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• 01 Nov 2018 2 min read

  Fidelity Special Values cuts fees after good year

  Fidelity Special Values cuts fees after good year – Fidelity Special Values has published its results for the year ended 31 August 2018. Its NAV increased by 8.7% over the year and the share price by 14.0%, both well above the 4.7% return of the benchmark index (all on a total return basis). As a result of […]

• 21 Dec 2017 2 min read

  BlackRock Income and Growth says stock selection aided performance

  BlackRock Income and Growth says stock selection aided performance – BlackRock Income and Growth Investment Trust has published its annual report for the year ended 31 October 2017. During the year the NAV returned 13.8% and the share price returned 14.8%. By comparison, the benchmark, the All-Share Index, returned 13.4%. The board has declared total dividends for the year of […]

• 11 Dec 2017 5 min read

  Scottish Investment Trust held back by contrarian style this year

  Scottish Investment Trust held back by contrarian style this year – Scottish Investment Trust says that, during the 12 months to 31 October 2017, the share price total return was 12.8% and the net asset value per share (NAV) total return (with borrowings at market value) was 11.0%. These returns include a 1.4p uplift from […]

• 05 Dec 2017 2 min read

  Standard Life Equity Income boosted by asset manager stakes

  Standard Life Equity Income boosted by asset manager stakes – Standard Life Equity Income has published results for the year to 30 September 2017. The Net Asset Value total return for the year was 14.7%, which compares with 11.9% from the All-Share Index. The discount narrowed slightly from 4.4% to 4.0%. This resulted in a share price […]

• 28 Nov 2017 4 min read

  Keystone portfolio shaken up under James Goldstone

  Keystone portfolio shaken up under James Goldstone – Keystone has published results for the year ended 30 September 2017. It lagged its benchmark, the All-Share index, over the period, returning 7.8% in NAV terms against 11.9% for the index. The discount widened from 8.4% to 12.6% and so the return to shareholders was 3.2%. The total […]

• 20 Nov 2017 2 min read

  Schroder Income matches benchmark beats peers

  Schroder Income matches benchmark beats peers – Schroder Income Growth says that, for the year ended 31 August 2017, the company returned 14.3% in NAV terms, matching the All-Share Index and ahead of the AIC UK Equity Income peer group average of 13.0%. The share price increased by 18.8% in total return terms during the […]

• 14 Sep 2017 2 min read

  Jupiter Dividend & Growth rollover into UK fund

  Jupiter Dividend & Growth rollover into UK fund – Jupiter Dividend & Growth Trust comes to the end of its life on 30 November 2017. It has agreed in principle to proposals with Jupiter UK Growth Investment Trust under which the shareholders will be offered a choice of: rolling over their investment on a cost and tax […]

• 07 Jul 2017 3 min read

  Schroder UK Growth underperforms strongly rising market

  Schroder UK Growth Fund (SDU) has released it annual results for the year ended 30 April 2017. During the period, the company provided an NAV total return of 17.5% and a share price total return of 13.9%, both underperforming its benchmark, the All-Share Index, which the company says provided a total return of 20.1%. The manager […]

• 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 […]

• 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 […]

• 24 Nov 2016 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 […]

• 16 Nov 2016 3 min read

  An “annus horribilis” for Standard Life Equity Income

  Standard Life Equity Income says that, taken in isolation, its headline numbers for the year to 30 September 2016 do not make pleasant reading. The Net Asset Value Total Return for the year was 0.9%. By contrast, the FTSE All-Share Index returned 16.8%. Unsurprisingly, the share price has suffered over the last twelve months. The discount widened […]

• 31 Aug 2016 5 min read

  Acorn’s smaller companies portfolio suffers in the wake of Brexit

  Acorn Income Fund has announced its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2016. During the period, Acorn’s gross assets provided a total return of -8.13%, whilst its NAV total return was -13.95%. Reflecting an increase in the premium to NAV at which the company’s shares traded, the share price total return was […]

• 07 Jun 2016 4 min read

  Perpetual Income Growth doubles dividend over ten years

  Perpetual Income & Growth has published results for the year ended 31 March 2016. Over that period its net asset value was unchanged. By contrast, the return on the FTSE All-Share Index was -3.9%. The discount widened however and so the return to shareholders was -2.9%. The dividend was increased by 4.1% to 12.8p and […]

• 26 May 2016 6 min read

  Edinburgh Investment Trust sees strong benefits from its Tobacco holdings

  The Edinburgh Investment Trust, managed by Mark Barnett (pictured), has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 March 2016. During the year, the trust produced an NAV total return +4.6% (with dent at market value) versus a negative return of 3.9% for the trust’s benchmark, the FTSE All-Share Index. The company’s share price total […]

• 11 May 2016 3 min read

  Oil underweight holds back Keystone

  Keystone has published its interim accounts for the six months ended 31 March 2016. The company’s shares gave a total return of -3.6% over this period. The underlying net asset value per share (with debt at fair value) gave a total return of +1.2%. These compare with a total return by the company’s benchmark for performance measuring […]

• 24 Dec 2015 4 min read

  Schroder UK Growth mildly outperforms benchmark

  Schroder UK Growth Fund has announced its interim results for the six-months ended 31 October 2015. During the period, the Company’s NAV produced a total return of -5.3%, marginally outperforming its benchmark, the FTSE All-Share Index, which provided a total return of -5.7%. The share price produced a total return of -5.7%. The company has […]

• 07 Dec 2015 3 min read

  Scottish Investment Trust cuts borrowings

  Scottish Investment Trust announced a cut in its borrowings yesterday as it purchased in the market for cancellation 21,188,000 5.75% Secured Bonds 2030. Upon cancellation 82,827,000 5.75% Secured Bonds 2030 will remain in issue. Today it has announced results for the year ended 31 October 2015. The total return on net assets was 4.0% while the share […]

• 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. […]

• 23 Jun 2015 2 min read

  Another great performance from Henderson Opportunities

  Henderson Opportunities has published interim results for the six months ended 30 April 2015. Over that period the FTSE All-Share Index returned 9.2% but the fund’s net asset value returned almost double that, 17.6%. Unfortunately for shareholders though, the discount widened from 3% to 12.1% and so the return to shareholders was just 7.5% – […]

• 12 May 2015 3 min read

  Keystone outperforms, says little threat to tobacco holdings from plain packs

  Keystone’s interim results for the six months ended 31 March 2015 show the fund’s net asset value delivering a total return of 7.8% – ahead of the 5.3% return generated by the FTSE All-Share Index. The return to shareholders was 7.2%. The dividend was maintained at 18p per share. The report says holdings in Reynolds […]

• 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 […]

• 01 Aug 2014 1 min read

  Invesco Perpetual Select Trust UK Equity portfolio : IVPU – finals

  The Invesco Perpetual Select Trust UK Equity portfolio generated a total return on net assets of 18.3% over the year that ended on 31 May 2014. Its discount widened however so that the return to shareholders was 9.2%. This was still better than the return on the FTSE All-Share Index (+8.9%). The dividend for the […]

• 17 Jun 2014 1 min read

  Invesco Income Growth : IVI – Annual results

  Invesco Income Growth has published its results covering the year that ended on 31 March 2014. Over the period the fund generated a total return of 14.2% on net assets – ahead of the 8.8% return generated by the FTSE All-Share Index. The discount narrowed and so the return to shareholders was 16.7%. The dividend […]

• 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 […]

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