In QuotedData’s morning briefing 16 October 2023: Asset Value Investors (AVI) has appointed Nick Greenwood to continue managing MIGO Opportunities Trust (MIGO). He will continue to work alongside co-manager Charlotte Cuthbertson, who joined AVI in July. Nick has worked with MIGO since its launch in 2004. Syncona (SYNC) has announced that its portfolio company Anaveon […]
Economic and Political Monthly Roundup Investment companies | Monthly | October 2023 Reading the headlines, it still feels that we are trying to walk across a frozen lake. While none have yet to fall though, cracks are starting to appear, and some are certainly closer to making it to the other side than others. In […]
October 2023 Monthly roundup | Investment companies Kindly sponsored by abrdn Winners and losers in September 2023 September was defined by the ongoing US bond selloff, with global markets trending down in sympathy. Investment trust returns were negative on average for the month, although several sectors still achieved positive returns. The Royalties sector was the […]
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by abrdn Performance data September’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the charts below. Investor sentiment towards property stocks continues to wane, with the median share price of REITs and listed property companies down another 2.4% over the month of September – and 14.8% in the year to […]
JPMorgan UK Smaller Companies (JMI) has published its annual results for the year ended 31 July 2023, during which it provided an NAV total return of -5.0% and a share price total return of -4.4%, which compare to a return on its benchmark, the Numis Smaller Companies plus AIM Index (excluding investment companies), of -4.6%. […]
Target Healthcare REIT reported a 6.9% fall in EPRA net tangible assets (NTA) to 104.5p per share in full year results to 30 June 2023. The care home landlord said that valuations had stabilised over the second half of its financial year following the impact of higher interest rates in the first half. Uplifts of […]
For those that joined our annual investment trust forum yesterday, either via the online live-stream or in person, the discounts to net asset value (NAV) that are currently prevailing within the sector, most notably in the alternative income subsectors although very few areas have been left unscathed, were a big part of the discussion. David […]
Macau Property Opportunities (MPO) has announced its annual results for the year ended 30 June 2023. During the first six months of the financial year, Macau was subject to strict dynamic zero-COVID regulations, in lockstep with mainland China. At the beginning of 2023, however, COVID controls were rapidly relaxed, triggering a dramatic economic recovery which […]
SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust (SEIT) has acquired the outstanding balance of loan facilities secured against an operational portfolio of LED lighting projects, in the USA, held by Future Energy Solutions Lighting Holdings (FES), which is already a SEIT portfolio company. SEIT acquired the loan for approximately $31m (£25m) and its purchase gives SEIT the […]
Valeria Martinez, Investment Week, 29 September 2023: Digital 9 Infrastructure (DGI9) shares fell by nearly 40% on Thursday (28 September), as shareholder confidence and hopes for the successful turnaround of the troubled trust dwindle. The share price plunge followed the board scrapping its 6p dividend target for the 2023 financial year and not declare a […]
