Overview
EPE Special Opportunities seeks to invest £2-10 million in distressed, growth or buyout opportunities. It considers most industry sectors, including consumer, retail, manufacturing, financial services, healthcare, support services and media industries. EPE Special Opportunities partners with management and entrepreneurs to maximise value by combining financial and operational expertise in each investment. Whilst in general EPE Special Opportunities aims to take controlling equity positions, it may also seek to develop companies as a minority investor.
The fund’s website can be found here.
Fundamentals
Price
Research History
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16 Oct 2020 15 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Quarterly Review – Third Quarter 2020
Investment Companies Quarterly Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford and Aberdeen Standard Investments Table of contents In this issue Performance data Positive movers Negative movers Discounts and premiums Getting more expensive Getting cheaper Money in and out Money in Money out Major news stories Upcoming Events New research Guide The legal bit Stubborn resistance The end […]
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07 May 2020 6 min read
QuotedData’s Economic Roundup – May 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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07 Feb 2020 9 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Roundup – February 2020
Investment Companies Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford 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 January: An annual overview note on Shires Income (SHRS) “Shires Income (SHRS) will […]
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07 Oct 2019 7 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – October 2019
Investment Companies Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford New research Over September, we published notes on India Capital Growth, Jupiter Emerging & Frontier, International Biotechnology Trust, JPMorgan Russian Securities, Civitas Social Housing, Montanaro European Smaller Companies and JLEN Environmental Assets. We also launched a monthly real estate roundup, beginning with reviews of August and September. In […]
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8 min read
QuotedData’s economic roundup – October 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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11 Sep 2019 4 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – September 2019
Investment Companies Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford New research Over August, we published notes on Aberdeen Emerging Markets and JLEN Environmental Assets . You can read all these notes by clicking on the links above or by visiting www.quoteddata.com. In this issue Performance data – appetite for risk was generally down in August, as […]
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07 Jun 2019 4 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – June 2019
Investment Companies Roundup New research Over May, we published notes on Shires Income, Standard Life Private Equity and The North American Income Trust. You can read all these notes by clicking on the links above or by visiting www.quoteddata.com. In this issue Performance data – it was notable that risk appetite was down in May as renewed […]
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08 May 2019 6 min read
QuotedData’s economic roundup – May 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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13 Nov 2018 1 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – November 2018
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – November 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 October 2018. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. Winners and losers in October In what was generally a miserable month for equity markets, Brazil shone […]
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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 Jul 2018 1 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – July 2018
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – July 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 June 2018. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. July Investment Companies Roundup Money raised and returned in June Newcomer to the market, Yew Grove […]
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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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13 Mar 2018 2 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – March 2018
QuotedData investment companies roundup – March 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 February 2018. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. Equity markets continued to run up in early February, supported by strong corporate earnings […]
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07 Feb 2018 2 min read
QuotedData investment companies roundup – February 2018
QuotedData investment companies roundup – February 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 January 2018. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. The oil price was up again over the month and this helped propel […]
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10 Jan 2018 2 min read
QuotedData investment companies roundup – January 2018
QuotedData investment companies roundup – January 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 December 2017. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. January Investment Companies Roundup Winners and losers in December Infrastructure India’s share price […]
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16 May 2017 2 min read
QuotedData investment companies roundup – May 2017
QuotedData investment companies roundup: 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 April 2017. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. Money in: The only new launch in April was EJF Investments, a £69m fund trying to take advantage of […]
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10 Apr 2017 1 min read
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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31 Jan 2017 1 min read
QuotedData – 2016 review of the year
Our review of 2016 includes performance data, significant moves in discounts and premiums, money raised and money handed back, major news stories and links to the research we have published including our guide to investment companies. 2016 Annual roundup
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08 Nov 2016 1 min read
QuotedData investment companies roundup – November 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 October 2016. november-investment-companies-roundup-2
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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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04 Feb 2021 3 min read
EPE Special Opps updates on profitable year
EPE Special Opps updates on profitable year – EPE Special Opportunities has taken the unusual step of making a trading statement on its performance for the year ended 31 January 2021. Audited accounts covering the same period will be published, probably in a couple of months. [The trust might be keen to explain its run of […]
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18 Nov 2020 1 min read
QuotedData’s Morning Briefing 18 November 2020
In QuotedData’s Morning Briefing 18 November 2020 – Ahead of its AGM on 25 November 2020, JPEL Private Equity (JPEL) provided an update on its realisation strategy, noting that its manager is in advanced negotiations to sell its largest asset, its interest in MBI Holding. The transaction price would be around its carrying value with […]
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17 Nov 2020 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 17 November 2020
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 17 November 2020: BBGI Global Infrastructure has announced a placing of up to £55m worth of shares at a price between 164p and 172p. the money wil be used to help pay for a 25% stake in Signature on the Saint-Lawrence Group, the operator of the Samuel De Champlain Bridge Corridor in Montreal, […]
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02 Sep 2020 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 2 September 2020
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 2 September 2020: Temple Bar (TMPL) briefed that as per their announcements on 20 April and 9 June 2020, the board has instigated a review of the management arrangements. They anticipate that this review will be completed shortly, and the publication of the interim results has been delayed in order to […]
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16 Apr 2020 2 min read
Luceco recovery fires up EPE Special Opps
Luceco recovery fires up EPE Special Opps – over the year ended 31 January 2020, EPE Special Opportunities saw a 54.6% increase in its NAV per share. This was driven by strong performance from two of its investments – Luceco and Whittard. The share price rose by 33.9% over this period. The statement says: Whittard […]
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12 Feb 2020 1 min read
QuotedData’s other news 12 February 2020
In QuotedData’s other news 12 February 2020 – Witan Investment Trust has announced that it has become a signatory of the UN supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). The PRI signatories are a global network of asset managers, owners and service providers working together to put responsible investment into practice and to report publicly on their progress in […]
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2 min read
EPE Special Opportunities smashes it out of the park
EPE Special Opportunities (ESO) has provided a trading update for the year ended 31 January 2020. In what was a recovery year for the private equity firm, ESO has smashed it out of the park with a return on NAV of 54.6% driven primarily by led by a significant recovery in value at Luceco Plc […]
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04 Nov 2019 1 min read
QuotedData’s other news 4 November
In QuotedData’s other news 4 November EPE Special Opportunities has appointed a new administrator (Not gone into administration as we first read the headline!!). Langham Hall Fund Management (Jersey) Limited replaces R&H Fund Services (Jersey) Limited. Globaworth is paying €185m for two Polish offices – Chmielna 89 is a 14-storey office development, situated directly adjacent to […]
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22 May 2019 1 min read
QuotedData’s other news 22 May 2019
EPE Special Opportunities expressed its sadness at the death of its chairman, Geoffrey Vero. Tiny Energiser, which sold its revenue generating investments in its previous accounting year, made a significant provision against its investment in KCR (writing down the holding by £390,000 to £1,315,000). This cut its NAV from 1.47p to 1.03p. We also have […]
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10 Apr 2019 3 min read
Market responds favourably to EPE Special Opportunities results
Market responds favourably to EPE Special Opportunities results – The private equity trust, EPE Special Opportunities (ESO), which invests in small and medium-sized companies in the UK mainly, has reported total return declines of 12.5% and 7.1% in its NAV and shares over the year to January 31, 2019. Investors have responded favourable to […]
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01 Oct 2018 2 min read
EPE Special Opportunities disposes its investment in Process Components
EPE Special Opportunities disposes its investment in Process Components – EPE Special Opportunities Limited (ESO) announces that ESO Investments (PC) LLP a limited liability partnership in which it is the majority limited partner, has disposed of its investment in Process Components Limited to Schenck Process UK Limited. Following the disposal of Process Components, ESO’s estimated NAV per share as […]
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19 Dec 2017 2 min read
EPE Special Opportunities buys furniture business
EPE Special Opportunities buys furniture business – EPE Special Opportunities says that, on 18 December 2017, it completed an investment in David Phillips Holdings Limited. EPIC Private Equity describes David Phillips, which was established in 1998, as a market leading business-to-business provider of furniture and furnishing services to the UK property sector, supplying owners, managers, agents and […]
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15 Dec 2017 2 min read
EP Special Opportunities dives on Luceco profit warning
EP Special Opportunities dives on Luceco profit warning – EP Special Opportunities’ shares are 23.3% lower at lunchtime today (15 December) following a profit warning from its largest investment. Luceco profit warning Luceco made the following announcement this morning “Luceco plc, the manufacturer and distributor of high quality and innovative LED lighting products, wiring accessories […]
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03 Aug 2017 1 min read
Investment Trust Insider on EPE Special Opportunities
ESO: the private equity fund lighting up an overlooked sector Private equity investment trusts have not been left behind by this year’s stock market rally with their shares up an average 18%. One fund often overlooked in this still neglected sector is EPE Special Opportunities (ESO), an £86 million, AIM-listed, Isle of Man based investment […]
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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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03 Apr 2017 3 min read
Luceco boosts EPE Special Opportunities results
EPE Special Opportunities says its NAV at 31 January 2017 was 364.13 pence per share, an increase of 127.6% on the NAV per share of 160.00 pence as at 31 January 2016. The share price at 31 January 2017 was 268.50 pence, representing an increase of 115.7% on the share price of 124.50 pence as at 31 […]
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22 Dec 2016 1 min read
EPE Special Opportunities commences buy backs
EPE Special Opportunities has announced that it intends to commence purchasing its ordinary shares and that the transactions will be in line with the Company’s stated policy to pursue Share Buy Backs. The proposed Share Buy Backs will be funded by the Company’s cash reserves. The Ordinary Shares will be purchased by a wholly owned […]
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14 Nov 2016 2 min read
Capital Gearing benefits from private equity exposure
As at the half year to 5 October 2016, Capital Gearing Trust’s net asset value per share was 3,647.0p compared to 3,382.0p as at the last year end on 5 April 2016, an increase of 7.8%. This compares with increases of 15.6% in the MSCI UK and of 17.9% in the sterling MSCI World Index. RPI […]
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17 Oct 2016 3 min read
EPE Special Opportunities benefits from Luceco IPO
EPE Special Opportunities is reporting an IPO for one of its investments, Luceco plc. The IPO is of 71.6 million shares at a price of 130.0 pence per share. Luceco plc will admit its entire issued share capital of 160.8 million shares to trading on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange, implying a market […]
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08 Sep 2016 2 min read
EPE Special Opportunities NAV climbs 17% in first half
EPE Special Opportunities has announced interim results for the six months ended 31 July 2016. The NAV at 31 July 2016 was 187.89 pence per share, an increase of 17.4% on the NAV per share of 160.00 pence as at 31 January 2016. The share price at 31 July 2016 was 148.50 pence, representing an increase of 19.3% on the […]
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24 May 2016 2 min read
Nexus helps drive 12.6% uplift in EPE Special Opportunities NAV
EPE Special Opportunities has published results for the year ended 31 January 2016. The Net Asset Value at 31 January 2016 was 160.00 pence per share, an increase of 12.6% on the NAV per share of 142.13 pence as at 31 January 2015. The share price at 31 January 2016 was 124.50 pence, representing an increase […]
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27 Jul 2015 1 min read
EPE Special Opps buys out partner
EPE Special Opportunities has paid £8.6m to buy the Limited Partnership interest held by DES Holdings IV(A) LLC in ESO Investments 1 LP (the Limited Partnership through which it holds most of its existing portfolio). After the deal EPE Special Opportunities is the only investor in ESO 1. The £8.6m is being paid as £5.7m now and £2.9m before 30 September 2015. […]
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19 Mar 2015 1 min read
EPE Special Opportunities benefits from disposals
EPE Special Opportunities saw its net asset value rise by 5% over the year to the end of January 2015 but this modest increased was dwarfed by a 31% rise in its share price. They have £9.96m in net cash in the portfolio, plenty they say, to fund new investment opportunities. Major exits from the […]
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18 Mar 2014 1 min read
EPE Special Opportunities : ESO – Annual report
EPE Special Opportunities results for the year ended 31 January 2014 show an increase in the net asset value of 31.5% over the period. The share price increased by 55% but the shares still traded at a considerable discount – 87p vs. an NAV of 135.4p. Two stocks that contributed to EPE Special Opportunities’ performance […]
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20 Feb 2014 1 min read
EPE Special Opportunities : ESO
EPE Special Opportunities has sold its interest in Bighead Holdings – getting £4m for its stake. Bighead makes a variety of fasteners – www.bighead.co.uk. The stake in Bighead was valued at £3m in EPE Special Opportunities’ last set of accounts. Overall, including income, ESO says it made 3.6x its money on its original investment and say […]
