First quarter of 2023 Investment Companies | Quarterly roundup | April 2023 Kindly sponsored by abrdn Into the unknown The first quarter of 2023 serves as a good reminder that things are never quite as predictable or certain as the consensus may lead you to believe. Having seemingly come around to the prospect of ‘higher […]
Fidelity Emerging Markets (FEML) released half year results for the period ended 31 December 2022. The share price was down -2.9%, trailing the MSCI Emerging Markets Index which was -2.19%. NAV fell 3.2% while the discount was 12%. The company highlighted weakness in Chinese material companies amid property sector challenges as the primary cause for […]
March 2023 Monthly roundup | Investment companies Winners and losers in February 2023 The environmental sector had a strong month, although noting that this is a relatively small category with only three funds, and its positive returns are more a factor of mean reversion following a period of underperformance. The North American Smaller Companies sector […]
Thank you to everyone that listened in today, whether you watched the Zoom live, on Facebook or on YouTube. In this week’s show, James Carthew covered the week’s top stories: • International Biotechnology (0:52) • abrdn Smaller Companies Income (6:26) This week’s interview was with James Dow from The Scottish American Investment Company – watch […]
Time to buy? Civitas Social Housing (CSH) has suffered a sustained fall in its share price which sees it now trade on a discount of 44.4%. This seems wholly unjustified given the strong market fundamentals in the social housing sector and the group’s proven, secure government-backed income. CSH’s inflation-linked leases (which benefit from annual rental […]
Time to buy? Civitas Social Housing (CSH) has suffered a sustained fall in its share price which sees it now trade on a discount of 44.4%. This seems wholly unjustified given the strong market fundamentals in the social housing sector and the group’s proven, secure government-backed income. CSH’s inflation-linked leases (which benefit from annual rental […]
Time to buy? Civitas Social Housing (CSH) has suffered a sustained fall in its share price which sees it now trade on a discount of 44.4%. CSH’s inflation-linked leases (which benefit from annual rental uplifts in line with CPI or CPI+1%) more than compensated for a higher discount rate used to value its portfolio (following […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 13 February 2023: Aquila Energy Efficiency (AEET) is holding a continuation vote on 28 February. A meeting has been convened for that date. [The continuation vote was brought forward from 2025. The shares are trading on a 32% discount (this has been widening again in recent weeks) and the trust is […]
Negotiating choppy waters High interest rates have hit the share price of real estate companies, with those in sectors with low investment yields, such as logistics, particularly impacted. abrdn European Logistics Income (ASLI) is no different and the market turmoil has seen its discount widen to 34.0% – in line with its UK peers despite […]
Negotiating choppy waters It appears that high interest rates have hit the share price of real estate companies, with those in sectors with low investment yields, such as logistics, particularly impacted. abrdn European Logistics Income (ASLI) is no different and the market turmoil has seen its discount widen to 34.0% – in line with its […]
