Overview
BlackRock Throgmorton Trust aims to provide shareholders with capital growth and an attractive total return through investment primarily in UK smaller and mid-capitalisation companies listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange.
In addition to holding a conventional long only portfolio of UK smaller and mid-capitalisation equities, the company will hold approximately 30 per cent. of its net assets in a portfolio of contracts for difference (“CFD”) and/or comparable equity derivatives which provide both long and short exposure. Under normal circumstances, the long only portfolio is expected to comprise 100 per cent. of the company’s net assets. Therefore, the company can have gross exposure of 130 per cent. of net assets, albeit that some of this exposure represents short positions.
We have published a number of notes on the company:
- Infectious enthusiasm, published in December 2020, tried to convey the sense of optimism that the manager has about the future of the trust
- Separating the wheat from the chaff published in June 2020 highlighted how well the trust had held up in the wake of the COVID-19 panic in markets
- Look past the short-term noise published in December 2019 suggested that in an uncertain world, investors should focus on stocks
- Impressive run continues published in July 2019 looked at the trust’s peer group beating performance
- Throg’s shorts shine published in January 2019 discussed the benefits of shorting some shares in a market where investors seem increasingly nervous
- Vision, execution and adaptability published in September 2018 was our detailed initiation note on the company
You can access the manager’s website here
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14 Dec 2020 14 min read
BlackRock Throgmorton – Infectious enthusiasm
Infectious enthusiasm BlackRock Throgmorton Trust (THRG) has shrugged off the effects of COVID and delivered decent returns over 2020. Dan Whitestone, its manager, remains genuinely excited about THRG’s prospects. He has been banging the drum for the trust, encouraging investors to set aside any doubts over the outlook for the UK, and back THRG’s portfolio […]
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14 min read
BlackRock Throgmorton – Manager genuinely excited
Manager genuinely excited BlackRock Throgmorton Trust’s (THRG’s) share price has recovered from the effects of COVID-19 and delivered decent returns over 2020. Dan Whitestone, its manager, remains genuinely excited about THRG’s prospects. He has been banging the drum for the trust, encouraging investors to set aside any doubts over the outlook for the UK, and […]
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14 min read
BlackRock Throgmorton – Infectious enthusiasm
Infectious enthusiasm BlackRock Throgmorton Trust (THRG) has shrugged off the effects of COVID-19, which triggered sharp falls in markets in March, and delivered decent returns over 2020. Dan Whitestone, its manager, remains genuinely excited about THRG’s prospects. He has been banging the drum for the trust, encouraging investors to set aside any doubts over the […]
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15 Oct 2020 3 min read
QuotedData’s Growth Strategies Conference – playback
On the 14th October 2020 we hosted our Growth Strategies Conference webinar. The event showcased 4 investment trust managers investing across a range of investment themes with an overriding focus on growth. We would like to thank all our speakers and our attendees for joining us. Click below to watch the individual managers’ presentations – […]
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10 Aug 2020 6 min read
QuotedData’s Economic Roundup – August 2020
Economic & Political Roundup Kindly sponsored by Allianz A collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you to buy or sell […]
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07 Jul 2020 11 min read
QuotedData’s Economic Roundup – July 2020
Economic & Political Roundup Kindly sponsored by Allianz A collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you to buy or sell […]
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10 Jun 2020 21 min read
BlackRock Throgmorton Trust – Separating the wheat from the chaff
Separating the wheat from the chaff COVID-19-related falls in markets have weighed on BlackRock Throgmorton Trust (THRG), although it has held up well relative to both its peer group and its benchmark. Its manager sees this as a defining moment for investors – one that could set the stage for many years to come. Identifying […]
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21 min read
BlackRock Throgmorton Trust – Separating the wheat from the chaff
Separating the wheat from the chaff COVID-19-related falls in markets have weighed on BlackRock Throgmorton Trust (THRG), although it has held up well relative to both its peer group and its benchmark. Its manager sees this as a defining moment for investors – one that could set the stage for many years to come. Identifying […]
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24 Jan 2020 28 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Annual Review – 2019
In this issue The sector at the end of 2019 Performance data Performance by sector and fund Money in and out of the sector Money in and out of existing funds Money coming into existing funds Money going out of existing funds Liquidations, de-listings and trading cancellations Significant rating changes Major news stories Outlook for […]
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17 Dec 2019 15 min read
BlackRock Throgmorton Trust – Look past the short-term noise
Look past the short-term noise Helped by a positive contribution from its short positions, BlackRock Throgmorton (THRG) continues to turn out benchmark-beating returns and leads its sector over the medium term. A share price return of 46.5% over the year to the end of November is the best among all AIC investment trusts. This is […]
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15 min read
BlackRock Throgmorton Trust – Look past the short-term noise
Look past the short-term noise Helped by a positive contribution from its short positions, BlackRock Throgmorton (THRG) continues to turn out benchmark-beating returns and leads its peer group, the AIC’s UK Smaller companies sector, over the medium term. A share price return of 46.5% over the year to the end of November is the best […]
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07 Aug 2019 7 min read
QuotedData’s economic roundup – August 2019
Economic & Political Roundup A collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you to buy or sell any of the […]
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18 Jul 2019 20 min read
BlackRock Throgmorton Trust – Impressive run continues
Impressive run continues Since QuotedData last published on BlackRock Throgmorton Trust (THRG), it has continued to beat both its benchmark and the average of its peer group by some margin. In a period where the market has been rising, the trust’s short positions managed to break even on average, whilst the long positions outperformed (see […]
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19 min read
BlackRock Throgmorton Trust – Impressive run continues
THRG : BlackRock Throgmorton Trust – Impressive run continues Impressive run continues Since we last published on BlackRock Throgmorton Trust (THRG), it has continued to beat both its benchmark and the average of its peer group by some margin. In a period where the market has been rising, the trust’s short positions managed to break […]
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15 Apr 2019 8 min read
Quarterly Investment Companies Roundup – First Quarter 2019
Quarterly Investment Companies Roundup – First Quarter 2019 QuotedData news Through the first quarter of 2019, global equities largely clawed back the losses suffered over the final weeks of 2018. How much longer this ten-year bull market can sustain itself is the subject of much debate. US interest rate rises have stalled, reflecting growing cautiousness. Elsewhere, […]
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22 Mar 2019 2 min read
QuotedData’s economic roundup – March 2019
QuotedData’s economic roundup – March 2019 is a collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you to buy or sell […]
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25 Jan 2019 2 min read
QuotedData review of 2018 – Annual report investment companies
QuotedData review of 2018 – Annual report investment companies 2018 – the return of volatility A trade war, Brexit, US interest rate rises, slowing Chinese growth, a US government shutdown, a dispute over Italy’s budget, the Skripal poisonings, numerous elections – there was plenty to worry about in 2018. A last-minute dive left the US […]
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16 Jan 2019 1 min read
BlackRock Throgmorton Trust – Throg’s shorts shine
BlackRock Throgmorton Trust – Throg’s shorts shine – With a decision on Brexit looming and US rates climbing, many investors appear to have adopted a more defensive stance. Dan Whitestone, manager of BlackRock Throgmorton Trust (THRG), has reduced the portfolio’s net exposure to markets to well below 100%, taking profits on some positions. Otherwise, Dan’s focus […]
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1 min read
BlackRock Throgmorton Trust – Throg’s shorts shine
BlackRock Throgmorton Trust – Throg’s shorts shine With Brexit looming and US rates climbing, many investors appear to have adopted a more defensive stance. Dan Whitestone, manager of BlackRock Throgmorton Trust (THRG), has reduced the portfolio’s net exposure to well below 100, taking profits on some positions. Otherwise, Dan’s focus remains on the long-term drivers […]
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13 Nov 2018 1 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – November 2018
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – November 2018 is our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of October 2018. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. Winners and losers in October In what was generally a miserable month for equity markets, Brazil shone […]
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16 Oct 2018 2 min read
Quarterly Investment Companies Roundup – Third Quarter 2018
Quarterly Investment Companies Roundup – Third Quarter 2018 Global equities delivered positive returns over the third quarter of 2018. This was principally because of strength in the US market. Political uncertainty and concerns about global trade held back other regions. Generally, government bond yields rose over the quarter. The UK equity market fell as the Bank of […]
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12 Oct 2018 1 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – October 2018
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – October 2018 is our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of August 2018. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. Money raised and returned in September Trian Investors 1 is a new fund that will adopt […]
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14 Sep 2018 1 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – September 2018
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – September 2018 is our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of August 2018. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. Money raised and returned in August GRIT Real Estate Income floated on the UK Stock Exchange in […]
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11 Sep 2018 1 min read
BlackRock Throgmorton Trust – Vision, execution and adaptability
BlackRock Throgmorton Trust – Vision, execution and adaptability Dan Whitestone, manager of BlackRock Throgmorton Trust (THRG), has a dual-pronged approach to selecting investments that involves identifying what he describes as “high- quality differentiated companies” and companies driving industry change. Dan looks for management teams with vision, the ability to execute according to that vision and […]
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15 Aug 2018 2 min read
QuotedData’s Economic round up – August 2018
QuotedData’s Economic round up – August 2018 is a collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you to buy or sell […]
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11 May 2018 1 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – May 2018
QuotedData investment companies roundup – May 2018 – is our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of April 2018. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. India Capital Growth has experience a rebound in performance in the past month, as […]
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25 Apr 2018 2 min read
Quarterly investment companies roundup – First quarter 2018
Quarterly investment companies roundup – First quarter 2018 Quarterly investment companies roundup – First quarter 2018 – Global equity markets declined in the first quarter of 2018. Concerns about US interest rate rises were the feature of the first half of the quarter. However, worries about global trade took over in the second part, particularly […]
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18 Apr 2018 1 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – April 2018
QuotedData investment companies roundup – April 2018 – is our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of March 2018. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. Stock markets have suffered their first meaningful fall for nearly two years. At the quarter end, […]
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13 Mar 2018 2 min read
QuotedData’s Economic round up – March 2018
QuotedData’s economic round up – March 2018 is a collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you to buy or sell […]
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19 Oct 2017 2 min read
Quarterly investment companies roundup – Third quarter 2017
Quarterly investment companies roundup – Third quarter 2017 – Markets moved up a little over the course of the three months ended 30 September 2017. Regionally, emerging markets did well. The pound strengthened a bit relative to the US dollar but was flat against the euro. The oil price rose by more than 20%. In […]
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03 Aug 2017 3 min read
QuotedData’s economic round up – August 2017
QuotedData’s economic round up – August 2017 – is a collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you to buy or sell […]
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QuotedData investment companies roundup – August 2017
QuotedData investment companies roundup – August 2017 – is our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of July 2017. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. August Investment Companies Roundup Monthly NAV/Price moves: A couple of themes stand out […]
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22 Mar 2017 1 min read
Strategic Equity Capital – “Business as usual”
Strategic Equity Capital – “Business as usual” is a note that Marten & Co wrote for QuotedData that explains the impact of Stuart Widdowson’s resignation as manager of Strategic Equity Capital. Strategic Equity Capital (SEC) announced Stuart Widdowson’s departure from GVQ Investment Management on 7 February 2017. GVQ stress that it is “business as usual” […]
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15 Mar 2017 1 min read
QuotedData’s round up of views on the global economy – March 2017
A collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you to buy or sell any of the companies mentioned. Kindly sponsored […]
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12 Feb 2021 4 min read
QD view – From infectious enthusiasm to IPO fever?
Back in December, we published a note on BlackRock Throgmorton, which we called “Infectious enthusiasm”. In it, we tried to bring out the excitement that its manager, Dan Whitestone, had about the future of the companies in his portfolio, and by implication the future of the trust. Over the two months since, the trust’s share […]
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10 Feb 2021 6 min read
BlackRock Throgmorton has an excellent year
BlackRock Throgmorton’s (THRG) annual results to 30 November 2020 saw it deliver a NAV total return of 9.1%, which was well ahead of the benchmark return of 3.8%. THRG’s market return was 8.2%, in another strong year for the UK smaller companies fund. Ability to short a defining feature but strong performance led by long positions […]
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02 Feb 2021 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 2 February 2021
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 2 February 2021: BlackRock World Mining has revalued its investment in OZ Minerals Brazilian Royalty from $23.6m to $30.1m, adding 2.7p to its NAV. BlackRock Throgmorton Trust has appointed Merryn Somerset Webb as a non-executive director with effect from 24 March 2021. Merryn is the editor-in-chief of MoneyWeek, the UK personal finance magazine […]
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11 Dec 2020 3 min read
QD view – UK clear-out heralds better times
QD view – UK clear-out heralds better times The AIC’s UK All Companies sector is set to shrink as shareholders in Jupiter UK Growth choose between cash or a rollover into an open-ended fund, Invesco Perpetual Select UK Equity moves to the UK equity income sector following its planned merger with Invesco Income Growth and […]
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23 Nov 2020 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 23 November 2020
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 23 November 2020: US Solar Fund says that all 41 projects in its portfolio, totaling 443MWDC, are now fully operating and generating revenue. The final project, the 128MWDC Milford plant in Utah, reached the commercial operations date under its power purchase agreement (PPA) on 19 November, on-time and under-budget – saving $4m […]
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20 Nov 2020 2 min read
QuotedData’s weekly news show 20 November 2020
QuotedData’s weekly news show 20 November 2020 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: BlackRock Throgmorton’s fundraise Montanaro European’s excellent results UK Mortgage’s plan for the future Watch it again here We’ll be […]
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17 Nov 2020 2 min read
BlackRock Throgmorton Trust plans £22m placing
BlackRock Throgmorton Trust plans £22m placing – following on from the announcement on 12 November, the board of BlackRock Throgmorton Trust says that it proposes to raise additional equity capital through the issue of up to 3,307,686 new ordinary shares. The shares will be placed by Stifel Nicolaus Europe (the company’s broker) with mainly institutional shareholders (qualified […]
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12 Nov 2020 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 12 November 2020
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 12 November 2020: Further to its announcement on 17 September, Securities Trust of Scotland has provided an update confirming: Troy Asset Management Limited has been formally appointed as the Company’s investment manager James Harries is the named fund manager A discount control mechanism has been introduced that aims to ensure that the […]
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27 Apr 2020 4 min read
BlackRock Throgmorton’s short book provides some cushion to March decline
In a monthly update release, BlackRock Throgmorton (THRG), the UK-smaller companies sector fund, said that its NAV was down by (24.7) over the month of March 2020. This was cushioned by the trust’s short book, one of THRG’s defining features. At the time of writing, the shares are up over 10%, over the month of April. […]
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07 Feb 2020 5 min read
Impressive returns from BlackRock Throgmorton
Impressive returns from BlackRock Throgmorton – Over the year ended 30 November 2019, BlackRock Throgmorton Trust delivered an NAV return of 24.4%, three times the 8.0% return on its benchmark index, the Numis Smaller Companies plus AIM (excluding Investment Companies) Index. The share price returned an even more impressive 42.8% during the year as the discount narrowed […]
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03 Feb 2020 1 min read
QuotedData’s other news 3 February 2020
In QuotedData’s other news 3 February 2020 BlackRock Throgmorton is asking shareholders for permission to issue more shares, having resold 5.5m of the 7m shares it was holding in Treasury. Ioannis Papalekas, the CEO of Globalworth has sold his entire stake in the company for €244.6m. he also freed up another €39m by selling the company […]
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12 Feb 2019 10 min read
BlackRock Throgmorton Trust substantially outperforms during a challenging year
BlackRock Throgmorton Trust (THRG) has announced its annual results for the year ended 30 November 2018. While THRG’s net assets fell during the year, the trust has provided a return substantially ahead of the benchmark index. Specifically, THRG provided NAV and share price total returns of -2.7% and +1.8% respectively, which it says compares against […]
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12 Feb 2018 5 min read
Dan Whitestone sole manager of BlackRock Throgmorton
Dan Whitestone sole manager of BlackRock Throgmorton – alongside the publication of its results, BlackRock Throgmorton has announced some changes to its management arrangements. During the year ended 30 November 2017 the fund’s NAV returned 33.9% on a total return basis, compared with a total return of 21.3% from the benchmark index, the Numis Smaller Companies excluding […]
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24 Jul 2017 2 min read
BlackRock Throgmorton reduces base fee, whilst upping its performance fee
BlackRock Throgmorton Trust has announced a change in the management fees payable to its manager, BlackRock Fund Managers Limited. Under the new fee structure, the base management fee will be reduced from 0.70 per cent. to 0.35 per cent. of gross assets per annum with effect from 1 August 2017. The performance fee is also […]
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20 Jun 2017 1 min read
Investment Trust Insider on UK Small Cap
From an economic standpoint recent news in the UK has been worrying. House prices are falling and so are retail sales. Inflation has exceeded the Bank of England’s target and so the monetary policy committee is edging closer to raising interest rates. We have a hung parliament and we are just about to embark on […]
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15 Feb 2017 4 min read
BlackRock Throgmorton says CFD portfolio added 2.5% to performance
BlackRock Throgmorton says that, during the year to 30 November 2016, the Net Asset Value per share returned 7.3% compared with a return of 6.3% from the benchmark, the Numis Smaller Companies excluding AIM (excluding Investment Companies) Index. They are paying a total dividend for the year of 7.50 pence per share, an increase of […]
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18 Jul 2016 2 min read
Throgmorton ahead of benchmark
For the six months ended 31 May 2016, BlackRock Throgmorton’s net asset value per share returned +1.9% compared with a return of +1.7% for the Numis Smaller Companies excluding AIM (excluding Investment Companies) Index. The FTSE All Share Index returned just 0.1% over the same period (all figures in sterling terms with income reinvested). The […]
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12 Feb 2016 3 min read
BlackRock Throgmorton gets its stock selection right
BlackRock Throgmorton Trust beat its benchmark by more than 10% over the year that ended on 30 November 2015. The Company’s net asset value per share returned 23.2% compared with a return of 11.9% for the Numis Smaller Companies excluding AIM (excluding Investment Companies) Index. Shareholders did even better – the share price return was […]
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24 Jul 2015 2 min read
Bumper period for Throgmorton as CFDs pay off
BlackRock Throgmorton says it generated a 19.85 return on net assets over the six months ended 31 May 2015 – ahead of the 15.7% return posted by the Numis Smaller Companies excluding AIM and investment companies index. Shareholders did even better as the discount narrowed taking their return to 23.8%. The interim dividend has been […]
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26 Mar 2015 1 min read
Ralph Cox stepping down at BlackRock Throgmorton
The Board of BlackRock Throgmorton Trust plc has been advised by BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited that Ralph Cox, the lead portfolio manager for its Contracts for Difference (CFD) portfolio, has decided to take an extended career break and has resigned from BlackRock. The Board is pleased to announce that, with immediate effect, Dan Whitestone […]
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13 Feb 2015 3 min read
Throgmorton hit by widening discount
BlackRock Throgmorton has published results for the year ended 30 November 2014 that show the company’s net asset value return marginally behind that of the Numis Smaller Companies excluding AIM (excluding Investment Companies) Index; the NAV returned -1.1%, the Index -0.6%. The share price return though was -5.7%, reflecting a widening of BlackRock Throgmorton’s discount. […]
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26 Sep 2014 1 min read
Richard Plackett stepping down as manager of investment trusts
THRG, BHUE : Richard Plackett stepping down as manager of investment trusts Richard Plackett is returning from his sabbatical on 7 October but will step down as co-manager of BlackRock Throgmorton Trust and BlackRock Hedge Selector. Ralph Cox who took on the job in Richard’s absence, will now get the job permanently.
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24 Jul 2014 1 min read
BlackRock Throgmorton Trust : THRG – interims
BlackRock Throgmorton Trust has released its interim figures. These cover the six months ended 31 May 2014. Over that period the net asset value total return was 2.7% – representing a small underperformance of the fund’s benchmark (the Numis Smaller Companies excluding AIM (excluding Investment Companies) Index), which returned 4.1%. The discount widened as well […]
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04 Mar 2014 1 min read
BlackRock Throgmorton : THRG – manager on sabbatical
Richard Plackett, manager of BlackRock Throgmorton, will take a six month sabbatical starting 1 April 2014. Ralph Cox (manager of BlackRock UK Smaller Companies fund) is taking over responsibility for the CFD portfolio
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10 Feb 2014 1 min read
BlackRock Throgmorton Trust : THRG – final results
Over the year ended 30 November 2013 Throgmorton managed to generate a 52.3% total return to shareholders as the NAV returned 40.1% and the discount narrowed. The equivalent return on the Numis Smaller Companies plus AIM (excluding investment companies) Index – THRG’s benchmark – was 31.6%. the performance was good enough to generate a performance […]
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23 Jan 2014 1 min read
F&C Managed Portfolio : FMPI – half yearly report
FMPI has announced its interim results covering the six months ended 30 November 2013. The net asset value returns for the period were 2.9% for the Income shares and 7% for the Growth shares. This compares to a 3.9% return on the FTSE All-Share Index and 3.1% on the FTSE Equity Investments Index. The Board say […]
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27 Nov 2020 2 min read
Schroders scrapes £75m for British Opportunities
Schroders scrapes £75m for British Opportunities Trust as UK smaller companies launches fail to entice Firm ‘faces headwinds’ David Brenchley, Investment Week, 27 November 2020 Schroders said it had scraped together £75m for its British Opportunities Trust (SBO), which aims to take stakes in firms from the more mature end of the smaller companies universe in both […]
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25 Aug 2020 2 min read
Small stocks could help you sail through
Small stocks could help you sail through the increasingly choppy waters of investments opportunities By ROSIE MURRAY-WEST, FINANCIAL MAIL ON SUNDAY PUBLISHED: 22:00, 15 August 2020 | UPDATED: 12:41, 16 August 2020 Some say small is beautiful, but if you have ever been on a yacht in a big storm, you will know it can be stomach-churning as well. That […]
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14 Jul 2020 2 min read
The best of British
Make your investments fly high by picking the best of British: Why top fund managers believe future could be rosy for UK shares By ROSIE MURRAY-WEST, FINANCIAL MAIL ON SUNDAY PUBLISHED: 21:58, 11 July 2020 | UPDATED: 08:18, 13 July 2020 Investors who have flown the Union Flag over their portfolios this year have endured some stomach-churning turbulence as the […]
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15 Jun 2020 2 min read
How UK investors can cash in on the digital revolution
Don’t have a costly Kodak moment: How UK investors can cash in on the digital revolution and tech stocks By JEFF PRESTRIDGE, FINANCIAL MAIL ON SUNDAY PUBLISHED: 21:53, 13 June 2020 | UPDATED: 09:42, 14 June 2020 Technology is very much of the moment. It’s the investment theme that has driven the US stock market to claw back all the losses […]
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19 Feb 2020 2 min read
Investment trust insider on permanent capital vehicles
Investment trust insider on permanent capital vehicles – James Carthew: backfiring buybacks can be a permanent waste of shareholder capital I put a comment in last week’s article about Syncona (SYNC) that I thought might attract more attention than it did. Talking about the importance of having cash to back up the financing needs of the […]
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28 Jan 2020 2 min read
Investment Trust sackings deliver mixed results
Investment Trust sackings deliver mixed results By Kyle Caldwell, Money Observer’s quarterly trust magazine Kyle Caldwell analyses whether investment trust sackings stretching back over the past 15 years have resulted in improved performance for shareholders James Carthew is quoted in an article looking at changes in investment trust manager (including mergers) which have been on […]
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17 Dec 2019 2 min read
Investment trust insider on UK equity trusts
Investment trust insider on UK equity trusts – James Carthew: UK trust laggards should merge not seek new fund managers UK investment trusts of all types are enjoying a post-election rally, particularly those with the highest perceived exposure to domestically-focused companies. I am kicking myself for not having bought Aberforth Split Level Trust (ASIT), one of […]
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28 Mar 2019 2 min read
Top ISA picks for 2019
Top ISA picks for 2019 – QuotedData’s James Carthew is one of a number of analysts suggesting investment companies that could be worth considering for this year’s ISA. This article was written by Investors Chronicle’s Leonora Walters. 10 investment trusts for your Isa 2019 Investment trusts are a good option for many different types of […]
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07 Feb 2019 1 min read
Investment Trust Insider on the past decade
Investment Trust Insider on the past decade – James Carthew: the constant evolution of investment trusts A decade ago, when we were emerging from the global financial crisis, I was managing Advance UK Trust and Citywire was just 10 years old. All of this seems like a long time ago now. Recently, I found a Winterflood […]
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25 Oct 2018 1 min read
Fundswire on BlackRock Throgmorton
Fundswire on BlackRock Throgmorton Not surprisingly, we have been following BlackRock Throgmorton for years. I am pleased to say that, in its original guise, it is older than all of us here at Marten & Co. Throgmorton was first created in 1962 and has been part of BlackRock’s stable of Investment Companies since 2008. However, […]