Overview
Ecofin Water & Power Opportunities convertible – which matures in 2016 and pays a coupon of 6% – converts into the ordinary shares of Ecofin Water & Power Opportunities. Its investment objectives are to achieve a high, secure dividend yield on its investment portfolio and to realise long-term growth in the capital value of its portfolio for the benefit of shareholders, while taking care to preserve shareholders’ capital.
Ecofin Water & Power Opportunities’ assets are primarily invested in the equity and equity-related securities of utility and utility-related companies although the Company may invest up to 15% of its gross assets in the debt instruments of such companies and may also hold significant cash or cash equivalent positions from time to time. For purposes of investment, utility companies are those involved in the generation, transmission, distribution and supply of electric power; the abstraction, treatment and distribution of water; the treatment of waste water and waste; the distribution of natural gas; and the transmission of energy. Utility-related companies are those that supply equipment, technology, fuel or services to utility companies or which enjoy natural monopolies in the provision of essential infrastructure services
Research History
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29 Mar 2018 2 min read
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure – On the contrary ….
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure – On the contrary …. – Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure (EGL) had a strong 2017, beating the MSCI World Utilities Index by a significant margin. Utilities and infrastructure have got off to a difficult start in 2018 however, suffering from negative sentiment as markets have focused on the heightened […]
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09 Nov 2017 1 min read
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure – Delivering the goods
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure – Delivering the goods The manager of Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust (EGL), which invests in utilities and other economic infrastructure equities, says that the company’s portfolio has benefitted from having an overweight position in continental European stocks, good stock selection and an upswing in power prices which have […]
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23 May 2017 1 min read
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust – Structural growth, low volatility and high income
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust (EGL) invests in utilities and other economic infrastructure equities (see definition on page 4) and is looking to deliver a total return (capital gains and income) of 6-12% per annum to shareholders over time. These sectors are traditionally less volatile than global equities in general, and the manager expects […]