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20 Dec 2021

Jupiter Emerging & Frontier Income – When the going gets tough

When the going gets tough Reports suggest emerging markets have struggled to make headway over the course of 2021, but Jupiter Emerging & Frontier Income (JEFI), helped by its frontier market exposure, has been one of the winners within its peer group. Manager Ross Teverson’s long-held view that better value is available outside of China […]

20 Dec 2021

Jupiter Emerging & Frontier Income – When the going gets tough

When the going gets tough Emerging markets have struggled to make headway over the course of 2021, but Jupiter Emerging & Frontier Income (JEFI), helped by its frontier market exposure, has been one of the winners within its peer group. Manager Ross Teverson’s long-held view that better value is available outside of China has worked […]

20 Dec 2021

Jupiter Emerging & Frontier Income – When the going gets tough

When the going gets tough Emerging markets have struggled to make headway over the course of 2021, but Jupiter Emerging & Frontier Income (JEFI), helped by its frontier market exposure, has been one of the winners within its peer group. Manager Ross Teverson’s long-held view that better value is available outside of China has worked […]

17 Dec 2021

BlackRock Throgmorton – Powering on

Powering on BlackRock Throgmorton Trust (THRG)’s results for the accounting year ended 30 November 2021 will not be published for a while yet, but it looks as though THRG has had another good year, with NAV and share price returns well above peer group averages and its benchmark. It might have been reasonable to think […]

17 Dec 2021

BlackRock Throgmorton – Powering on

Powering on BlackRock Throgmorton Trust (THRG)’s results for the accounting year ended 30 November 2021 will not be published for a while yet, but it looks as though THRG has had another great year, with NAV and share price returns well above peer group averages and its benchmark. It might have been reasonable to think […]

17 Dec 2021

BlackRock Throgmorton – Powering on

Powering on BlackRock Throgmorton Trust (THRG)’s results for the accounting year ended 30 November 2021 will not be published for a while yet, but it looks as though THRG has had another great year, with its net asset value (NAV) and share price returns well above peer group averages and its benchmark (see pages 8 […]

17 Dec 2021

JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust – Bright long-term future

Bright long-term future JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust (JFJ) had an impressive run of both absolute and relative performance going into and during the worst of the pandemic. However, once vaccines became a reality, the share prices of businesses that had struggled during lockdowns surged. These were often the types of company that the managers would […]

17 Dec 2021

JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust – Bright long-term future

Bright long-term future JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust (JFJ) had an impressive run of both absolute and relative (to its benchmark index and to competing trusts) performance going into and during the worst of the pandemic. However, once vaccines became a reality, the share prices of businesses that had struggled during lockdowns surged. These were often […]

17 Dec 2021

JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust – Bright long-term future

Bright long-term future JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust (JFJ) had a good run of both absolute and relative performance going into and during the worst of the pandemic. However, once vaccines became a reality, the share prices of businesses that had struggled during lockdowns surged. These were often the types of company that the managers would […]

15 Dec 2021

Bluefield Solar Income Fund – Executing on revised objective

Executing on revised objective Since we last published on Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF), the company has raised £105.1m in an oversubscribed share issue, and completed on the purchases of its first wind and battery storage investments. The company’s financial results, covering the year ended 30 June 2021, showed that BSIF hit its 8p per […]

15 Dec 2021

Bluefield Solar Income Fund – Executing on revised objective

Executing on revised objective Since we last published on Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF), the company has raised £105.1m in an oversubscribed share issue, and completed on the purchases of its first wind and battery storage investments. The company’s financial results, covering the 12-month period ended 30 June 2021, were encouraging. BSIF hit its 8p […]

15 Dec 2021

Bluefield Solar Income Fund – Executing on revised objective

Executing on revised objective Since we last published on Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF), the company has raised £105.1m in an oversubscribed share issue, and completed on the purchases of its first wind and battery storage investments. The company’s financial results, covering the year ended 30 June 2021, were encouraging. BSIF hit its 8p per […]

14 Dec 2021

Vietnam Holding Limited – Asia’s emerging champion

Since we last published on Vietnam Holding (VNH), the Vietnamese economy has gone from strength to strength, lifting the country’s equity markets, which are among the best performing globally year-to-date (YTD). VNH has captured this and more – outperforming local and global indices, and its direct competitors (see details of VNH’s performance versus its peers […]

14 Dec 2021

Vietnam Holding Limited – Asia’s emerging champion

Since we last published on Vietnam Holding (VNH), the Vietnamese economy has gone from strength to strength, lifting the country’s equity markets, which are among the best performing globally YTD. VNH has captured this and more – outperforming local and global indices, and its direct competitors. Despite this performance, VNH’s manager says that there is […]

14 Dec 2021

Vietnam Holding Limited – Asia’s emerging champion

Since we last published on Vietnam Holding (VNH), the Vietnamese economy has gone from strength to strength, lifting the country’s equity markets, which are among the best performing globally YTD. VNH has captured this and more – outperforming local and global indices, and its direct competitors. Despite this impressive performance, there is still much to […]

10 Dec 2021

Interview with Nicholas Ware of Henderson Diversified Income

In this week’s show, James Carthew talked to Nicholas Ware of Henderson Diversified Income 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 us. Additionally, if you would prefer […]

08 Dec 2021

India Capital Growth – The show must go on

The show must go on India has outperformed even the US over 2021, despite reportedly suffering from one of the deadliest waves of the COVID-19 pandemic earlier this year. Combined with improved stock selection and a new investment policy, India Capital Growth (IGC) has also seen performance shine through, says its advisor, Gaurav Narain. He […]

08 Dec 2021

India Capital Growth – The show must go on

The show must go on India has attracted a lot of attention over 2021 as it has outperformed even the US, despite suffering from one of the deadliest waves of the COVID-19 pandemic earlier this year. Combined with improved stock selection and its new investment policy, India Capital Growth (IGC) has also seen its performance […]

08 Dec 2021

India Capital Growth – The show must go on

The show must go on All eyes have been on India over 2021 as it has outperformed even the US, despite suffering from one of the deadliest waves of the COVID-19 pandemic earlier this year. Combined with improved stock selection and its new investment policy, India Capital Growth (IGC) has also seen its performance shine […]

08 Dec 2021

Temple Bar – No compromise

No compromise The turnaround in TMPL’s fortunes following the appointment of RWC as manager and a surge in ‘value’ stocks on hopes of an end to the pandemic has been dramatic. Frustratingly, the trust’s discount widened from the middle of April 2021, as investors fretted about the impact of new variants and switched back to […]

08 Dec 2021

Temple Bar – No compromise

No compromise The turnaround in TMPL’s fortunes following the appointment of RWC as manager and a surge in ‘value’ stocks on hopes of an end to the pandemic has been dramatic. However, the trust’s discount widened from the middle of April 2021, which may have been triggered by investors’ fears about the impact of new […]

08 Dec 2021

Temple Bar – No compromise

No compromise The turnaround in Temple Bar (TMPL)’s fortunes following the appointment of RWC as manager last November and a surge in ‘value’ stocks on hopes of an end to the COVID-19 pandemic has been dramatic. Frustratingly, the discount that the trust’s shares trade on relative to their net asset value widened from the middle […]

06 Dec 2021

QuotedData’s Investment Companies Roundup – December 2021

Investment Companies Monthly Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford and abrdn Performance The new Omicron COVID-19 variant dominated markets in November. Technology & media funds performed best, the MSCI All Countries World Information Technology Index rose by 6.2% over the month, indicating that investors were likely returning to the perceived pandemic-resistance of growth stocks. This […]

06 Dec 2021

QuotedData’s Real Estate Roundup – December 2021

Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by Aberdeen Standard Investments Performance data November’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the charts below. November ended under a cloud of uncertainty, with the discovery of the Omicron coronavirus variant threating a return of restrictions that have wreaked havoc in the property sector over the past two […]

06 Dec 2021

QuotedData’s Economic Roundup – December 2021

Economic and Political Monthly Roundup Kindly sponsored by Allianz 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 you to buy or […]

03 Dec 2021

Interview with Rob Crayfourd from CQS Natural Resources Growth & Income

In this week’s show, Matthew Read talked to Rob Crayfourd from CQS Natural Resources Growth & Income 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 us. Additionally, if […]

03 Dec 2021

North American Income Trust – Healthy dividend increases

Healthy dividend increases Unlike its AIC North America peers, North American Income Trust (NAIT) combines an income focus with having at least 90% of its assets invested in the US. NAIT’s manager, Fran Radano, says that, after more than a year of uncertainty around dividends, things finally seem to be normalising, with some companies reportedly […]

03 Dec 2021

North American Income Trust – Healthy dividend increases

Healthy dividend increases Unlike its AIC North America peers, North American Income Trust (NAIT) combines an income focus with having at least 90% of its assets invested in the US. After more than a year of uncertainty around dividends, things finally seem to be normalising, with some companies even increasing their dividends. Over the past […]

03 Dec 2021

North American Income Trust – Healthy dividend increases

Healthy dividend increases Unlike its AIC North America peers, North American Income Trust (NAIT) combines an income focus with having at least 90% of its assets invested in the US. After more than a year of uncertainty around dividends, things finally seem to be normalising, with some companies even increasing their dividends. Over the past […]

26 Nov 2021

JPMorgan Japanese – Investor update playback

QuotedData hosted a webinar with Nicholas Weindling of JPMorgan Asset Management to provide an update on JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust (JFJ). Nicholas discussed his current thoughts on the Japanese market, the company’s recent performance and the outlook for Japan. Follow the link below to view the update. Let us know if you have any questions […]

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