Overview
Rights and Issues Investment Trust is a split capital fund that invests in equities with an emphasis on smaller companies. UK smaller companies will normally constitute at least 80% of the investment portfolio. UK smaller companies include both listed securities and those quoted on the Alternative Investment Market (“AIM”).
Research History
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04 Apr 2019 2 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – April 2019
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – April 2019 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 2019. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. JPMorgan Indian, India Capital Growth, Aberdeen New India and Ashoka India Equity Investment […]
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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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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 […]
News
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26 Feb 2019 1 min read
Rights and Issues beats benchmark but NAV falls 10.7%
Rights and Issues Investment Trust (RIII) has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 December 2018. During the year, the trust provided an NAV total return of -9.7% (The NAV fell from 2,372.3p per share to 2,118.1p per share, but paid a modestly higher dividend of 31.5p per share versus 30.75p per share […]
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29 Jun 2017 6 min read
Miton Global discount narrows on strong performance
For the year ended 30 April 2017, Miton Global Opportunities net asset value per share rose to 248.7p (2016: 182.4p), a total return of 36.3% (2016: 0.4%). The share price ended on an all-time high of 242.3p (2016: 164.3p), a total return of 47.5%. The fund has outperformed a number of other comparators such as the […]
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28 Feb 2017 1 min read
Another good year of performance for Rights and Issues
Rights and Issues says 2016 proved to be a very strange year. the UK market rose by 12.5% and the small cap market by 11% but, once the fall in sterling following the June referendum result is factored in, a more sombre picture emerges. By contrast, the net asset value of the fund’s Income shares increased by 29.5% to 2002.2p. […]
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01 Jul 2016 3 min read
Miton Global Opportunities flat after rollercoaster year
Miton Global Opportunities has released results for the year ended 30 April 2016. The net asset value per share rose to 182.4p, a total return of 0.4% – there is no dividend. The manager says the company’s shares ended the financial year standing at an all-time high, moving from 162.75p to 164.25p during the year. […]
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08 Jan 2016 3 min read
Miton Global Opportunities underperforms in first half
Miton Global Opportunities, formerly Miton Worldwide Growth Investment Trust PLC, has announced its interim results for the six-months ended 31 October 2015. During the period, the company’s NAV total return was -4.4% and its share price total return was -2.8%. These compare against a return of -3.6% on the MSCI world and a 1.3% return […]
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16 Jul 2015 1 min read
Small company investment trusts got election boost
Investment trusts specialising in smaller companies were among the top performers of the past few months after a decisive election result improved confidence in the sector, new research shows. But commodity and Asia-focused investment trusts were among the stragglers as investors shunned stocks exposed to an economic slowdown in China or a US rate rise, […]
