the share price of 43%. The strong return was driven by a number of […]
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22 Apr 2024 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 22 April 2024 – MHN, SSIT, CHRY
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 22 April 2024: Menhaden Resource Efficiency (MHN) has announced that it has completed a new private investment with KKR in Avantus, the leading solar and energy storage developers in the United States. The initial investment of $17.5m equates to 10.0% of MHN’s NAV. The portfolio manager believes the deal is highly […]
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13 Mar 2024 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 13 March 2024 – AEIT, UEM, SSIT, SUPR, CREI
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 13 March 2024: Asian Energy Impact Trust (AEIT) has released its NAV for the period ending 31 December 2023. It reported a NAV per share of 48.5 cents per share, down from 50.4 cents as of 30 September 2023. This is represents a total NAV of $85.0m. NAV movements are attributed […]
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20 Nov 2023 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 20 November 2023 – SSIT, INOV, IBT, USF, UKCM
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 20 November 2023: Seraphim Space Investment Trust (SSIT) has released its Q1 update. Highlights include a further £4.1m, invested in two projects over the quarter. Portfolio value increased to £199.9m up £12.4m, due to a combination of additional investments, unrealised fair value net gains and an unrealised FX gain. The main […]
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17 Oct 2023 2 min read
Seraphim Space Investment Trust continues to plummet
Seraphim Space Investment Trust (SSIT) has announced its audited results for the financial year ended 30 June 2023. The company’s NAV total return was -7.1%, while shares fell 49% to see the discount widen to 70.9%. Regarding the discount, the board continues to believe this does not reflect the performance of the portfolio or how […]
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21 Jul 2023 5 min read
QD view – Where there’s smoke is there fire?
We have previously espoused the notion that the widespread discounts in the unlisted investment trust sectors are often unjustified. It is certainly true that many viable investment strategies are trading on ever wider discounts, if not their historically widest levels, with investors for example selling down their holdings out of fear of valuations cuts, or […]
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13 Jul 2023 1 min read
Seraphim Space announces buyback
Seraphim Space has authorised a share buyback programme. It hasn’t said how big that will be except to say that it wouldn’t use all of its permission to buyback up to 14.99% of the company. Neither has it set a discount target. [Nevertheless, shareholders will be pleased to see the board take some action to […]
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15 Mar 2023 2 min read
SBV updates from Schroder UK Public Private and Seraphim Space
Seraphim Space (SSIT) has commented on the recent events concerning Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). SSIT confirms that it does not bank with SVB, nor does its investment manager, Seraphim Space Manager LLP. However, eight of SSIT’s portfolio companies use SVB as their primary banking provider. SSIT says that it does not anticipate that the recent […]
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09 Mar 2023 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 9 March 2023
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 9 March 2023: US Solar Fund (USF) says its board and its advisers have engaged with a significant number of parties and, following receipt of indicative proposals, have shortlisted several parties who have proceeded to the next phase of its strategic review process. In order to provide the shortlisted parties with […]
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17 Oct 2022 2 min read
Seraphim Space – repurchases not in shareholders best interests despite 47% discount
Seraphim Space (SSIT) has announced its annual results for the year ended 30 June 2022. During the year, SSIT’s NAV grew by 1.9%, but its share price fell by 47.0%, so it finished its year end on a 47.% discount to NAV. The chairman, Will Whitehorn says that “Given the discrepancy of performance between NAV […]
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09 Sep 2022 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 9 September 2022
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 9 September 2022: Riverstone Credit Opportunities Income (RCOI) has announced that it is upsizing its investment in Hoover Circular Solutions, a sponsor-backed company that is a global leading specialty rental provider of containers and mobile asset management solutions across the energy, industrial, refining, and petrochemical industries. In October 2020, RCOI participated in a […]
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15 Aug 2022 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 15 August 2022
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 15 August 2022: Seraphim Space (SSIT) holding D-Orbit, a market leader in space logistics and orbital transportation services, and Breeze Holdings have mutually agreed to terminate their previously announced merger agreement effective immediately. Both companies have agreed that financial markets have changed substantially since the proposed transaction was originally agreed upon […]
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29 Jul 2022 1 min read
QuotedData’s weekly news show 29th July 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 and Andrew McHattie covered the week’s top stories: • JPMorgan Russian • Seraphim Space • Ecofin US Renewables This week’s interview was with Stuart Widdowson from Odyssean Investment Trust – watch […]
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28 Jul 2022 2 min read
Seraphim Space updates on plans for remaining cash
During the quarter ended 30 June 2022, Seraphim Space invested £5.3m in three new unlisted investments, and also made two follow-on investments totalling £2.4m. As at 30 June 2022, the company had cash of £57.7m. Given the big swing in sentiment against growth stocks and the present unlikelihood of Seraphim raising more money, the manager […]
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23 Feb 2022 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 23 February 2022
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 23 February 2022: Seraphim Space (SSIT) has posted its interim results for the period from its IPO in July 2021 to 31 December 2021. During this time, it achieved an NAV uplift of 43.2% while its share price premium to NAV was 19.8%. The trust launched raising £150m before raising an […]
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28 Jan 2022 2 min read
Seraphim Space’s D-Orbit is ready for launch
Seraphim Space Investment Trust (SSIT) has announced today that its portfolio company D-Orbit S.p.A., an Italy-based space logistics and transportation company, is to become publicly listed through a business combination with Breeze Holdings Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: BREZ), a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company. SSIT says that, following the close of the transaction, which is […]
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17 Dec 2021 2 min read
Seraphim Space acquires holdings in ICEYE Oy and D-Orbit SpA
Seraphim Space Investment Trust (SSIT) has announced that it has acquired holdings in ICEYE Oy and D-Orbit SpA from Seraphim Space LP as was set out in SSIT’s IPO prospectus. SSIT agreed to acquire four assets from the Seraphim Space Fund in exchange for new ordinary shares in SSIT and these two acquisitions represent the […]
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3 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 17 December 2021
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 17 December 2021: Oryx International Growth (OIG) has published its interim results for the six months ended 30th September 2021. Both the chairman’s and manager’s statement are impressively succinct, so there’s surprisingly little that we can say here. However, we can report that during the period, OIG’s NAV has increased by […]
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06 Dec 2021 1 min read
Seraphim Space backs ICEYE
Seraphim Space backs ICEYE – Seraphim Space (SSIT) has made a new $25m investment into ICEYE Oy, the global leader in synthetic aperture radar satellite imaging technology. SSIT first invested in ICEYE in 2017, prior to it launching its first satellite, and has participated in every subsequent ICEYE funding round. ICEYE has since deployed the […]
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25 Nov 2021 4 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 25 November 2021
In QuotedData’s morning briefing on 25 November 2021: Seraphim Space (SSIT) has made a new $12.5m investment into Astroscale Holdings, the market leader in satellite servicing and long-term orbital sustainability across all orbits. Astroscale closed a $109m series F round which was led by THE FUND Limited Partnership in Japan and backed by a group […]
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08 Nov 2021 3 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 8 November 2021
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 8 November 2021: HICL Infrastructure (HICL) has acquired, indirectly, a 33.3% interest in Road Management Group, a holding company which comprises two UK shadow toll roads: the A417/A419 Swindon-Gloucester and the A1(M) Alconbury-Peterborough. The interest was acquired from Abertis Infraestructuras for a combined consideration of up to £34.4m. This investment will be funded by […]
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27 Sep 2021 3 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 27 September 2021
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 27 September 2021: Seraphim Space (SSIT) has invested $25m into Isotropic Systems, a leading developer of transformational broadband terminal technologies which is looking to redefine satellite communications. Isotropic’s Series B funding round raised more than $35m and other participants included strategic and deep-tech venture capital investors, such as AEI HorizonX, Promus […]
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09 Sep 2021 1 min read
Seraphim Space completes nanosatellite deal
Seraphim Space completes nanosatellite deal – Seraphim Space Investment Trust confirms that it is buying a holding in Spire Global, Inc. from the Seraphim Space LP. The intention to make this investment was set out in the IPO prospectus – following its IPO, Seraphim Space planned to buy four assets from the Seraphim Space Fund in […]
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18 Aug 2021 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 18 August 2021
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 18 August 2021: Seraphim Space (SSIT) pipeline company, Spire Global, a leading provider of space-based data, has completed its merger via a SPAC with NavSight Holdings. The combined company has been renamed Spire Global Inc and shares have started trading on the New York Stock Exchange under SPIR. As announced at Seraphim […]
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12 Jul 2021 2 min read
We have lift off!
We have lift off! – Seraphim Space raises £178.4m Seraphim Space Investment Trust, which will invest in a diversified international portfolio of early and growth stage space technology businesses, is pleased to announce that it has successfully raised gross proceeds of approximately £178.4m from its initial issue of shares. The money raised from the initial […]
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07 Oct 2024 1 min read
Investment trust winners and bargains worth backing
by Dave Baxter, Investors Chronicle, October 4, 2024: Markets have not exactly been moving sideways in 2024. The S&P 500 has returned nearly 15 per cent in sterling terms over the first nine months of the year, with the FTSE All-Share making more than 10 per cent. Equity fund investors have had plenty to enjoy, […]
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23 Sep 2024 1 min read
Investment trust insider on good news for the investment companies sector
Investment trust insider on good news for the investment companies sector – James Carthew: Trusts that should rally on costs reform and rate cuts There was no pool of capital waiting to pounce on last week’s good news so there is still time to grab a bargain before over-sold investment companies start to bounce. On cost […]
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27 Aug 2024 1 min read
Investment trust insider on Seraphim Space
Investment trust insider on Seraphim Space – James Carthew: Watch this space on Seraphim As space economy input costs fall and more of Seraphim Space’s portfolio earns revenues and profits, its 43% discount has plenty of scope to narrow. Part of the fun, and the challenge, of my job is that I get to look […]
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31 Jul 2024 1 min read
Top 20 investment trusts that have seen their discounts narrow
by Kyle Caldwell from interactive investor, 31st July 2024: For about 18 months, there’s been no shortage of investment trust bargain opportunities, with the average trust discount typically trading at around -15%.. For this article, we asked QuotedData, the investment trust analyst, to crunch the numbers to reveal which trusts have bucked the trend and […]
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29 Jul 2024 1 min read
Investment trust insider on rebuilding Britain
Investment trust insider on rebuilding Britain – James Carthew: Trusts must invest capital, not buy back shares forever New regulation could narrow share price discounts, allowing trusts to reallocate capital into areas that need it, such as infrastructure and private British companies. Post the election, a sense of optimism is emerging in the UK. For […]
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12 Jun 2024 1 min read
Should you buy the best-performing investment trust of the year (so far)?
By Jean-Baptiste Andrieux, Reporter, Trustnet, 12 June 2024: It may have flown under many investors’ radars, but the best-performing investment trust so far this year specialises in private space tech businesses. Since the beginning of the year, Seraphim Space has surged by 94.8%, nearly 40 percentage points ahead of the runner-up, Foresight Sustainable Forestry Company. […]
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07 May 2024 1 min read
Investment trust insider on growth capital funds
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08 Mar 2024 2 min read
The investment trusts banking on an IPO rebound
by Dave Baxter, Investors Chronicle, March 8, 2024: With its latest trading update unveiling a fifth straight annual loss, unquoted buy now, pay later business Klarna embodies some of the problems facing racy growth companies in recent times. Once seen as a promising name, the lender has struggled in the face of rising rates and […]
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06 Feb 2024 1 min read
Best performing funds and investment trusts in January: Seraphim Space in top spot
By HARVEY DORSET, This is Money, 6 February 2024: Seraphim Space Investment Trust climbed to new heights in January, marking itself as the best performing investment trust of the month as its returns skyrocketed 49.4 per cent. The trust, which invests in early-stage space technology firms, reversed losses in the latter part of 2023, which […]
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18 Dec 2023 1 min read
Bagging a bargain: 13 investment trusts pros say offer great value
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15 Aug 2023 1 min read
How to tell if a discount is an opportunity or a value trap?
By Jean-Baptiste Andrieux, Reporter, Trustnet, 15 August 2023: Investment trusts on discounts offer opportunities for investors to gain exposure to assets at less than their book value. This may sound like an attractive bargain, but there is no guarantee that the gap between the share price and the net asset value per share will close. […]
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20 Jan 2023 2 min read
Investment trust bargains: how to find them and where to look in 2023
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09 Jan 2023 1 min read
Investment trust insider on discount opportunities
Investment trust insider on discount opportunities – James Carthew: Discount dislocations offer opportunities Today, at the same time as investors get to grips with higher inflation and interest rates, they are afflicted by wider share price discounts to net asset values (NAV) across the investment companies sector. Many years ago a former colleague of mine […]
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21 Nov 2022 1 min read
Trusts’ unlisted headache
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08 Aug 2022 1 min read
Fed up with the gloom holding back your portfolio on earth? How to invest in the FINAL FRONTIER of space
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17 May 2022 1 min read
Investment trust insider on Seraphim Space
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15 Nov 2021 1 min read
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