Overview
Gresham House Strategic (until 28/10/15 Spark Ventures) invests primarily in UK and European smaller public companies, applying private equity style techniques and due diligence alongside a value investment philosophy to construct a focused portfolio expected to be comprised of 10-15 companies.
The investment manager aims for a considerably higher level of engagement with investee company stakeholders, including; Management, shareholders, customers, suppliers and competitors, in order to exploit market inefficiencies and support a clear equity value creation plan, targeting above market returns over the long-term.
The fund’s website can be found here.
Fundamentals
Price
Research History
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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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17 Apr 2020 2 min read
QuotedData’s weekly roundup 17 April 2020
James Carthew’s weekly news roundup show for Friday, 17th April, covers a wide range of topics and includes an interview with Tony Dalwood, CEO of Gresham House, which has just taken on the management of Strategic Equity Capital. Listen back here This was our second weekly roundup and the format we evolve over time. If […]
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10 Mar 2020 10 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Roundup – March 2020
Investment Companies Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford and Aberdeen Standard Investments Table of contents New research In this issue Performance data Discounts and premiums Money in and out Major news stories Income Events Guide New research Here is a list of research we published over February: An initiation note on Montanaro UK Smaller Companies Trust (MTU) […]
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06 Dec 2019 7 min read
QuotedData’s economic roundup – December 2019
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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12 Nov 2019 7 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – November 2019
Investment Companies Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford New research Over October, we published notes on Pacific Horizon, Seneca Global Income & Growth, Premier Global Infrastructure, Polar Capital Global Financials, Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure, Aberdeen Standard European Logistics Income and Herald. Additionally, as part of our enhanced coverage of the property sector, we launched […]
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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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11 Jul 2018 2 min read
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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11 Jun 2018 2 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – June 2018
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – June 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 May 2018. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. The premium of biotech company, Syncona, rose on positive news on two of its […]
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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 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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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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13 Oct 2016 1 min read
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
News
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11 Nov 2020 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 11 November 2020
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 11 November 2020 – Gabelli Value Plus+ (GVP) published a circular in connection with the notice requisitioning a general meeting of the company from Associated Capital Group. On 22 October, GVP received a notice from ACG requisitioning a general meeting of the company. GVP’s board says that it does not consider that the package of measures […]
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07 Sep 2020 1 min read
Gresham House Strategic increases dividend growth target to 20%
Gresham House Strategic (GHS), which sits in the UK smaller companies sector, says that in view of strong performance and the outlook for its portfolio, it is proposing to increase its target dividend increase from 15% to 20%, for the completed financial year to March 2020. Click here to read our coverage from June of […]
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23 Jun 2020 3 min read
Gresham House Strategic extends run of outperformance
Gresham House Strategic extends run of outperformance – Gresham House Strategic beat its benchmark by 10.5% over the year ended 31 March 2020. its NAV total return was -14.3% against -24.8% for the Small Cap ex Investment Companies Index. A narrowing of the discount from 22.6% to 15.0% meant that the return to shareholders was even […]
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06 Apr 2020 5 min read
Performance and covid-19 update from Gresham House Strategic
The UK smaller companies-focused, private equity style fund, Gresham House Strategic (GHS) has provided an update on its financial performance over its year-ending period to 31 March 2020. GHS’s board and manager believes portfolio is well positioned in the present difficult environment. They say this reflected in their decision to retain their commitment to raise […]
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27 Mar 2020 2 min read
Good news for Strategic Equity Capital
In a surprise move, Strategic Equity Capital (SEC) has sacked its investment manager and shifted its management contract to Gresham House, the fast-growing investment boutique. Gresham House already manages a trust that looks similar to SEC – Gresham House Strategic. Both funds size up potential investments the way a private equity firm would. They try […]
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26 Nov 2019 5 min read
Gresham House Strategic’s discount narrows over interim period
Gresham House Strategic’s discount narrows over interim period – The UK smaller companies-focused, private equity style fund, Gresham House Strategic (GHS), published interim results covering the six months to 30 September 2019, this morning. NAV total return of +0.3% vs +0.2% by the FTSE small cap index (total return basis). GHS say the NAV was […]
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27 Jun 2019 2 min read
Gresham House Strategic continues to see value in UK
Gresham House Strategic continues to see value in UK – The UK smaller companies, focused private equity style, fund, Gresham House Strategic (GHS), published its audited financial results for the year to 31 March 2019, this morning. We covered the leading return figures when the unaudited results were released in April (click here to access) […]
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04 Apr 2019 1 min read
Gresham House Strategic delivers 20.4% return to shareholders
Gresham House Strategic delivers 20.4% return to shareholders – Gresham House Strategic (GHS) uses a more involved private equity style of investing to take positions (no more than 10-15) in mainly UK-based small-cap stocks (it can also invest upto 30% in unquoteds). GHS has been one of the best performing small-cap funds over the three […]
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22 Jul 2015 3 min read
Gresham House takes on Spark Ventures
Spark Ventures has raised £10.1m from a placing of stock, a further £3.8m from stock swaps and will raise up to £3.1m via an open offer. They plan to put the money towards a new investment strategy and appoint Gresham House as its investment adviser. Gresham House is buying into Spark Ventures’ outgoing management company, SPARK […]
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10 Jul 2015 1 min read
Spark Ventures close to full liquidation of portfolio
Spark Ventures’ results for the year to the end of March 2015 show that the NAV fell by 12% over the year (adjusting for cash returns) but they point out that it has recovered most of this fall since the end of the period. 4.5p or £19m has been returned to shareholders. They struck a […]
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12 Dec 2014 1 min read
Spark Ventures hopes to raise money in 2015
Spark Ventures interim results fro the six months to the end of September 2014 show a net asset value of 6.1p. It sold part of its stake in IMI Mobile but the balance is locked up until June 2015. The rest of the portfolio is supposed to be sold off by the end of March 2015 […]
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14 Aug 2014 1 min read
Spark Ventures final results show big cash inflow
SPK : Spark Ventures final results show big cash inflow Spark Ventures has published its results for the year that ended 31 March 2014. £33m of cash came in during the year from sales of investments including Kobalt, notonthehighstreet and IMIMobile. Shareholders have received distributions of 6.5p. The net asset value fell 18% to 10.65p. Most […]
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13 Jun 2014 1 min read
Spark Ventures : SPK – IMIMobile
Spark Ventures has drawn investors’ attention to the announcement from IMIMobile, Spark’s largest investment, that it intends to float on the AIM market. Spark Ventures say they will hang onto some of their investment in the company. At the moment they own 27% of IMIMobile and value it at £14.8m.
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27 Feb 2014 1 min read
Spark Ventures : SPK – disposal
Spark Ventures has sold its remaining stake in Kobalt, an independent music publisher, for £5.4m. Overall SPK has made 4.8x its money on this investment.
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20 Dec 2013 1 min read
Spark Ventures : SPK – interim results
Over the six months to the end of September 2013 SPK’s NAV fell to 11.4p, in part following a 2p per share distribution to shareholders but also due to operating losses and write downs in the values of some assets. Since the period end Spark has sold notonthehighstreet for £11m. The Board hopes to make […]