Research

01 Aug 2014

July 2014 Zero Dividend Preference numbers from QuotedData

July Zero Dividend Preference Shares We have updated the ZDP sheet for you with numbers from the morning of 4 July 2014. Bear in mind that the net asset value numbers that go into calculating the final asset cover may be out of date for funds that invest in assets such as private equity and […]

04 Jul 2014

June 2014 Zero Dividend numbers from QuotedData

June Zero Dividend Preference Share We have updated the ZDP sheet for you with numbers from the morning of 4 July 2014. Bear in mind that the net asset value numbers that go into calculating the final asset cover may be out of date for funds that invest in assets such as private equity and […]

04 Jul 2014
03 Jul 2014

QuotedData’s round up of views on the global economy for June 2014

June Macro Roundup by QUOTEDDATA Click on the link above for QuotedData’s collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from comments made by Chairman and managers of investment companies

03 Jul 2014

QuotedData Investment Companies roundup for June 2014

June 2014 QuotedData Investment Companies Monthly Please click the link above to read our monthly summary of news and events in the investment company sector during June 2014

13 Jun 2014
11 Jun 2014

Premier Energy & Water : PEW – A step change in performance

140610 PEW initiation QD Attached is a sponsored research note on Premier Energy & Water. Almost two years ago the management team and the investment style of Premier Energy and Water (PEW) changed with greater emphasis placed on maximising the company’s total return. The record since PEW’s revamp in the summer of 2012 is impressive; the […]

06 Jun 2014

Zero Dividend Preference Shares for May 2014

140531 ZDP We thought readers of the website might find it useful if we started to include more information on the split capital trusts, warrants, subscription shares and convertibles available in the investment company sector. As a start, here is a sheet that looks at the data for Zero Dividend Preference Shares for May 2014. […]

05 Jun 2014

Fidelity’s investment trust range

Fidelity’s investment trust range Fidelity currently manage five investment trusts – Fidelity Asian Values : FAV, Fidelity China Special Situations : FCSS, Fidelity European Values : FEV, Fidelity Japanese Values : FJV and Fidelity Special Values : FSV – our report explains their objectives and investment strategies and looks at their recent performance. We also take a look at […]

03 Jun 2014

QuotedData Investment Companies roundup for May 2014

140531 – monthly roundup Please click the link above to read our monthly summary of news and events in the investment company sector during May 2014

02 Jun 2014

QuotedData’s roundup of views on the global economy for May 2014

QuotedData’s roundup of views on the global economy for May 2014 May Macro Roundup by QUOTEDDATA Click on the link above for QuotedData’s collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from comments made by Chairman and managers of investment companies

08 May 2014

QuotedData’s roundup of views on the global economy for April 2014

April Macro roundup by QUOTEDDATA Click on the link above for QuotedData’s collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from comments made by Chairman and managers of investment companies

08 May 2014

QuotedData Investment Companies roundup for April 2014

QuotedData Investment Companies roundup for April 2014 140430 – monthly roundup Above is the link for the QuotedData monthly summary of news and events in the investment companies sector during April.

10 Apr 2014

QuotedData’s roundup of views on the global economy for March 2014

March Macro roundup by QUOTEDDATA Click on the link above for QuotedData’s collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from comments made by Chairman and managers of investment companies

08 Apr 2014

QuotedData Investment companies monthly roundup for March

140331 – monthly roundup Above is the link for the QuotedData monthly summary of news and events in the investment companies sector during March.

25 Jan 2014

Quoted Funds issues and repurchases over the past week

The biggest event in the quoted fund sector last week was New River Retail : NRR’s raising of £85m of new money – £10m more than they were going for. Other notable issuers of stock were: Polar Capital Financials : PCFT which raised £2.4m Ruffer : RICA which raised £2.4m Finsbury Growth & Income : FGT which […]

19 Jan 2014

Quoted Funds – recent issues and repurchases

JP Morgan American : JAM managed to raise the most money last week by issuing just over £6m worth of shares. Acorn Income did a trade whereby it issued and then immediately repurchased £9m worth or ordinary shares and zeros. The repurchased stock is being held in treasury. Doing a trade like this makes the […]

10 Jan 2014

Private equity funds in 2013

2013 was a year of mixed fortunes for the listed private equity sector. Some funds did exceptionally well but others, particularly those exposed to emerging markets saw falling NAVs and widening discounts. The recovery in 3i : III ‘s share price following the disclosure of Sherborne’s stake building in the fund pushed it close to the […]

09 Jan 2014

John Authers, FT, writes – Investment trusts trounce competition

In an article on the back of today’s FT John Authers draws attention to the excellent performance being generated by closed end funds versus their open-ended peers. We at QD think it is good to see the closed-end fund industry getting the recognition it deserves but unfortunately the article is also peppered with phrases such […]

03 Jan 2014

Best and worst performing closed end funds of 2013

Highly leveraged property funds feature prominently in the lists of both the best and worst performing funds of 2013 by share price Highest increases in share price Alpha UK Multi Property : AUMP +356% Treveria : TRV +200% Avanti Capital : AVA +114% Mirland Dvelopment Corp : MIR +106% Public Service Properties : PSPI +98% […]

02 Jan 2014

Macro Comment – A positive close to a vintage year

A positive close to a vintage year   ‘Its time the Fed moved away from ….an artificial world and allowed the economy to stand on its own. The process of getting back to more traditional definitions of ‘normal’ interest rates and economic activity will pose new challenges for investors, businesses, consumers and policy makers alike’. Financial […]

02 Jan 2014

Quoted Fund – recent issues and repurchases

Over Christmas and New Year activity tends to quieten down a bit and so we have combined the data for issues and repurchases over the past couple of weeks – this figures cover the period from 16 December – 31 December Finsbury Growth & Income : FGT raised most money – over £4.4m in total. […]

16 Dec 2013