Overview
Henderson European Focus Trust seeks to maximise total return from a focused portfolio of listed Continental European stocks. The portfolio has a bias to larger capitalised companies but it is able to invest in the equity of mid and smaller capitalised companies. It is not constrained by asset allocation models, but exploits sector themes and it is unconstrained by benchmark and contains between 50 to 60 holdings at any one time.
The fund manager’s website can be found here.
Fundamentals
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Research History
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12 Nov 2020 9 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Roundup – November 2020
Investment Companies Monthly Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford and Aberdeen Standard Investments Table of contents New research Performance data Discounts and premiums Money in and out Major news stories Events Guide Legal New research Here is a list of research we published over October: Herald Investment Trust – Hot chips “Reflecting its focus on technology, […]
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07 Jun 2019 7 min read
QuotedData’s economic roundup – June 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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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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18 Jul 2018 2 min read
Quarterly Investment Companies Roundup – Second Quarter 2018
QUARTERLY INVESTMENT COMPANIES ROUNDUP – SECOND QUARTER 2018 Global equities markets rose in the second quarter of 2018, Markets were volatile, as positive economic data and encouraging company performances played off against geopolitical concerns. Yields from bond markets rose early in the quarter but fell back as investors turned to ‘safer’ investments. The threat of […]
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18 Jan 2018 2 min read
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 2 min read
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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14 Jun 2017 2 min read
QuotedData’s economic round up – June 2017
QuotedData’s economic round up – June 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 […]
News
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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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10 Dec 2019 3 min read
Henderson European Focus to increase focus
Henderson European Focus to increase focus – In its results, released yesterday evening, Henderson European Focus Trust said it had lagged its benchmark a little over the year to the end of September 2019. It returned 4.3% in NAV terms against a 6.4% return for its benchmark. Shareholders saw a return of 3.1% as the […]
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12 Dec 2018 8 min read
Henderson European Focus annual results show in-line performance
HEFT’s annual results – NAV provides an in-line performance Henderson European Focus Trust (HEFT) has announced its annual results for the year ended 30 September 2018. During the year, the trust produced a net asset value total return per ordinary share of 2.0% (2017: 21.7%), which is in line with the benchmark total return of […]
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25 Sep 2018 2 min read
Henderson European Focus Trust gets a new Co-Fund Manager
Henderson European Focus Trust gets a new Co-Fund Manager – The board of Henderson European Focus Trust (HEFT) has announced that Andrew McCarthy has been appointed co-fund manager of the company’s portfolio alongside John Bennett. Andrew has only recently joined Janus Henderson and he was recruited specifically to work alongside John on his European long-only funds and mandates. Biography Andrew […]
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06 Dec 2017 3 min read
Henderson European Focus manager loves Carlsberg
Henderson European Focus manager loves Carlsberg – Henderson European Focus Trust has published results covering the year ended 30 September 2017. Performance highlights The ordinary share price(1) total return (including dividends reinvested) was 35.9% (2016: 8.6%). The net asset value total return was 21.7% compared to a total return from the benchmark (World Europe ex […]
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07 Dec 2016 5 min read
Henderson European Focus laments fickle markets
In the financial year to 30 September 2016, Henderson European Focus Trust produced total return NAV per ordinary share of 20.4%. This compares to a total return of 21.1% for the Europe ex UK Index in sterling terms. The share price total return was 8.6%. The shares continued to trade in a tight range relative […]
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28 Jul 2016 8 min read
F&C Managed Portfolio beats benchmark despite widening discounts
F&C Managed Portfolio reports that, for the company’s financial year to 31 May 2016, the NAV total return (i.e. adding dividends paid to capital performance) was -4.8% for the Income shares and -4.5% for the Growth shares which represented outperformance against the -6.3% total return for the FTSE All-Share Index, the benchmark index for both […]
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13 May 2016 2 min read
Henderson European Focus’ NAV performs broadly in line with index
Henderson European Focus Trust has announced its interim results for the six months ended 31 March 2016. During the period, the company provided an NAV total return of 6.3%, thereby mildly underperforming its benchmark, the FTSE World Europe ex UK Index, which returned 6.7%. In contrast to this, and reflecting a widening discount during the […]
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28 Apr 2016 1 min read
Investors shun European trusts amid growth fears
Discounts on European investment trusts have widened as worries over the continent weigh on investors. you can read the full article here
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08 Dec 2015 1 min read
Henderson European Focus outperforms
Henderson European Focus Trust has published accounts for the year ended 30 September 2015 that show it outperforming its benchmark. The net asset value total return for the year was 5.3% compared to a total return from the FTSE World Europe ex UK Index of -1.2%. The ordinary share price total return was 5.2%. They also announced […]
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15 May 2015 1 min read
Strong stock selection benefits Henderson European Focus
Henderson European Focus Trust outperformed its benchmark over the six months ended 31 March 2015, generating a return on net assets of 14% compared to a 10.0% return on the FTSE World Europe ex UK Index. Shareholders did even better than that as the discount narrowed, giving them a return of 16.9%. The interim dividend […]
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08 Jul 2014 2 min read
Midas Income & Growth : MIGT – annual results
Midas Income & Growth, managed by Alan Borrows (pictured) and Simon Callow has released its results for the year that ended on 30 April 2014. The total return on the net asset value for the year was 7.2% – well ahead of the company’s benchmark (LIBOR +3%) which, because LIBOR is so low, returned 3.6%. The Board […]
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08 May 2014 1 min read
Henderson European Focus Trust : HEFT – interim results
Henderson European Focus Trust has announced its half year results for the period ended 31 March 2014. Its net asset value total return for those six months was 16.5%, well ahead of the 8.7% return generated by the FTSE World Europe Index (in sterling). The discount narrowed over the period, moving to a premium at times, and […]