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 […]
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% […]
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 […]
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. […]
Each week we’ll let you know which funds are growing and which are shrinking – please see the attached pdf: 131216-issues-and-repurchases