Investment Companies Research

31 May 2017
Blue Capital Alternative Income - Uncorrelated yield opportunity

Blue Capital Alternative Income – Uncorrelated yield opportunity

Blue Capital Alternative Income – Uncorrelated yield opportunity Marten & Co published our initiation note on Blue Capital Alternative Income, a company in the Specialist Funds – Insurance and Reinsurance sector Blue Capital Alternative Income Fund Limited (BCAI) helps insure the insurers, diversifying its portfolio across a range of potential catastrophes. This business is largely uncorrelated with […]

31 May 2017

Blue Capital Alternative Income – Uncorrelated yield opportunity

QuotedData is publishing an initiation note on a company in the Specialist Funds – Insurance and Reinsurance sector: Blue Capital Alternative Income – Uncorrelated yield opportunity Blue Capital Alternative Income Fund Limited (BCAI) helps insure the insurers, diversifying its portfolio across a range of potential catastrophes. This business is largely uncorrelated with traditional investment markets, […]

23 May 2017

Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust – Structural growth, low volatility and high income

Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust – Structural growth, low volatility and high income Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust (EGL) invests in utilities and other economic infrastructure equities (see definition on page 4) and is looking to deliver a total return (capital gains and income) of 6-12% per annum to shareholders over time. These sectors […]

23 May 2017

Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust – Structural growth, low volatility and high income

Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust (EGL) invests in utilities and other economic infrastructure equities (see definition on page 4) and is looking to deliver a total return (capital gains and income) of 6-12% per annum to shareholders over time. These sectors are traditionally less volatile than global equities in general, and the manager expects […]

16 May 2017

Drum Income Plus REIT – Delivering on promises

Drum Income Plus REIT – Delivering on promises. Marten & Co published an update note on Drum Income Plus REIT (DRIP), a company in the UK property sector DRUM Income Plus REIT focuses on acquiring properties overlooked by large institutional and overseas buyers (smaller lot sizes, multi-let). It provided an NAV total return of 2.4% in Q1 2017 […]

16 May 2017

Drum Income Plus REIT – Delivering on promises

QuotedData is publishing a new update note on a company in the UK property sector: Drum Income Plus REIT – Delivering on promises DRUM Income Plus REIT (DRIP) focuses on acquiring properties overlooked by large institutional and overseas buyers (smaller lot sizes, multi-let). It provided an NAV total return of 2.4% in Q1 2017 (1.6% […]

16 May 2017

QuotedData investment companies roundup – May 2017

QuotedData investment companies roundup: Our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of April 2017. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. Money in: The only new launch in April was EJF Investments, a £69m fund trying to take advantage of […]

16 May 2017

QuotedData’s economic round up – May 2017

QuotedData’s economic round up – May 2017 is 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 […]

15 May 2017

Polar Capital Global Healthcare – Extended life, new objective

Polar Capital Global Healthcare – Extended life, new objective is a note that Marten & Co wrote for QuotedData that explains the workings of the company. Polar Capital Global Healthcare (PCGH or the company) is an investment trust, that listed on the London Stock Exchange in 2010. PCGH is managed by a team led by […]

04 May 2017

Henderson Diversified Income Trust – Onshore, on-message, onform

Henderson Diversified Income Trust – Shift to onshore. Marten & Co has published our first note, as we initiate our research on HDIV. Henderson Diversified Income Trust (HDIV) has completed its move to a UK domicile and, from both its board and managers’ perspective, it is business as usual. With the freedom to access the whole […]

04 May 2017

Henderson Diversified Income Trust – Shift to onshore

Henderson Diversified Income Trust plc (HDIV) has completed its move to a UK domicile and, from both its board and managers’ perspective, it is business as usual. With the freedom to access the whole of the fixed and floating rate income market in search of returns, its managers remain focused on producing an attractive yield […]

10 Apr 2017

QuotedData investment companies roundup – April 2017

Our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of February 2017. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. April Investment Companies Roundup    

10 Apr 2017

QuotedData’s round up of views on the global economy – April 2017

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 any of the companies mentioned. Kindly sponsored […]

29 Mar 2017

India Capital Growth – Full steam ahead

India Capital Growth – Full steam ahead With last year’s successful subscription share exercise (discussed in Marten & Co’s last note) pushing India Capital Growth (IGC)’s net assets through the £100m mark; strong performance relative to peers; and buoyant conditions in India, IGC’s focus is now on driving down the discount that its shares trade […]

29 Mar 2017

India Capital Growth – Full steam ahead

With last year’s successful subscription share exercise (discussed in QuotedData’s last note) pushing India Capital Growth (IGC)’s net assets through the £100m mark; strong performance relative to peers; and buoyant conditions in India, IGC’s focus is now on driving down the discount that its shares trade at relative to its net asset value. Recent poll […]

22 Mar 2017

Strategic Equity Capital – Business as usual

Strategic Equity Capital – Business as usual is a note that Marten & Co wrote to explain the impact of Stuart Widdowson’s resignation as manager of Strategic Equity Capital. Strategic Equity Capital – Business as usual Strategic Equity Capital (SEC) announced Stuart Widdowson’s departure from GVQ Investment Management on 7 February 2017. GVQ stress that it is […]

22 Mar 2017

Strategic Equity Capital – “Business as usual”

Strategic Equity Capital – “Business as usual” is a note that Marten & Co wrote for QuotedData that explains the impact of Stuart Widdowson’s resignation as manager of Strategic Equity Capital. Strategic Equity Capital (SEC) announced Stuart Widdowson’s departure from GVQ Investment Management on 7 February 2017. GVQ stress that it is “business as usual” […]

15 Mar 2017

QuotedData’s round up of views on the global economy – March 2017

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 any of the companies mentioned. Kindly sponsored […]

15 Mar 2017

QuotedData investment companies roundup – March 2017

Our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of February 2017. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. March Investment Companies Roundup

13 Mar 2017

Martin Currie Closed-End Funds Snapshot

Martin Currie Closed-End Funds Snapshot – In this publication, Martin & Co takes a look at Edinburgh-based fund manager, Martin Currie and provide a snapshot of its three investment trusts – Securities Trust of Scotland (STS), Martin Currie Global Portfolio (MNP) and Martin Currie Asia Unconstrained (MCP).Preview Changes (opens in a new window) Securities Trust of […]

13 Mar 2017

Martin Currie Closed-End Funds Snapshot

In this publication, we take a look at Edinburgh-based fund manager, Martin Currie and provide a snapshot of its three investment trusts – Securities Trust of Scotland (STS), Martin Currie Global Portfolio (MNP) and Martin Currie Asia Unconstrained (MCP). Securities Trust of Scotland Mark Whitehead became the manager of Securities Trust of Scotland’s portfolio in […]

10 Mar 2017

Seneca Global Income & Growth – Celebrating five years since strategy change

Seneca Global Income & Growth – Celebrating five years since strategy change, Marten & Co published an update note on Seneca Global Income & Growth (SIGT), a company in the Flexible Investment sector: Seneca Global Income & Growth – Celebrating five years since strategy change It has been five years since Seneca Global Income and Growth Trust (SIGT) changed […]

10 Mar 2017

Seneca Global Income & Growth – Celebrating five years since strategy change

QuotedData is publishing a new update note on a company in the Flexible Investment sector: Seneca Global Income & Growth – Celebrating five years since strategy change It has been five years since Seneca Global Income and Growth Trust (SIGT) changed its strategy to allow its managers greater flexibility in managing its multi-asset portfolio. As […]

09 Mar 2017

JPMorgan Russian Securities – Russian recovery

JPMorgan Russian Securities – Russian recovery Marten & Co publishes its initiation note on JPMorgan Russian Securities (JRS) The Russian market has been rebounding on the back of a strengthening oil price but remains one of the cheapest emerging markets. The manager thinks the market could rise further from here. The economy is on an improving […]

09 Mar 2017

JPMorgan Russian Securities – Russian recovery

The Russian market has been rebounding on the back of a strengthening oil price but remains one of the cheapest emerging markets. The manager thinks the market could rise further from here. The economy is on an improving trend but, the manager believes that, if President Trump eases sanctions, this could provide a significant tailwind. […]

03 Mar 2017

Aberdeen Frontier Markets- Direct investing

Aberdeen Frontier Markets- Direct investing On 9 December 2016, the board of Aberdeen Frontier Markets (AFMC) announced that take up of its 100% tender offer had exceeded expectations. After deliberating on the future of the fund, the board is asking shareholders to approve a shift to direct investing in frontier markets. Shareholders still have the […]

03 Mar 2017

Aberdeen Frontier Markets – Direct investing

On 9 December 2016, the board of Aberdeen Frontier Markets (AFMC) announced that take up of its 100% tender offer had exceeded expectations. After deliberating on the future of the fund, the board is asking shareholders to approve a shift to direct investing in frontier markets. Shareholders still have the opportunity of a cash exit […]

21 Feb 2017

Standard Life Private Equity – Dividend doubled to 4.0%

Standard Life Private Equity – Dividend doubled to 4.0%; Marten& Co published a note on Standard Life Private Equity, a company in the private equity sector Standard Life Private Equity Trust (SLPE), formerly Standard Life European Private Equity, is implementing a package of measures to refine its strategy that includes a significantly higher dividend, the removal of size […]

21 Feb 2017

Standard Life Private Equity – Dividend doubled to 4.0%

QuotedData has published a new note on a company in the private equity sector: Standard Life Private Equity – Dividend doubled to 4.0% Standard Life Private Equity Trust (SLPE), formerly Standard Life European Private Equity, is implementing a package of measures to refine its strategy that includes a significantly higher dividend, the removal of size […]

14 Feb 2017

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