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27 Nov 2018 6 min read
Volatility hinders returns at Keystone
Volatility hinders returns at Keystone – Keystone Investment Trust (KIT) posted a NAV return of 0.0% for the year ended 30 September 2018, compared to last year’s NAV return of +7.8%. Share price total return for the year was also down compared to 2017 (share price total return for 2018 was 0.8% and 2017 was […]
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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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28 Nov 2016 2 min read
Troy Income & Growth benefits from consumer staples exposure
Troy Income & Growth delivered a total return on net assets of 14.7% and a share price total return of 14.8% for the year ended 30 September 2016. By contrast, the return on the UK market was 16.8%. The fourth interim dividend of 0.625p represented a 4.2% increase on the dividend of 0.6p paid each […]
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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 […]
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22 Nov 2016 3 min read
Schroder Income Growth raises dividend for 21st consecutive year
Schroder Income Growth Fund has published its annual financial report for the year ended 31 August 2016. A total return of 8.4% for the net asset value compared unfavourably to a total return of 11.7% for the FTSE All-Share Index. The share price produced a negative total return for the year of 0.8%, reflecting a widening in […]
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17 Nov 2016 4 min read
Shires Income beats benchmark aided by rising oil and commodity prices
Shires Income has announced its interim results for the six months ended 30 September 2016. During the period, the trust provided an NAV total return of 15.9% and a share price total return of 16.4%, both of which outperformed its FTSE All-Share Index benchmark, which it says returned 12.9%. The trust’s chairman, Anthony B Davidson, […]
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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 […]
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17 Aug 2016 2 min read
Threadneedle UK Select caught out by mining rally
In the six month period ended 30 June 2016, Threadneedle UK Select’s net asset value total return was 1.4%, compared with the 4.3 % total return from the FTSE All-Share Index, the benchmark against which the Investment Manager’s performance is measured. Earnings per share for the half year amounted to 4.16p (30 June 2015: 8.21p). The Board […]
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29 Jul 2016 2 min read
Law Debenture swaps Henderson OEICs for Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies
Law Debenture says its Net Asset Value total return for the six months to 30 June 2016 was 1.5%, compared to a total return of 4.3% for the FTSE Actuaries All-Share Index. Most of this underperformance arose from the movement in fair value of our long term debt as a result of lower gilt yields. […]
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25 Jul 2016 1 min read
Temple Bar hit by Brexit
During the six month period to 30 June 2016 Temple Bar generated a net asset value total return of 3.8%, slightly underperforming the benchmark FTSE All Share total return of 4.3%. A notable feature of the period was the long awaited out-performance of larger companies relative to their smaller brethren; the FTSE 100 Index delivered […]
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18 Jan 2016 1 min read
Bankers does well, raises dividend for 49th year
Bankers Investment Trust has published results for the year ended 31 October 2015. Over the year the net asset value rose by 5.7%, the share price by 9.9% and the dividend was increased by 6.8% to 15.8p (making the 49th consecutive year of dividend increases). They say all of their major geographic portfolios exceeded their local […]
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30 Nov 2015 4 min read
Keystone profits from tobacco exposure
Keystone Investment Trust has published its accounts for the year ended 30 September 2015. On a total return basis (i.e. including income), the FTSE All-Share Index returned -2.3% over the year. Keystone however managed a return on net assets of 6.4% and a return to shareholders of 7.3%. The base dividend was increased slightly from […]
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27 Nov 2015 2 min read
Invesco Income Growth outperforms in first half
Invesco Income Growth’s interim results for the six months ended 30 September 2015 show the fund outperforming the FTSE All-Share index, returning -3.5% on net assets against -7.2% for the index. The return to shareholders was -5.0%. the first two quarterly dividends total 4.3p, up from 4.2p for the equivalent period last year. Ciaran Mallon’s […]
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24 Nov 2015 4 min read
Tobacco exposure drives Perpetual Income & Growth’s outperformance
Perpetual Income & Growth has published interim figures for the six months ended 30 September 2015. The FTSE All-Share Index returned -7.2% over this period but Perpetual Income & Growth returned -0.2% on net assets and the return to shareholders was +2.4% (the shares moved from a 3% discount to 0.1% discount). The dividend for […]
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17 Nov 2015 4 min read
Edinburgh Investment Trust holds up well and moves to premium
Edinburgh Investment Trust has announced results for the six months ended 30 September 2015. The FTSE All-Share Index delivered a negative total return of -7.2% over this period but Edinburgh’s net asset value total return was +1.1% and, as the fund moved from trading on a 3.5% discount to a 1.7% premium, shareholders got a return […]
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19 Jan 2015 1 min read
Bankers outperformance helped by Apple
Bankers Investment Trust has published its results for the year that ended on 31 October 2014. The net asset value rose by 1.5% while the FTSE All-Share Index fell by 2.3%. The full year dividend was increased by 4.7% to 14.8p and the Board is forecasting a dividend of at least 15.5p for the current […]
