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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
In this week’s show, Jayna Rana and Richard Williams talked to David Cornell from India Capital Growth. 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 […]
On the 18th November QuotedData hosted the last of our three ESG focused webinars. This Governance webinar highligthed managers who actively engage with investee companies to ensure best practices are introduced and maintained and the shareholders are a key consideration in the management of businesses. We would like to thank all our speakers and our […]
On the 17th November QuotedData hosted the second of three ESG focused webinars. This Social webinar focused on investment companies providing corporate solutions to the society’s social needs. We would like to thank all our speakers and our attendees for joining us. Dunedin Income Growth – Ben Ritchie Civitas Social Housing – Paul Bridge Resonance […]
On the 16th November QuotedData hosted the first of three ESG focused webinars. This Environmental webinar began with opening remarks from Natalie Kenway of ESG Clarity and Julia Dreblow of SRI Services. We would like to thank all our speakers and our attendees for joining us. Opening Remarks – Natalie Kenway (ESG Clarity) and Julia […]
Since we last published in January of this year, Pacific Horizon (PHI) has continued with its trend of significant outperformance of both its peer group (where it is comfortably the top-performing trust) and the various indices that it benchmarks itself against. PHI, with its strong focus on growth, benefitted from a high allocation to technology […]
Since we last published in January of this year, Pacific Horizon (PHI) has continued with its trend of exceptional outperformance of both its peer group (where it is comfortably the top-performing trust) and the various indices that it benchmarks itself against. PHI, with its strong focus on growth, benefitted from a high allocation to technology […]
Since we last published in January of this year, Pacific Horizon (PHI) has continued with its trend of exceptional outperformance of both its Asia Pacific peer group (where it is comfortably the top-performing trust) and the various indices that it benchmarks itself against. PHI, with its strong focus on growth, benefitted from a high allocation […]
In this week’s show, James Carthew talked to Iain McCombie from Baillie Gifford UK 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 […]
More to go for Polar Capital Global Financials Trust (PCFT) has been having a great run and we are delighted to see it re-expanding. The bounce in the financials sector began with last year’s good news on vaccines. Restrictions on distributions are being lifted and, as defaults have remained low, banks are looking overcapitalised. There […]
More to go for Polar Capital Global Financials Trust (PCFT) has been having a good run of performance both in absolute and relative terms. It has also been re-expanding. The bounce in the financials sector coincided with last year’s good news on vaccines. Restrictions on distributions are being lifted and, as defaults have remained low, […]
More to go for Polar Capital Global Financials Trust (PCFT) has been having a great run of performance and we are delighted to see it re-expanding, with over 148m shares issued since 31 October 2020. The bounce in the financials sector began with last year’s good news on vaccines. Restrictions on dividends and share buy […]
Short shrift to short seller An attack by an activist short seller on the fabric of Civitas Social Housing (CSH), coinciding with it falling out of the FTSE 250 index, appears to have driven down CSH’s share price in recent months. CSH has published a strong rebuttal (details of the claims and CSH’s response are […]
Short shrift to short seller An unwarranted attack by an activist short seller on the fabric of Civitas Social Housing (CSH), coinciding with it falling out of the FTSE 250 index, has driven down CSH’s share price in recent months. CSH has published a strong rebuttal (details of the claims and CSH’s response are on […]
Short shrift to short seller An unwarranted attack by an activist short seller on the fabric of Civitas Social Housing (CSH), coinciding with it falling out of the FTSE 250 index, has driven down CSH’s share price in recent months. CSH has published a strong rebuttal (details of the claims and CSH’s response are on […]
Ducks in a row Lar España Real Estate has lined up its ducks ready for a growth push, having trod water successfully through the COVID-19 pandemic. The group has made significant headway in improving the ESG-credentials of its more than €1.4bn shopping centre and retail park portfolio, so much so that it was able to […]
Ducks in a row Lar España Real Estate has lined up its ducks ready for a growth push, having trod water successfully through the COVID-19 pandemic. The group has made significant headway in improving the environmental, social and governance (ESG) credentials of its more than €1.4bn shopping centre and retail park portfolio, so much so […]
Ducks in a row Lar España Real Estate has lined up its ducks ready for a growth push, having trod water through the COVID-19 pandemic. The group believes that it has made significant headway in improving the ESG-credentials of its more than €1.4bn shopping centre and retail park portfolio, so much so that it was […]
In this week’s show, James Carthew talked to Helen Steers from Pantheon 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 to watch […]
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 […]
Investment Companies Monthly Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford and abrdn Performance October saw somewhat of a turnaround for a number of sectors with Japan funds back among the worst performers after a brief uptick during the previous month, and the commodities & natural resources sector back at the top of the best performers list […]
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by Aberdeen Standard Investments Performance data October’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the chart below. The best performing real estate funds in October were mainly sector specialists, however, the property generalists had a good month too, led by BMO Real Estate Investments. The company saw its share […]
In this week’s show, James Carthew talked to Rory Bateman of Schroder British Opportunities 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 […]
Ross Teverson and Matt Piggott from Jupiter Asset Management provided an update on Jupiter Emerging & Frontier Income Trust (JEFI). Ross and Matt discussed JEFI’s unique investment objective, its focus on sustainable income growth and the wide range of companies the team is able to access in emerging and frontier markets. A live audience put […]
Caution wins out in the end After another challenging six months since our last note, with initially unscathed Asia finally being hit hard by COVID-19, Aberdeen New Dawn (ABD) has maintained its strong performance, suggesting that it can be resilient in down markets. But the manager says the numbers also reflect ABD’s long-standing caution over […]
Caution wins out in the end After another challenging six months since our last note, with initially unscathed Asia finally being hit hard by COVID-19, Aberdeen New Dawn (ABD) has maintained its strong performance, showing it can still be resilient in falling markets. However, the manager says the numbers also reflect ABD’s long-standing caution over […]
Caution wins out in the end After another challenging six months since our last note, with initially unscathed Asia finally being hit hard by COVID-19, Aberdeen New Dawn (ABD) has maintained its strong performance, showing it can still be resilient in down markets. But the manager says the numbers also reflect ABD’s long-standing caution over […]
BB Biotech – Interview with Dr. Daniel Koller BB Biotech invests in companies in the fast growing market of biotechnology and is one of the world’s largest investors in this sector with more than 25 years of experience. Dr. Daniel Koller is Head of the Investment Management Team for BB Biotech AG. He studied biochemistry […]
