Investment Companies Quarterly Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford and Aberdeen Standard Investments From COVID to conflict 23 March 2022 marked two years since the UK’s nationwide lockdown was implemented in response to the outbreak of COVID-19. While cases and lockdowns are still occurring across the globe to varying degrees, it appears we are over the […]
Investment Companies Monthly Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford and abrdn Performance The Russo-Ukrainian conflict, which began at the end of February, worsened over March which, unsurprisingly, caused further volatility in global markets and a significant impact on energy, metals, and wheat prices. That has been good news for commodity exporting regions such as Latin […]
BMO Private Equity Trust (BPET) has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 December 2021. During the year, BPET provided an NAV total return of 35.8%, which it says compares against a total return from the All-Share Index for 2021 of 18.3 per cent. During the year, BPET’s share price discount to NAV […]
Investment Companies Monthly Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford and abrdn Performance Commodities & natural resources was the top-performing sector for a second month in a row, as energy prices soared even further following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The ongoing crisis has resulted in extreme volatility for the commodities market with Brent hitting almost $140-a-barrel, […]
Investment Companies Monthly Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford and abrdn Performance Equity markets didn’t get off to the best start in 2022, with most sectors down (see Appendix) and growth companies at the tail-end of them. This came as the direction of inflation and interest rates took a turn, with heavy hints of multiple […]
Investment Companies Annual Review 2021 Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford and Aberdeen Standard Investments Another one for the history books Just like the year before it, nobody is likely to forget 2021 in a hurry. The world remained consumed by the coronavirus pandemic and spread of new variants, but it was also the year we saw […]
Investment Companies Monthly Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford and abrdn Performance After a second year of navigating the uncertainty and volatility caused by the coronavirus pandemic, 2022 ended with an outbreak of the latest variant, Omicron. Though reportedly a milder version, the virus has proven extremely contagious, and lockdowns and restrictions have once more […]
Investment Companies Monthly Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford and abrdn Performance The new Omicron COVID-19 variant dominated markets in November. Technology & media funds performed best, the MSCI All Countries World Information Technology Index rose by 6.2% over the month, indicating that investors were likely returning to the perceived pandemic-resistance of growth stocks. This […]
More to go for Polar Capital Global Financials Trust (PCFT) has been having a great run and we are delighted to see it re-expanding. The bounce in the financials sector began with last year’s good news on vaccines. Restrictions on distributions are being lifted and, as defaults have remained low, banks are looking overcapitalised. There […]
More to go for Polar Capital Global Financials Trust (PCFT) has been having a good run of performance both in absolute and relative terms. It has also been re-expanding. The bounce in the financials sector coincided with last year’s good news on vaccines. Restrictions on distributions are being lifted and, as defaults have remained low, […]
