Witan Investment Trust (WTAN) says its CEO Andrew Bell intends to step down this year after 14 years in the job. The board is taking this opportunity to review Witan’s management arrangements as well as beginning the search for his replacement. [QD comment: It has to be acknowledged that the trust’s returns have been poor. […]
The board of abrdn Property Income Trust (API) has said it would not recommend the Urban Logistics REIT (SHED) proposed bid or new proposal (see details below) for the company on the current terms, reaffirming its recommendation of the Custodian Property Income REIT (CREI) bid. SHED has until the close of play on Friday (15 […]
AVI Japan Opportunity’s results for 2023 show it continuing to pull ahead of its benchmark. For the 12 month period ended 31 December 2023, AVI Japan Opportunity generated an NAV total return of 15.8% and a share price total return of 14.8%, both well ahead of the 6.9% return on the MSCI Japan Small Cap […]
Schroder Asian Total Return has published its final results for the year ended 31 December 2023. Returns were good, with a NAV total return of 8.8% coming in well ahead of the 1.3% return posted by the MSCI All Countries Asia ex Japan Index. Shareholders got a return of 10.3%, helped by a narrowing discount. […]
The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG) says that it has exchanged contracts for the sale of its 100% equity interest in Pallas, an onshore wind farm located in the Republic of Ireland, for a consideration of €62m. The proceeds from the sale represent a 15% premium to the last published valuation as at 31 December 2023. The […]
Economic and Political Roundup Investment companies | Monthly | March 2024 Despite further geopolitical uncertainty, US growth appeared undeterred, and the inflation rate continued on its downward trend, strengthening the likelihood of a soft landing. However, the inflation rate was higher than had been expected and the US central bank (the Federal Reserve or Fed) […]
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by abrdn Performance data February’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the charts below. It was another month of disappointing share price performance for the real estate sector, as the timing of the fabled interest rate cuts that could kick start a recovery in the sector remains unclear […]
March 2024 Monthly | Investment companies Kindly sponsored by abrdn Winners and losers in February 2024 The key drivers of market moves in February can be summarised as: a renewed fixation on AI; rising yields in response to higher than anticipated inflation in some markets; and rebounds in a number of markets that suffered during […]
Alliance Trust and F&C Investment Trust are two of the largest investment trusts offering investors access to a global portfolio of shares. Both are well over 100 years old, with a good track record of adapting to changing circumstances. There has always been something of a rivalry between them, but it feels to me as […]
BlackRock World Mining (BRWM) has released its annual results for the year ended 31 December 2023, during which it provided NAV and share price total returns of -6.2% and -10.4% respectively. In comparison, it says that its reference index, the MSCI ACWI Metals & Mining 30% Buffer 10/40 Index (net total return), returned +2.4%, the […]
