On the rebound Seneca Global Income & Growth Trust’s (SIGT’s) UK-biased value style and mid-cap exposure suffered heavily during the first quarter of 2020 as markets collapsed – its NAV fell by some 30.4%. However, the manager used the rout to take advantage of deep value opportunities (increasing exposure to UK equities, for example) and […]
QuotedData’s property summer conference – weekly webinar series Throughout the month QuotedData hosted a weekly webinar property conference. The series covered 18 property companies. We would like to thank all our speakers for providing their thoughts on property markets and our attendees for joining us. Click below to watch the recordings – Week 1 Aberdeen […]
QuotedData’s property summer conference – weekly webinar series Throughout the month QuotedData hosted a weekly webinar property conference. The series covered 18 property companies. We would like to thank all our speakers for providing their thoughts on property markets and our attendees for joining us. Click below to watch the recordings – Week 1 Aberdeen […]
In this week’s show, James Carthew talked to Steven Tredget of Oakley Capital Investments about the trust, it is managed and the wide (double) discount that it trades on. Watch it again here If you were looking for James Carthew’s roundup of the week’s news, this is now in the news section (seemed more logical!) […]
Preference shares paying dividends Shires Income (SHRS) has been weathering the dividend crisis better than many of its peers. Holding a portfolio of preference shares, which contribute over 30% to income generation – and, crucially, have not been affected by regulatory restrictions on dividends – is a major competitive advantage. SHRS’s manager, Iain Pyle, expects […]
Preference shares paying dividends Shires Income (SHRS) has been weathering the storm of dividend cuts better than many of its peers. Holding a portfolio of preference shares, which contribute over 30% to income generation – and, crucially, have not been affected by regulatory restrictions on dividends – has proved to be a major competitive advantage. […]
COVID-19 is creating havoc in some parts of the property sector but others are thriving. On Wednesday 29th July we held the fourth of our summer property webinars where the managers of Triple Point Social Housing, CEIBA Limited, Supermarket Income REIT, Schroder European Real Estate Investment Trust gave presentations on their fund, the property sector as a whole and […]
Interview with Craig Baker on Alliance Trust In this week’s show, James Carthew talked to Craig Baker, chief investment officer of Willis Towers Watson and chairman of the investment committee of Alliance Trust. Craig explains how the global investment trust is managed. Watch it again here We’ll be back next week (31 July at 11am), […]
COVID-19 is creating havoc in some parts of the property sector but others are thriving. On Wednesday 22nd July we held the third of our summer property webinars where the managers of BMO Commericial Property Trust, Standard Life Investments Property Income, Hibernia REIT and Grit Real Estate Income Group gave presentations on their fund, the property sector as a […]
Favourable style and structure Henderson Diversified Income (HDIV) is managed with a distinct investment style which favours businesses with sustainable cash flows. Some of the sectors that have been worst affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, such as airlines and energy, were therefore absent from the portfolio. The managers took advantage of HDIV’s closed-end structure to […]
Favourable style and structure Henderson Diversified Income (HDIV) is managed with a distinct investment style which favours businesses with sustainable cash flows. Some of the sectors that have been worst affected by the pandemic, such as airlines and energy, were therefore absent from the portfolio. The managers took advantage of HDIV’s closed-end structure to take […]
James Carthew’s weekly news roundup show for Friday, 17 July, covers Personal Assets’ great track record and another dilutive share issue from Adamas Finance Asia, and an interview with Nick Wood, head of Investment Trust Research at Quilter Cheviot. Listen back here If there is a guest speaker you’d particularly like to hear from, please […]
Real Estate Quarterly Roundup Kindly sponsored by Aberdeen Standard Investments A polarised lens The covid-19 pandemic continued to wreak havoc in the real estate in the second quarter, but a polarisation of sectors and funds has started to become apparent. Companies focused on the retail, leisure and hospitality property sectors had already seen huge negative […]
COVID-19 is creating havoc in some parts of the property sector but others are thriving. On Wednesday 15th July we held the second of our summer property webinars where the managers of Tritax Eurobox, Ground Rents Income Fund, BMO Real Estate Investment Trust, Civitas Social Housing and UK Commercial Property REIT gave presentations on their fund, […]
Share price out of sync? Private equity fund of funds, like Standard Life Private Equity (SLPE), have been on the periphery of the recovery in risk assets. Investors have attempted to anticipate the COVID-19 impact on NAV), given the lag in valuing unlisted companies, but have failed to reflect the rebound in markets. With its […]
Share price out of sync? Private equity fund of funds, like Standard Life Private Equity (SLPE), have been on the periphery of the recovery in global stocks. Investors have attempted to anticipate the COVID-19 impact on net asset value (NAV), given the lag in valuing private companies, but have failed to reflect the rebound in […]
Africa, substantially de-risked Grit Real Estate Income Group (Grit) is flying the flag for African real estate investment. The significant growth potential of the continent’s emerging economies has always come with some degree of risk attached to it. However, Grit’s investment strategy enables it to retain exposure to that growth potential, while substantially de-risking it […]
Africa, substantially de-risked Grit Real Estate Income Group (Grit) is flying the flag for African real estate investment. The significant growth potential of the continent’s emerging economies has always gone hand-in-hand with some degree of risk. Grit’s investment strategy, however, retains exposure to that growth potential, while substantially de-risking it through US dollar and euro […]
Investment Companies Quarterly Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford and Aberdeen Standard Investments Table of contents In this issue Performance data Positive movers Negative movers Discounts and premiums Getting more expensive Getting cheaper Money in and out Money in Money out Major news stories Upcoming Events New research Guide The legal bit When the going gets […]
James Carthew’s weekly news roundup show for Friday, 10 July, covers Atlantis Japan’s wide discount, the failings of SQN Asset Finance Income, the success of Primary Healthcare Properties, and an interview with Alan Gauld, manager of Standard Life Private Equity. Listen back here If there is a guest speaker you’d particularly like to hear from, […]
COVID-19 is creating havoc in some parts of the property sector but others are thriving. On Wednesday 8th July we held the first of our summer property webinars where the managers of Aberdeen Standard European Logistics Income, TR Property Investment Trust, Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust, LondonMetric Property and Tritax Big Box REIT gave presentations on their fund, the property sector […]
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by Aberdeen Standard Investments Performance data June’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the chart below. Uncertainty caused by the covid-19 pandemic continued to weigh on property stocks in June and we had the first real casualty in Intu Properties, which collapsed into administration. A number of companies […]
Investment Companies Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford and Aberdeen Standard Investments Table of contents New research Performance data Discounts and premiums Money in and out Major news stories Income Events Guide Appendix – Performance by sector full list New research Here is a list of research we published over June: CQS New City High Yield – […]
Economic & Political Roundup Kindly sponsored by Allianz A collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen 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 sell […]
James Carthew’s weekly news roundup show for Friday, 3 July, covers the demise of Aberdeen Frontier Markets, good results from Civitas Social Housing, updates on Syncona, NextEnergy Solar and Gore Street Energy Storage, comment on discount and share price moves from Andrew McHattie, and an interview with Paul Niven, manager of F&C Investment Trust. Listen […]
Sitting pretty At the height of the market turmoil, CQS New City High Yield (NCYF) saw its share price fall faster and further than its NAV (to 27p), before rapidly recovering. The market has been concerned about the ability of the issuers of the bonds held by NCYF to meet their obligations in the face […]
Sitting pretty At the height of the market turmoil in March, CQS New City High Yield (NCYF) saw its share price fall faster and further than its NAV (to 27p), before rapidly recovering. The market has been concerned about the ability of the issuers of the bonds held by NCYF to meet their obligations in […]
James Carthew’s weekly news roundup show for Friday, 26 June, covers BioPharma Credit, the UK office market and the collapse of intu. It also includes an interview with James Henderson and Laura Foll, co-managers of Lowland Investment Trust. Listen back here If there is a guest speaker you’d particularly like to hear from, please email us […]
Potential strategy in COVID-19 The SARS-Cov-2 pandemic presents Sareum with an unexpected opportunity to test its lead TYK2 inhibitor, SDC-1801, in COVID-19. Such a move would require external funding, but could accelerate clinical development timelines and catalyse a substantial increase in value. Meanwhile, the recent £1m fundraising allows Sareum to advance SDC-1801 towards trials for […]
Potential strategy in COVID-19 The pandemic presents Sareum with an unexpected opportunity to test its lead TYK2 inhibitor, SDC-1801, in COVID-19. Such a move would require external funding, but this could accelerate clinical development timelines and catalyse a substantial increase in value for the company. Meanwhile, the recent £1m fundraising allows Sareum to advance SDC-1801 […]
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