Ecofin US Renewables Infrastructure Trust Investment companies | Annual overview | 26 January 2023 Back on track Ecofin US Renewables Infrastructure Trust’s (RNEW’s) share price moved from a premium to net asset value (NAV) to a discount in July 2022 as the original fund management team resigned. The portfolio assembled is solid, performing well and […]

Review 2022 Annual roundup | Investment companies | January 2023 Kindly sponsored by abrdn A year to forget? Any optimism that investors felt going into 2022 was dashed in February with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Resultant jumps in energy and food prices helped entrench inflation, requiring more aggressive interest rate hikes from central banks. Investments […]

Real Estate Annual Review Kindly sponsored by abrdn The year the rug was pulled out 2022 will be remembered as the year that the rug was pulled from under the property sector. Having benefitted from decades of low interest rates, which had fuelled debt-ladened deals and piqued the appetite of global investors looking for more […]

In this week’s show, James Carthew spoke to Stephanie Sirota from RTW Venture Fund. 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 on [email protected]. Additionally, if you would […]

CLSC Initial Public Offering Investment companies | IPO note – update | 17 January 2023 Conviction Life Sciences Company (CLSC) has a target issuance of up to 100m ordinary shares at 100p per share as part of the company’s initial issue, equal to an initial market cap of up to £100m. CLSC is being launched […]

  CLSC Initial Public Offering Investment companies | IPO note – update | 17 January 2023 Conviction Life Sciences Company (CLSC) has a target issuance of up to 100m ordinary shares at 100p per share as part of the company’s initial issue, equal to an initial market cap of up to £100m. CLSC is being […]

In this week’s show, James Carthew spoke to Thao Ngo from Vietnam Enterprise. 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 on [email protected]. Additionally, if you would prefer […]

Negotiating choppy waters High interest rates have hit the share price of real estate companies, with those in sectors with low investment yields, such as logistics, particularly impacted. abrdn European Logistics Income (ASLI) is no different and the market turmoil has seen its discount widen to 34.0% – in line with its UK peers despite […]

Negotiating choppy waters It appears that high interest rates have hit the share price of real estate companies, with those in sectors with low investment yields, such as logistics, particularly impacted. abrdn European Logistics Income (ASLI) is no different and the market turmoil has seen its discount widen to 34.0% – in line with its […]

Negotiating choppy waters High interest rates have hit the share prices of real estate companies, with those in sectors with low investment yields, such as logistics, particularly impacted. abrdn European Logistics Income (ASLI) is no different and the market turmoil has seen its share price discount to net asset value (NAV) widen to 34.0% – […]

Bluefield Solar Income Fund Investment companies | Annual overview | 12 January 2023 Politicians cloud otherwise bright future There are a lot of moving parts that go into making Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF) run smoothly. However, the net result should be a fund that offers investors attractive, relatively predictable and largely inflation-linked levels of […]

Bluefield Solar Income Fund Investment companies | Annual overview | 12 January 2023 Politicians cloud otherwise bright future? There are a lot of moving parts that go into making Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF) run smoothly. However, when brought together as one, the aim is that BSIF should be a fund that offers investors attractive, […]

Bluefield Solar Income Fund Investment companies | Annual overview | 12 January 2023 Politicians cloud otherwise bright future As we describe in this note, there are a lot of moving parts that go into making Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF) run smoothly. However, the net result should be a fund that offers investors attractive, relatively […]

Herald Investment Trust Investment companies | Annual overview | 11 January 2023 Efficiency savings While Herald Investment Trust (HRI), like many other technology and growth-focused strategies, has been caught up in the grips of 2022’s market selloff, the fundamentals of many of the companies in its portfolio have remained largely unscathed. In fact, HRI’s management […]

Herald Investment Trust Investment companies | Annual overview | 11 January 2023 Efficiency savings While Herald Investment Trust (HRI), like many other technology and growth-focused strategies, appears to have been caught up in the grips of 2022’s market selloff, its manager says that the fundamentals of many of the companies in its portfolio have remained […]

Herald Investment Trust Investment companies | Annual overview | 11 January 2023 Efficiency savings While Herald Investment Trust (HRI), like many other technology and growth-focused strategies, has been caught up in the grips of 2022’s market selloff, the fundamentals of many of the companies in its portfolio have remained largely unscathed. In fact, the management […]

In this week’s show, James Carthew spoke to Andrew McHattie from Investment Trust Newsletter. If there is a guest speaker you’d particularly like to hear from, please email us on [email protected]. Additionally, if you would prefer to watch and ask questions live, please join us every Friday at 11am.

Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by abrdn Performance data December’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the charts below. 2022 ended with another difficult month for property companies as the sector continues to get to grips with the impact of higher interest rates. There were several funds that performed well during December, however. […]

Economic and Political Monthly Roundup Investment companies | Monthly | January 2023 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 […]

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 […]

Henderson High Income Investment companies | Update | 21 December 2022 Does what it says on the tin Whilst 2022 has been a harrowing year for many trusts, Henderson High Income Trust (HHI) has generated a positive 12-month NAV return and still offers an attractive dividend yield, one of the highest amongst its peers (see […]

Henderson High Income Investment companies | Update | 21 December 2022 Does what it says on the tin Whilst 2022 has been a harrowing year for many trusts, Henderson High Income Trust (HHI) has generated a positive 12-month NAV return and still offers a yield that ranks as one of the highest amongst its peers. […]

Henderson High Income Investment companies | Update | 21 December 2022 Does what it says on the tin Whilst 2022 has been a harrowing year for many trusts, Henderson High Income Trust (HHI) has generated a positive 12-month NAV return and still offers an attractive yield, one of the highest amongst its peers. Manager David […]

Going for growth Pan-African property company Grit Real Estate Income Group (Grit) says that it is on track to complete the acquisition of a controlling stake in developer Gateway Real Estate Africa (GREA) by May next year, which it says has the potential to unlock NAV and income growth. GREA’s pipeline of development projects includes […]

Going for growth Pan-African property company Grit Real Estate Income Group (Grit) is on track to complete the acquisition of a controlling stake in developer Gateway Real Estate Africa (GREA) by May next year, which would unlock considerable potential for NAV and income growth. GREA’s attractive pipeline of development projects includes diplomatic housing let to […]

Going for growth Pan-African property company Grit Real Estate Income Group (Grit) is on track to complete the acquisition of a controlling stake in developer Gateway Real Estate Africa (GREA) by May next year, which would unlock considerable potential for net asset value (NAV) and income growth for the fund. GREA’s attractive pipeline of development […]

Laser focus on the basics The discount rating amongst the real estate sector has widened dramatically since the end of September after the disastrous ‘mini’-budget spooked gilt markets and sent bond yields above property yields. Things have since calmed down to some degree and even though the repricing of real estate has further to play […]

Laser focus on the basics Share price discounts to net asset values (NAVs) amongst commercial real estate companies has widened dramatically since the end of September after the disastrous ‘mini’-budget spooked gilt markets and sent bond yields above property yields (implying that property yields will rise, and values fall). Things have since calmed down to […]

Laser focus on the basics The discount rating amongst the UK real estate sector has widened dramatically since the end of September after the ‘mini’-budget caused bond yields to rise above property yields. Gilts have reduced since October and even though the repricing of real estate is likely to have further to play out, abrdn […]