Companies engaged in the design, development, and support of computer operating systems and applications. This sector also includes companies that provide computer technology consulting services, manufacturing of computer equipment, data storage products, networking products, semi - conductors and components. Companies in this sector include Apple, Google and Rightmove PLC
Polar Capital Tech beats its benchmark again – Polar Capital Technology Trust has reported another year of outperformance. In the year to 30 April 2017, NAV rose by just over 56.0%, over the year to end April 2018, it rose by another 22.7%, taking NAV per share to 1,159.69p and the net assets of the company to £1,551.6m. The share price […]
Positive stock selection delivers outperformance for Allianz Technology – Allianz Technology Trust (ATT) announced that for the year to 30 November 2017, the company’s Net Asset Value (NAV) per share increased by 41.0%. The benchmark index, the Dow Jones World Technology (sterling adjusted, total return), increased by 31.5% over the same period, creating an outperformance for the portfolio of […]
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 […]
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 […]
Allianz Technology Trust reports that it underperformed its benchmark over the year ended 30 November 2016. The NAV increased in the period by 23.8%, finishing at 835.9p as at 30 November 2016 compared with 675.1p as at 30 November 2015. The benchmark index, the Dow Jones World Technology Index (sterling adjusted, total return), increased by 31.7% […]
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 […]
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 […]
Allianz Technology Trust has announced its interim results for the six months ended 31 May 2016. During the period the Trust’s NAV fell by 1.5% to 665.1p and its share price fell by 5.4% to 598.0p, both of which underperformed the trust’s benchmark, the Dow Jones World Technology Index, which increased by 2.7%. The discount […]
The Board of FastForward is pleased to provide the following strategic update to its shareholders. The Company believes that there are exceptional opportunities available to it in the gaming technology sector. These opportunities are available to the Company largely because of the network of the Company’s Board of Directors, advisers and large shareholders. The Company […]
Polar Capital Technology’s results for the year ended 30 April 2016 have been published. The global technology sector performed better than the broader indices for most of the financial year but finished in line with the FTSE World Index after a sharp decline in several of the leading technology stocks in April. Polar Capital Technology’s […]
Allianz Technology Trust says its NAV increased by 10.3% over the year to 30 November 2015, finishing at 675.1p compared with 612.2p as at 30 November 2014. They outperformed their benchmark index, the Dow Jones World Technology Index, by 3.3% over this period. The market price of the Company’s shares also outperformed the benchmark finishing […]
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 […]
Allianz Technology just failed to match the performance of the Dow Jones World technology Index over the six months ending 31 May 2015 – its net asset value rose by 6.6% against 6.8% for the index. The discount narrowed though and that meant that shareholders saw an 8.3% uplift in the ordinary share price. The […]
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 […]
Polar Capital Technology managed to beat the Dow Jones Word Technology Index over the year to the end of April 2015 as its net asset value per share returned 30.7% as compared to 29.5% return on the index. shareholders did even better as the discount narrowed from 3.6% to 1.2%, giving them a 33.9% return on the share price. […]
Allianz Technology Trust failed to match the return on its benchmark, the Dow Jones World Technology Index, over the year to the end of November 2014. Over the year the fund delivered a return of 18% vs. the Index’s 27.3%. To compound the problem, the discount widened from 0.45 to 5.8% and so the return to […]
Over the six months ended 31 January 2015, Pacific Horizon’s net asset value per share rose 7.9% to 216.74p. The share price rose 12.5% and the discount narrowed from 11.5% to 7.7%. Over the same period the MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan Index rose 8.5% in sterling terms. The manager has been increasing the […]
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) […]
Over the six months that ended on 31 October 2014, Polar Capital Technology beat the Dow Jones World Technology Index by 2.4% in a strong period for the sector – the Index was up 16.3% in sterling terms and the NAV up 18.7%. The share price rose by 19.2%. The manager says the most significant positive […]
RCM Technology has reported its results for the six months ended 31 may 2014. Over that period the net asset value fell by 0.1%, this does not compare well with the return on the Dow Jones World Technology index which gained 7.6%. The share price fell by 3.6%. The result for this period should be set […]
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 […]
Polar Capital Technology has published results for the year ended 30 April 2014 that show its net assets growing by 11.2% and its share price by 10.9% but both lagging the increase in the Dow jones World Technology Index of 13.1%. Very strong gains and outperformance of the index were given up in the last six […]
RCM Technology’s figures, covering the year ended 30 November 2013, show the fund beating its benchmark by some margin. The total net asset value return for RTT was 47.2% over the year vs. 20.5% for the Dow Jones World Technology Index. On the back of this strong performance, the managers, led by Walter Price (pictured) have […]
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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