Henderson High Income Investment companies | Update | 14 December 2023 Improving outlook on a double discount Henderson High Income (HHI) has recently announced that Henderson Diversified Income will be merged into it, subject to shareholder approval, which will add advantages of scale to HHI in the coming months, such as enhanced liquidity and the […]
Henderson High Income Investment companies | Update | 14 December 2023 Improving outlook on a double discount Henderson High Income (HHI) has recently announced that Henderson Diversified Income will be merged into it, subject to shareholder approval, which would add advantages of scale to HHI in the coming months. HHI’s manager David Smith believes that […]
Economic and Political Roundup Investment companies | Monthly | December 2023 November saw a deepening of the world’s geopolitical woes, with intensifying conflict in the Middle East and continued belligerence in Ukraine. Despite the hostilities, the market mood was optimistic thanks to collapsing US Treasury yields, driving government bonds to their best monthly return since […]
Schroders Capital Global Innovation (INOV) has announced that its portfolio company Carmot Therapeutics Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company dedicated to developing life-changing therapeutics for people living with metabolic diseases including obesity and diabetes, entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Roche, on 3 December 2023. Roche is acquiring Carmot at a purchase price […]
Geiger Counter Limited Investment companies | Annual overview | 28 November 2023 Powered up for growth? Geiger Counter (GCL), which invests in companies involved in the exploration, development and production of uranium, may benefit from nuclear power’s role in decarbonising the global electricity supply. Governments around the world appear to be making nuclear energy (a […]
Geiger Counter Limited Investment companies | Annual overview | 28 November 2023 Powered up for growth Geiger Counter (GCL), which invests in companies involved in the exploration, development and production of uranium, is set to benefit from nuclear power’s colossal role in decarbonising the global electricity supply. Governments around the world are making nuclear energy […]
Geiger Counter Limited Investment companies | Annual Overview | 28 November 2023 Powered up for growth Geiger Counter (GCL), which invests in companies involved in the exploration, development and production of uranium, is set to benefit from nuclear power’s colossal role in decarbonising the global electricity supply. Governments around the world are making nuclear energy […]
Economic and Political Roundup Investment companies | Monthly | November 2023 Despite further geopolitical upheaval over the course of October, the US bond sell-off continued to dominate the market narrative with 10-year treasury yields briefly breaching 5% for the first time since the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2007, which, for many marked the beginning […]
Real Estate Roundup Kindly sponsored by abrdn Performance data October’s biggest movers in price terms are shown in the charts below. October was another difficult month for property companies, with only a handful of positive moves and the median share price across the sector down 4.7%. Although not reflected in the data here, the Bank […]
European Opportunities Trust Investment companies | Initiation | 1 November 2023 ‘Special’ growth companies With its strong focus on growth, European Opportunities Trust (EOT) has faced significant headwinds during the last couple of years as, in the face of higher inflation and interest rates, investors have favoured more value and defensive exposures over growth stocks. Inflation […]
