Overview
Artemis Alpha Trust aims to achieve above average rates of total return over the longer term and to achieve a growing dividend stream. The company’s investment portfolio comprises mainly UK and selected international equities, with the potential for investment in limited liability hedge funds, cash and bonds, unquoted investments, derivative instruments and other investments and securities as appropriate.
The fund’s website can be found here.
Research History
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10 Sep 2020 8 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Roundup – September 2020
Investment Companies 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 Appendix – Performance by sector full list New research Here is a list of research we published over August: Aberdeen New Dawn – COVID positive “In […]
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10 Jan 2020 10 min read
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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07 Aug 2019 7 min read
QuotedData’s economic roundup – August 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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19 Dec 2018 1 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – December 2018
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – December 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 November 2018. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. Extract from ‘winners and losers’ The Californian wildfires took their toll on CatCo Reinsurance as it […]
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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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14 Sep 2018 1 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – September 2018
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – September 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 August GRIT Real Estate Income floated on the UK Stock Exchange in […]
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15 Aug 2018 2 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – August 2018
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – August 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 July 2018. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. Money raised and returned in July Tritax EuroBox raised its maximum target of £300 million in an […]
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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 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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07 Feb 2018 2 min read
QuotedData’s economic round up – February 2018
QuotedData’s economic round up – February 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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03 Aug 2017 3 min read
QuotedData’s economic round up – August 2017
QuotedData’s economic round up – August 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 sell […]
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27 Oct 2016 1 min read
Quarterly investment companies roundup – Third quarter 2016
Q3 saw the market adapt to life post the UK’s EU referendum. Sterling continued to fall but most stock markets stabilised and discounts narrowed across most sectors. While the US election is dominating headlines, it does not seem to be having much impact on markets so far. q3-quarterly-roundup
News
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31 Jul 2020 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 31 July 2020
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 31 July 2020: Artemis Alpha Trust has appointment Nplus1 Singer Advisory LLP as its sole corporate broker with immediate effect. Tetragon has published its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2020. During the period, it provided an NAV total return of -1.9% (this compares against a +8.1% NAV […]
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29 Jul 2020 3 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 29 July 2020
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 29 July 2020: Primary Health Properties (PHP) reported interim results to 30 June 2020, with performance highlights that include: Adjusted EPRA earnings per share increased by 7.1%; Average uplift of 2.2% per annum on rent reviews completed in the period (FY 2019: 1.9%; FY 2018: 1.4%); Additional annualised rental income on a […]
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19 Jul 2019 13 min read
Double whammy Artemis Alpha held back by quoted and unquoted investments
Artemis Alpha has suffered a double whammy. It has announced its annual results for the year ended 30 April 2019 and it says that, over the year, its net asset value and share price declined by 8.6% and 8.9% respectively on a total return basis, while its All-Share Index benchmark increased by 2.6% over the […]
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02 Aug 2018 7 min read
Artemis Alpha outperforms in year of transition
Artemis Alpha outperforms in year of transition – Artemis Alpha Trust has reported its results for the year ended 30 April 2018. It was a reasonable period for the trust, the NAV return was 11.0% on a total return basis, compared with an 8.2% increase in the All-Share Index. The share price return was 13.2%. Dividends for the […]
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25 Jul 2018 2 min read
Artemis Alpha sells Metapack
Artemis Alpha sells Metapack – Artemis Alpha Trust has drawn investors’ attention to an announcement from Stamps.com which has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the total shares outstanding of Metapack Ltd., an unlisted equity representing 3.1% of the NAV, for cash. The agreed sale price represents a 24.8% uplift to current carrying value. Total proceeds […]
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23 Jul 2018 3 min read
Artemis Alpha writes down URICA
Artemis Alpha writes down URICA – Artemis Alpha Trust says that its NAV has been reduced by 2.2% as a result of an impairment taken to the value of its holding in URICA Ltd, a company operating in the supply chain finance industry. This represents the total amount originally invested in URICA at cost. The managers did not […]
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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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07 Jul 2016 7 min read
Artemis Alpha will cut exposure to unquoteds
Artemis Alpha has published results for the year ended 30 April 2016. The Company’s net asset value per share fell by 6.1 per cent during the year on a total return basis. This compares with a fall of 5.7 per cent in the FTSE All-Share Index over the same period. Although the quoted investments were […]
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05 Feb 2016 1 min read
Artemis Alpha writes down unquoteds
Artemis Alpha has announced that, following a quarterly review of the Company’s unquoted portfolio, a number of adjustments have been made to the carrying valuations. These have resulted in an overall reduction of 2.1 per cent in the Company’s net asset value. The most significant reduction was to Starcount, where it was considered prudent to […]
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17 Dec 2015 4 min read
Artemis Alpha bests benchmark despite write down of some unquoted holdings
Artemis Alpha has reported a -3.6% total return on net assets for the six month ended 31 October 2015. The FTSE All-Share Index declined by 5.7 per cent over the same period. The Chairman says the fall in the NAV was primarily due to changes in the valuation of its unquoted investments, a number of which raised […]
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13 Jul 2015 2 min read
Artemis knocked by oil price and Gift-Library
Artemis Alpha announced results for the year ended 30 April 2015 late on Friday. These show it underperforming the FTSE All-Share index by some margin – the total return on net assets was -0.9% while the return on the index was 7.5%. Shareholders did even worse however as the discount widened from 10.2% to 15.7% […]
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17 Dec 2014 1 min read
Artemis Alpha shines in difficult period
Artemis Alpha Trust has reported results for the six months ended 31 October 2014. this was a difficult period for UK Smaller Companies with the FTSE Small Cap Index falling by 6% and the FTSE AIM All-Share Index falling by 11.9%. The FTSE All-Share Index fell by 1.6%. Artemis Alpha managed to increase its net […]
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04 Jul 2014 1 min read
Artemis Alpha Trust : ATS – annual results
Artemis Alpha Trust has released results for the period ended 30 April 2014. It generated a net asset value total return of 13.3% for the period, ahead of the 10.5% return generated by the FTSE All-Share Index. The dividend increased from 3.05p to 3.2p. The fund’s discount widened however so the return to shareholders was […]
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19 Dec 2013 1 min read
Artemis Alpha : ATS – interim results
Artemis Alpha, the UK equity growth investment trust, has released interim results for the six months ended 31 October 2013 that show its portfolio comfortably outperformed its benchmark, the FTSE All-Share index. ATS’s NAV return was 13.1% over the period while the index returned 7.7%. Three stocks in ATS’s unquoted portfolio were written up – Metapack (a business […]
