In QuotedData’s morning briefing 14 December 2023: JZ Capital Partners (JZCP) is getting $62.5m in connection with the sale of Felix Storch from the portfolio of secondary investments that it sold in 2020. It had the right to share in distributions from that fund above an agreed limit. The transaction adds 19 cents to its […]
Henderson European Focus Trust (HEFT) announced its annual results for the year ended 30 September 2023. NAV total return was 24.1%, well ahead of the benchmark return of 3.6% and also outperforming the broader peer group average. Share price total return was 27.7% Major contributors to the outperformance included semiconductor capital equipment stocks BE Semiconductor […]
Polar Capital Global Healthcare (PCGH) announced its annual report for the year ended 30 September 2023. NAV total return was 4.21%, ahead of the benchmark MSCI ACWI Health Care Index which returned 1.19%. Share price total return was 1.92%. The outperformance was driven by strong stock selection, largely due to the focus on the company’s […]
Schroder UK Mid Cap Fund (SCP) announced its annual results for the year ended 30 September 2023. The company’s NAV total return for the year was 17.6%, outperforming the benchmark which produced a total return of 13.6% over the year. The share price total return was 17.4% due to a very small widening of the […]
GCP Asset Backed Income Fund announced it has commenced a strategic review following the company’s announcement on 18 September 2023 that it had ceased merger discussions with GCP Infrastructure Investments Limited and that the board would propose a continuation vote at its AGM to be held in May 2024. The decision to commence the strategic […]
JPMorgan Indian Investment Trust (JII) has announced its annual results for the year ended September 30 2023. NAV total return for the year was 1.2%, marginally ahead of the benchmark return of 0.7%. Share price total return was 2.2% with the discount closing at around 18%. The manager noted that It was a year of […]
GCP Infrastructure Investments (GCP) announced its annual report for the year ended 30 September 2023. Total NAV return for the year was 3.7% while total shareholder returns fell 25.2%. The discount sat at around 40% at the last close while the weighted average dividend was 7.9%. The company also saw a considerable fall in profits […]
Following the release of the company’s interim results, Triple Point Energy Transition (TENT) announced that an orderly realisation of assets, and return of associated realised capital, is the most viable option to maximise shareholder value in the short to medium term. The announcement follows a comprehensive review of the options for the group and its […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 13 December 2023: Triple Point Energy Transition (TENT) announced its interim results for the six months ended 30 September. The company’s NAV fell 4.3% while shares fell 22% as the discount widened to over 40% at last close. In light of the stubborn discount the company has announced that an orderly […]
Montanaro European Smaller Companies Trust (MTE) has announced its interim results for the six months to September 30 2023. The company’s share price total return was down 13.2%, while NAV per share fell 12.5%, underperforming the company’s benchmark, MSCI Europe ex-UK SmallCap index, which was down 7.5%. The discount widened to 13.8%. Commenting on the […]
Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT) has announced its interim report for the six months to 31 October 2023. NAV total return for the period was 12.1%, trailing the benchmark return of 12.8% (The Dow Jones Global Technology Index). Shares were up 10.6%. The company’s discount stood at 14.5% at the end of the period. Commenting […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 12 December 2023: Vietnam Enterprise Investments (VEIL) released its monthly update for November, highlighting a NAV increase of 8.7% total return in USD over the previous month against a gain of 8.0% for its reference index, the Vietnam Index ( VNI). VEIL’s share price increased 7.2% in November and has declined […]
Hipgnosis Songs Fund (SONG) has announced the sale of about 20,000 non-core songs for $23.1m, representing approximately 1% of its portfolio. The announcement says that these songs are a subset of those identified as the potential $25m second disposal announced in September. They were bought, together with some “iconic songs” in 2020, as part of […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing for 11 December 2023: Syncona (SYNC) has provided an update on the clinical study of its portfolio company, Autolus Therapeutics. The results have indicated the strong safety profile of the drug and importantly show a durable response for patients. Taylor Maritime Investments (TMI) has released its half year results for the […]
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: Chrysalis (0:20) Baring Emerging EMEA Opportunities (3:23) Ecofin US Renewables (7:21) This week’s interview was with Joe Bauernfreund from AVI Japan Opportunity Trust – watch […]
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 […]
Schroders Capital Global Innovation (INOV) has announced that its portfolio company Carmot Therapeutics Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company dedicated to developing life-changing therapeutics for people living with metabolic diseases including obesity and diabetes, entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Roche, on 3 December 2023. Roche is acquiring Carmot at a purchase price […]
Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities (BEMO) has announced its annual results for the year ended 30 September 2023, during which it provided an NAV total return of 0.5% and a share price total return of -8.8%, which compare to a return on its benchmark of -3.4%. The NAV’s outperformance can largely be attributed to stock selection […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 8 December 2023: Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities (BEMO) says that, earlier this year, Russian retailer Magnit announced a tender offer of its shares. After seeking legal advice that participation in the transaction would be permissible under the current sanctions regime, BEMO applied to tender its shares and has confirmed that its […]
The 12 month period ended 30 September 2023 was not a great one for Finsbury Growth and Income. It is reporting an NAV return for the period of 7.2% and a share price return of 7.5% which compare to an All-Share return of 13.8%. This is now the third consecutive accounting period where the trust […]
Whirlwind – Texas wind asset Ecofin US Renewables’s 59.8 MW Whirlwind Energy wind farm in Texas, has now moved significantly closer to coming back online. The asset management team of Ecofin Advisors, LLC has been working with the relevant counterparties to restore generation from Whirlwind following the tornado damage to a nearby substation in June […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 7 December 2023: Laurence Fumagalli plans to step down from his role as co-head of the Schroders Greencoat LLP team managing Greencoat UK Wind (UKW) on 1 March 2024. Matt Ridley, a partner at Schroders Greencoat, will succeed Laurence to co-manage the fund alongside Stephen Lilley. Matt is currently head of […]
River and Mercantile UK Micro Cap announced its annual report for the year ended 30 September 2023. NAV total return for the period was 3.81%, compared to 3.27% for the the Numis Smaller Companies plus Alternative Investment Market index. Shares fell 4% with the discount widening to around 14%. Given the broader sell off in […]
Schroder AsiaPacific Fund (SDP) has announced its annual report for the year ended 30 September 2023. NAV total return for the period was 2.9%, ahead of the benchmark MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan index which rose by 1.5% over the same period. Shares were up 2.3%. This continues the company’s commendable long term record […]
abrdn Property Income Trust (API) has captured strong rental growth within its portfolio with three rent reviews in its industrial portfolio. In Bristol, a rent review at Kings Business Park was agreed at £96,350 per annum, reflecting a 38.6% uplift to the previously passing rent. This was in line with the September 2023 valuation, but […]
Foresight Sustainable Forestry (FSF) has announced its annual results for the year ended 30 September 2023. NAV fell 6.3% for the year while shares were down 23%. The company noted that the key driver of the reduction in NAV per share has been the decline in land values, which was impacted by a significant reduction […]
Schroder European REIT (SERE) reported a 8.9% fall in net asset value (NAV) to 128.2 euro cents per share in annual results to 30 September 2023, reflecting the impact that challenging economic and geo-political risks have had on asset valuations. The group’s portfolio of European real estate declined in value by 8.5% to €214.1m, reflecting […]
JPMorgan Japanese announced its annual results for the 12 months to 30 September. NAV total return was 8%, underperforming the benchmark TOPIX index by 6.7%. Share price total return was 6.4% with the discount widening to around 8%. Commenting on the underperformance, chairman Christopher Samuel noted: “After the earlier periods of underperformance, this year’s numbers […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 6 December 2023: Custodian Property Income REIT’s (CREI’s) NAV fell to 95.9p per share at 30 September 2023 (from 99.3p at 31 March 2023). Portfolio valuation remained stable with a marginal 0.6% decline to £609.8m (31 March 2023: £613.6m). The portfolio saw a £15.6m valuation decrease, driven by current investor and market […]
European Opportunities Trust has confirmed that the company will undertake a tender offer for up to 25% of the issued share capital of the company. The offer, which is subject to shareholder approval, is being made at a tender price equal to a 2% discount to the prevailing NAV as at the calculation date, less […]
