Overview
Scottish American : SAIN (formerly SCAM) will invest mainly in equity markets, but other investments may be held from time to time including bonds, property and other asset classes. There are no pre-defined maximum or minimum exposure levels for asset classes, sectors or regions.
The Board caution that Scottish American’s performance in any one year is likely to differ from that of its benchmark index, sometimes by a significant amount. In order to achieve real growth in the dividend, the focus of the portfolio is on listed equities. The equity portfolio consists of shares listed both in the UK and in overseas markets. The portfolio is diversified across a range of holdings with little regard paid to the weighting of individual companies in the composite benchmark index.
Fundamentals
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Research History
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05 Apr 2019 6 min read
QuotedData’s economic roundup – April 2019
Kindly sponsored by Polar Capital 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 […]
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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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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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14 Sep 2017 2 min read
QuotedData investment companies roundup – September 2017
QuotedData investment companies roundup – September 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 August 2017. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. September Investment Companies Roundup Winners and losers in August Ashmore Global’s […]
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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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26 Oct 2016 1 min read
Henderson International Income – A way to diversify income
Henderson International Income – A way to diversify income Marten & Co published an update note on the company. The sharp falls in sterling over the past few months have flattered the performance of many funds investing overseas, including Henderson International Income Trust (HINT), but have compounded problems for some UK equity income trusts. HINT’s […]
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1 min read
Henderson International Income – A way to diversify income
The sharp falls in sterling over the past few months have flattered the performance of many funds investing overseas, including Henderson International Income Trust (HINT), but have compounded problems for some UK equity income trusts. HINT’s manager warns that the threat of dividend cuts looms large for UK-focused trusts and thinks that now, more than […]
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03 Nov 2015 2 min read
Seneca Global Income & Growth Trust – Low volatility and growing income
Seneca Global Income & Growth Trust – Low volatility and growing income Marten and Co publishes its first initiation of coverage note on Seneca Global Income & Growth Trust (SIGT) In recent years Seneca Global Income & Growth has delivered returns ahead of the average of its peer group and ahead of comparable indices and […]
News
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12 Feb 2021 2 min read
Scottish American outperformance driven by resilient operational performance
Scottish American (SAIN)has announced its annual results for the year to 31 December 2020, during which it has outperformed global equities, driven by resilient operational performance of its investee companies. Some key take-aways from the report are as follows: Dividend – the full year dividend, including a recommended final dividend of 3.00p, is 12.00p per […]
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24 Mar 2020 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 24 March 2020
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 24 March 2020: UK goes into lock down, following a number of other European countries BlackRock Greater European will not hold a tender offer in May 2020, reasoning that the discount was under control ahead of the recent volatility Jupiter US Smaller Companies was beating its benchmark at 31 January 2020 […]
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13 Feb 2020 3 min read
Scottish American extends good run
Scottish American extends good run – Over 2019, Scottish American (SAINTS) delivered a share price total return of 25.1% and a net asset value total return of 22.9%. A global equity benchmark delivered 22.3%. SAINTS’s returns are at the head of its peer group over the past five years. The dividend is being increased by 3.3% to […]
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26 Jul 2019 3 min read
QuotedData’s other news 26 July 2019
In QuotedData’s other news 26 July 2019: Scottish American (SCAM) has announced its interim results for the six-months ended 30 June 2016, in which it modestly outperformed its benchmark. SCAM’s net asset value total return for the first six months of 2019 was 17.3% and the share price total return was 17.5%. In contrast, it says […]
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01 Mar 2019 5 min read
Scottish American maintains inflation busting dividend increases
Scottish American maintains inflation busting dividend increases – Scottish American delivered a share price total return of -1.6% and an NAV total return of -2.4% for 2018. Global equities, as measured by the MSCI World Index, fell by 3.4%. The full year dividend will be 11.5p per share, 3.6% higher than the 2017 dividend of 11.1p. The […]
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18 Aug 2017 2 min read
Scottish American’s deputy managers take charge
Scottish American’s deputy managers take charge – The Board of the Scottish American Investment Company has announced that James Dow and Toby Ross, previously Deputy Managers, have become Joint Managers of the fund. The Board said that it wished to extend its thanks to Dominic Neary, the former Manager of Scottish American, for his considerable contribution […]
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09 Feb 2017 1 min read
Scottish American just ahead of benchmark in 2016
Scottish American has reported results for the year ended 31 December 2016. Its net asset value total return (capital and income) for the year was 29.9% and the share price total return was 28.7%. The total return from the global equity market was 29.6%. A final dividend of 2.725p is recommended which will take the full […]
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29 Jul 2016 2 min read
Scottish American ahead in H1
Scottish American says the net asset value total return for the first six months of 2016 was 14.0% and the share price total return was 12.0%. The total return of the global equities, as measured by the FTSE All World Index in sterling, was 12.0%. Over the six month period 235,000 shares were issued at a […]
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02 Mar 2016 3 min read
Property and equity returns help Scottish American beat benchmark
Scottish American’s results for 2015 show its net asset value (NAV) total return (capital and income) for the year was 5.9% and the share price total return was 9.2%: the total return from the global equity market was 4.1%. The full year dividend will be 10.70p per share, 1.9% higher than the 2014 dividend of 10.50p and […]
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12 Feb 2016 1 min read
Scottish American reports modest outperformance
Scottish American Investment Co has announced its results for the year to 31 December 2015. The net asset value total return (capital and income) for the year was 5.9%, ahead of the total return from equities of 4.1% (which, although it isn’t stated, is most probably the return on the MSCI World Index). The share price […]
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27 Jul 2015 1 min read
Scottish American moves to big premium
Scottish American interims covering the six months ended 30 June 2015 show the fund beating the FTSE All World Index with the net asset value total return being 4% vs. 2.2% for the index. Shareholders did even better as the fund moved to trading on a large premium (currently over 8%); the return to shareholders […]
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13 Feb 2015 1 min read
Scottish American held back by US underweight and expensive debt
Scottish American had a bad 2014 as its net asset value total return was 2.9% compared to 11.3% for the FTSE All World Index. The discount widened a little and so the return to shareholders was 1.6%. The dividend for the year was 10.5p which is 2.9% higher than for 2013 and was covered almost […]
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02 Dec 2014 1 min read
The alternative plays in investment trusts
Source: http://www.moneymarketing.co.uk/news-and-analysis/analysis/the-alternative-plays-in-investment-trusts/2016533.article Income-seeking investors would do well to look at the alternative plays on offer in the investment companies space, such as renewable energy and asset leasing With interest rates held so low for so long, it is not surprising investors have been looking for alternative ways to generate income. That search is only set to […]
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28 Jul 2014 1 min read
Scottish American : SCAM – interims
Scottish American has published figures for the first half of 2014. The net asset value total return and the shareholder total return were both 1.6% over the period. The benchmark return (FTSE All World Index) was 3.2%. The dividends in the first half total 5.225p – 3.5% up on the corresponding dividends in 2013. Performance […]
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14 Feb 2014 1 min read
Scottish American : SCAM – final results and change of manager
Over 2013 Scottish American Investment Trusts total return on its share price was 18% and, on the NAV, 17% ; lagging the return on the fund’s benchmark by 4%. They say the main reason for the company’s underperformance was its exposure to emerging markets investments. SCAM is increasing its dividend by 4.1% to 10.2p for the year. […]
