Healthy yield attracts investors The managers of International Biotechnology Trust (IBT) have focused its portfolio in oncology (cancer), diseases of the central nervous system and rare diseases – areas where pricing pressure on drugs and other therapies is less of an issue. This should cushion IBT as we approach election year in the US and […]
Healthy yield attracts investors The managers of International Biotechnology Trust (IBT) have focused its portfolio in oncology, diseases of the central nervous system and rare diseases – areas where pricing pressure is less of an issue. This should cushion the trust as we approach election year and (as is usually the case in the US […]
Woodford Patient Capital discount widens despite NAV growth – Woodford Patient Capital, which mainly invests in early-stage unquoteds, delivered an NAV return of 6.9% in 2018, with several of its more mature holdings potentially being able to seek a listing. The shares performed less well as the discount increased by 8.4% to 15.9% at year-end. […]
International Biotechnology Trust – Beating the odds Strategic positioning in mid-2018 helped International Biotechnology Trust (IBT) beat its benchmark over the past six months and close its discount to net asset value (NAV). This continued its outperformance of the US Nasdaq Biotechnology Index (NBI) over three and five years. Active management of the portfolio and […]
International Biotechnology Trust – Beating the odds Strategic positioning in mid-2018 helped International Biotechnology Trust (IBT) beat its benchmark over the past six months and close its discount to NAV. This continued its outperformance of the US Nasdaq Biotechnology Index (NBI) over three and five years. Active management of the portfolio and an increased focus […]
International Biotechnology benefits from narrowing discount – International Biotechnology has reported that, over the year ended 31 August 2018, its NAV laggeded the NASDAQ Biotechnology Index (NBI) a little, returning 8.6% versus the NBI return of 10.1%. A narrowing discount meant that shareholders saw a total return of 13.7%, however. The biotech sector outperformed the UK equity market over […]
Under the leadership of its manager, Carl Harald Janson, International Biotechnology Trust (IBT) is building a track record of outperformance of both its benchmark, the Nasdaq Biotechnology Index and the average of its peer group (see page 13 of this note for the figures).
The biotech sector, which IBT focuses on, benefits from long term structural growth drivers (listed on page 3) such as ageing populations in the developed world and an emerging middle class in developing markets. After a weak start in 2018, the Nasdaq Biotechnology Index has now recovered. The manager believes that the “American Patients First” document released by the US government on May 11 reduced investors’ concerns over drug pricing.
International biotechnology – Outperformance and income Under the leadership of its manager, Carl Harald Janson, International Biotechnology Trust (IBT) is building a track record of outperformance of both its benchmark, the Nasdaq Biotechnology Index and the average of its peer group (see page 13 of this note for the figures). The biotech sector, which IBT focuses on, […]
Key regulatory updates biotech specialist trust investees Two stocks that core holdings for biotech specialist trusts have reported important regulatory updates in the past week, with several other companies approaching key events, as detailed below. Array BioPharma (Nasdaq: ARRY), a top ten holding for International Biotechnology Trust (IBT), received FDA approval for Braftovi in combination with Mektovi […]
International Biotech records modest rise in NAV in Jan SV Health-managed International Biotech Trust (IBT) reported a 1.4% rise in NAV and saw a 0.4% rise in its share price in January, according to its latest monthly update. The outcome was a little under the 2% rise in the sterling adjusted value of the NASDAQ […]
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