Research

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. […]