Overview
The Scottish Investment Trust is a self-managed global growth investment trust. Its aim is to provide investors with above average returns over the long term, aiming to provide steady growth in both capital and income, whilst prudently spreading investment risk.
Scottish Investment Trust has a diversified equity portfolio and invests in a broad spread of international equities. It aim to lower risk by spreading its investment over numerous companies and sectors around the world, while actively searching for opportunities to benefit investors and maximise returns.
Research History
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10 Jan 2020
QuotedData’s economic roundup – January 2020
Economic & Political Roundup Kindly sponsored by Polar Capital and 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 […]
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05 Jul 2019
QuotedData’s economic roundup – July 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 Jan 2019
QuotedData's economic roundup - January 2019
QuotedData’s economic roundup – January 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 any of […]
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11 Jul 2018
QuotedData’s Economic round up – July 2018
QuotedData’s Economic round up – July 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 […]
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18 Jan 2018
QuotedData - 2017 review of the year
QuotedData – 2017 review of the year – Many commentators, including us, were wary going into 2017. In the event, economic growth and markets surprised on the upside: US markets hit new highs despite three interest rate rises. Perceived low/no growth areas such as Europe and Japan burst into life. Asia’s technology stocks surged. India’s […]
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10 Jan 2018
QuotedData’s economic round up – January 2018
QuotedData’s economic round up – January 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 […]
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10 Nov 2017
QuotedData investment companies roundup – November 2017
QuotedData investment companies roundup – November 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 October 2017. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. November Investment Companies Roundup Globalworth Real Estate’s discount was eliminated after it announced […]
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19 Oct 2017
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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12 Jul 2017
QuotedData’s economic round up – July 2017
QuotedData’s economic round up – July 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 […]
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10 Apr 2017
QuotedData investment companies roundup – April 2017
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 February 2017. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. April Investment Companies Roundup
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14 Feb 2017
QuotedData’s round up of views on the global economy – February 2017
QuotedData’s collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from comments made by chairman and managers of investment companies. Kindly sponsored by Martin Currie. February Economic and Political Roundup
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13 Oct 2016
QuotedData investment companies roundup – October 2016
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 September 2016. october-investment-companies-roundup
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16 Dec 2015
Henderson Global Trust - Searching for change
Henderson Global Trust is one of the smaller members of the AIC’s global sector, which gives its manager the option to look further down the market cap scale. Its more moderate size hasn’t inflated overall costs. The trust, which pays quarterly dividends, offers one of the highest yields in its peer group, whilst trading at […]
News
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01 Mar 2021
Greencoat Renewables recaps on a big year of growth
Greencoat Renewables (GRP) reported final results for the year to 31 December 2020, with key highlights from the year including the following: 2020 Generation increased by 22% to 1,404GWh, 3 per cent below budget. (2019: 1,154GWh) 2020 Net cash generation increased by 36% to €66.4 million (2019: €48.7million) Dividend cover for 2020 of 1.7x Increased the portfolio […]
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10 Dec 2018
Scottish Investment Trust provides 35th consecutive year of dividend increase
Scottish Investment Trust (SCIN) has announced its final results for the year ended 31 October 2018. During the year, the share price total return was +1.9% and the NAV total return was +1.1%. SCIN does not have a formal benchmark but it says that, by way of comparison, the sterling total return of the international […]
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11 Dec 2017
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 […]
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31 May 2016
Alasdair McKinnon has good start at Scottish Investment Trust
Scottish Investment Trust has announced results for the six months ended 30 April 2016. Over that period the net asset value per share total return was 4.0% (with borrowings at market value). The share price total return was 4.4%. The company does not have a formal benchmark but, by way of reference, over the review period the […]
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07 Dec 2015
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 […]
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01 Jun 2015
Scottish Investment Trust reports good start to 2015
Scottish Investment Trust has published interim results for the six months ended 30 April 2015. Over the period the fund produced a return on net assets of 9.8% which compares to returns on the FTSE All-World Index and FTSE All-Share Index of 9.6% and 9.2% respectively. The manager’s report goes into the portfolio in some […]
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06 Feb 2015
Alasdair McKinnon confirmed as Scottish Inv Trust manager
The Board of Scottish Investment Trust has decided to make Alasdair McKinnon its investment manager. He has been doing the job on a temporary basis since John Kennedy stepped down in July last year. Alasdair has been working for the trust since 2003. SCIN : Alasdair McKinnon confirmed as Scottish Inv Trust manager
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08 Dec 2014
Scottish Investment Trust let down by US underweight and Oil exposure
Over the year to the end of October 2014 Scottish Investment Trust generated a return of 1% on net assets – in-line with the return on the FTSE All-Share Index over that period but well behind the 8.8% return posted by the FTSE All World Index (a large proportion of SCIN’s assets are invested overseas). […]
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02 Dec 2014
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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21 Jul 2014
Scottish Investment Trust : SCIN - change of manager
Scottish Investment Trust has announced that John Kennedy, manager of the fund for the last 10 years and an employee for 21 years, has left the Company on 18 July 2014 (although he will stay on as a consultant for a short period to mange the handover to his successor). The Board thanked him for contribution over this […]
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11 Dec 2013
Scottish Investment trust : SCIN
Results for the year to end October 2013. SCIN had a good year, beating both the FTSE All-World Index and the FTSE All-Share (SCIN NAV +28%, SCIN share price +29%, World Index +24%, UK Index +23%). Gearing was positive, adding 1.4% to returns.
