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08 Mar 2019 1 min read
International Biotechnology trust – Beating the odds
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 […]
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1 min read
International Biotechnology Trust – Beating the odds
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 […]
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03 Sep 2018 3 min read
AZN lupus setback shifts focus to J&J/Lilly drugs
AZN lupus setback shifts focus to J&J/Lilly drugs The failure last week of the first of two Phase III studies of an AstraZeneca monoclonal antibody in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) – and the now assumed lower prospects for success in the second almost identical trial – looks as if it will reduce yet further the industry’s […]
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25 Sep 2017 5 min read
Large cap focus restrains City of London
Large cap focus restrains City of London – City of London Investment Trust has published results for the year ended 30 June 2017. Its returns fell behind those of peers and index benchmarks over the period. City of London’s net asset value total return was 14.5% which was 3.3% behind the size weighted average over […]
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01 Jun 2017 6 min read
Perpetual Income & Growth suffers being underweight resources
Perpetual Income & Growth (PLI) has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 March 2017. During the period, it provided an NAV total return of 9.6%. It’s chairman, Bill Alexander (pictured), says that Although this is satisfying in absolute terms, it is less so when compared with the 22.0% return posted by the […]
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30 May 2017 5 min read
Edinburgh Investment Trust held back by lack mining exposure, HSBC and Royal Dutch Shell
Edinburgh Investment Trust held back by lack mining exposure, HSBC and Royal Dutch Shell. While the UK market returned 22%, for the year ended 31 March 2017, Edinburgh Investment Trust’s net asset value total return was +14.4% and the share price total return (with dividends reinvested) was +11.2%. The share price ended the year at 713.5p, an increase […]
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24 Nov 2016 3 min read
Invesco Income Growth hit by a few profit warnings
Invesco Income Growth reports that the total return on net asset value over the half year to 30 September 2016 was 9.1%, it was a little behind their benchmark, which returned 12.9%. Nonetheless the share price’s total return was better, at 11.6%, thanks to the narrowing of the discount. The Board is declaring a second interim dividend of […]
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3 min read
Edinburgh Investment Trust misses out on mining bounce
Edinburgh Investment Trust produced a positive net asset value (NAV) total return for the six months to 30 September 2016 of 6.8% (debt at par) and 6.6% (debt at market), compared to a return of 12.9% by the FTSE All-Share Index, the Company’s benchmark. The share price total return (share price with dividends reinvested) for […]
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21 Oct 2016 2 min read
Manchester & London performance improves
Manchester & London reports that, for the year ended 31 July 2016, its NAV increased by 19.8% which they compare to a 4.0% return on the Dow Jones U.K. Total Stock Market Total Return Index. The discount the Shares trade at to their Net Asset Value per Share has widened by 2.2 per cent during […]
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29 Jun 2016 2 min read
BlackRock Income & Growth misses bounce in mining sector
For the six month period ended 30 April 2016, BlackRock Income & Growth’s net asset value per share returned -2.8% and the share price returned -2.3%. By comparison, the FTSE All-Share Index was unchanged over the period. Since the period end and up to 27 June 2016, the Company’s NAV per share has fallen by […]
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24 Sep 2015 2 min read
Widening discount holds back Merchant Trust’s returns
Merchants Trust reports a 2.8% return on net assets for the six months ended 31 July 2015 and a -1.1% return to shareholders as the discount widened from 0.4% to 4.3%. The return on the FTSE100 Index for the period was 1.2%. Dividends for the first half totalled 12p, 1.7% higher than the pervious year. […]
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24 Jun 2015 2 min read
BlackRock Income reports long list of outperforming investments
Over the six months to the end of April 2015, BlackRock Income & Growth delivered a total return on net assets of 13.1% and a return to shareholders of 14.6%, both well ahead of the 9.2% return posted by the FTSE All-Share Index for the period. The shares moved to trade at a discount of […]
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03 Jun 2015 1 min read
Good year for Perpetual Income & Growth helped by L&G holding
Perpetual Income & Growth has reported a 10.7% return on net assets for the year to the end of March 2015 which compares well to a 6.6% return on the FTSE All-Share index over the same period. The return to shareholders was 10.1% as the discount widened slightly from 1.5% to 3%. The base dividend […]
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01 Jun 2015 2 min read
Shires Income beats UK index
Shires Income’s results statement for the year ended 31 March 2015 says the company generated a return on net assets of 9.7% for the year, ahead of a 6.6% return on the FTSE All-Share Index. The company’s shares did not keep pace with the net asset value however and the return to shareholders was 4.9%. […]
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28 Nov 2014 3 min read
Invesco Income Growth just fails to match benchmark
IVI : Invesco Income Growth just fails to match benchmark Invesco Income Growth lagged the FTSE All-Share Index a little over the six months ended 30 September 2014, producing a total return on net assets of 0.7% and return to shareholders of 0.5% against a 1.6% return for the Index. The quarterly dividends were increased […]
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25 Nov 2014 2 min read
Pharma exposure helps Keystone post market-beating figures
KIT : Pharma exposure helps Keystone post market-beating figures Keystone has published its annual results. these cover the year that ended on 30 September 2014. Over that period the fund’s net asset value total return was 12.5%. The share price though returned just 7.4% as the discount widened from 0.8% to 5.4%. Both measures outperformed […]
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21 Nov 2014 2 min read
Perpetual Income & Growth beats benchmark
PLI : Perpetual Income & Growth beats benchmark Over the six months to the end of September Perpetual Income & Growth generated a 2.2% return on net assets. There was a small widening of the discount so the share price return was 1.6%. By contrast the return on the company’s benchmark was 1.2%. The dividend was […]
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18 Nov 2014 2 min read
Schroder Income Growth change to investment policy
SCF : Schroder Income Growth change to investment policy Schroder Income Growth’s annual report for the year that ended on 31 August 2014 is out. they upped the dividend by 3.1% (well ahead of the 1.5% increase in the CPI – inflation beating dividend increases are part of Schroder Income Growth’s objective). The total return […]
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17 Nov 2014 1 min read
Decent returns from Standard Life Equity Income
SLET : Decent returns from Standard Life Equity Income Over the year to the end of September 2014 Standard Life Equity Income managed to beat its benchmark index delivering a total return on net assets of 6.9% and a return to shareholders of 6.3% vs. a 6.1% return on the FTSE All-Share Index. The dividend […]
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25 Jun 2014 1 min read
BlackRock Income & Growth : BRIG – interim results
BlackRock Income & Growth has published figures for the six months to the end of April 2014. The net asset value total return for the period was 4.1% vs. 2.6% for the FTSE All-Share Index. The return to shareholders was 2.6% (the discount widened from 0.9% to 2.4%). The dividend was increased by 10% to 2.2p. […]
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05 Jun 2014 1 min read
Perpetual Income & Growth : PLI – annual report
Perpetual Income & Growth has published its annual accounts for the year that ended on 31 March 2014. Over that period Perpetual Income & Growth outperformed its benchmark (the FTSE All-Share Index) by some margin, delivering a total return on net assets of 18.8% at the portfolio level and 19.4% including the effects of marking its […]
