Overview
The Bankers Investment Trust seeks to deliver capital growth in excess of a benchmark of 50%the FTSE All-Share Index and 50% FTSE World ex UK, and regular dividend growth that exceeds the rise in the Retail Prices Index (RPI). It does this by investing in a globally diversified portfolio of equities that has a significant UK bias.
The manager’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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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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07 Feb 2020 9 min read
QuotedData’s Economic Roundup – February 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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22 Feb 2019 2 min read
QuotedData’s economic roundup – February 2019
QuotedData’s economic roundup – February 2019 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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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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11 Dec 2017 2 min read
QuotedData’s economic round up – December 2017
QuotedData’s economic round up – December 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 […]
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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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14 Feb 2017 1 min read
QuotedData’s round up of views on the global economy – February 2017
QuotedData’s collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from comments made by chairman and managers of investment companies. Kindly sponsored by Martin Currie. February Economic and Political 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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16 Dec 2015 1 min read
Henderson Global Trust – Searching for change
Henderson Global Trust – Searching for change Marten and Co publishes its first initiation of coverage note on Henderson Global Trust The company underwent a voluntary winding-up and rollover into Henderson International Income Trust and or The Bankers Investment Trust. Both companies are managed by Janus Henderson Investors. Henderson Global Trust was one of the smaller members of the […]
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1 min read
Henderson Global Trust – Searching for change
Henderson Global Trust is one of the smaller members of the AIC’s global sector, which gives its manager the option to look further down the market cap scale. Its more moderate size hasn’t inflated overall costs. The trust, which pays quarterly dividends, offers one of the highest yields in its peer group, whilst trading at […]
News
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19 Jan 2021 3 min read
Bankers will split its shares after successful year
Bankers will split its shares after successful year – Bankers Investment Trust has announced results for the year ended 31 October 2020. The NAV total return per share was 5.3%, outperforming the World Index total return of 4.3%. The share price total return was higher, at 8.1%, due to the narrowing of the discount. The chairman […]
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16 Jan 2020 2 min read
QuotedData’s other news 16 January 2020
In QuotedData’s other news 16 January 2020 – Bankers Investment Trust (BNKR) has reported annual results to 31 October 2019 with the global sector company delivering a total NAV return of 12.1% (the benchmark FTSE World Index returned 11.7%). BNKR’s chair, Sue Inglis, noted the following in her outlook statement: “Global economic growth remains positive, […]
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16 Jan 2019 2 min read
Downbeat Bankers at least manages positive return
Downbeat Bankers at least manages positive return – Over the year ending 31 October 2018, Bankers Investment Trust generated a 0.8% total return on net assets but its share price fell from 852p to 835p to finish the year on a 3.6% discount. By contrast, the MSCI World Index returned 5.1% over this period. The chairman […]
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16 Jan 2018 2 min read
Bankers promises 6% dividend increase
Bankers promises 6% dividend increase – Bankers Investment Trust says that, for the year ended 31 October 2017, its NAV increased by 16.3%. The share price performance was enhanced as the discount to NAV narrowed, with the share price recording a 23.5% increase. The dividend was upped by 9.4% to 18.6p and the directors are […]
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31 Jul 2017 4 min read
Better year for Growth pool in F&C Managed Portfolio
Better year for Growth pool in F&C Managed Portfolio – F&C Managed Portfolio has published results for the year ended 31 May 2017. The NAV total return (i.e. adding dividends paid to capital performance) was 24.5% for the Income shares and 26.4% for the Growth shares. This compares with the 24.5% total return for the All-Share […]
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14 Jul 2016 5 min read
Housebuilding drags down Independent after a good six months
The six month period ending 31 May 2016 Independent Investment Trust produced a net asset value total return of 5.7%. The total returns notionally attributable to the FTSE All Share Index and the FTSE World Index were 0.1% and 3.9% respectively. The net asset value per share rose from 390.1p to 400.3p over the period, […]
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17 Jun 2016 1 min read
Bankers let down by widening discount
Bankers Investment Trust returned 0.4% over the six months to the end of April 2016, slightly better than the zero return posted by the FTSE All-Share Index. The return to shareholders was -3.8% however as the discount widened to 5.9%. The interim dividend was increased from 7.8p to 8.0p. There is no manager’s statement in […]
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28 Jan 2016 2 min read
F&C Managed Portfolio beats UK market
F&C Managed Portfolio Trust has published interim results for the six months ended 30 November 2015, announcing a net asset value total return of -5.1% for the Income shares and -2.4% for the Growth shares compared to the FTSE All-Share Index return of -6.4%. The key drivers of the performance of the Growth Portfolio were […]
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18 Jan 2016 1 min read
Bankers does well, raises dividend for 49th year
Bankers Investment Trust has published results for the year ended 31 October 2015. Over the year the net asset value rose by 5.7%, the share price by 9.9% and the dividend was increased by 6.8% to 15.8p (making the 49th consecutive year of dividend increases). They say all of their major geographic portfolios exceeded their local […]
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18 Jun 2015 1 min read
Bankers reaps rewards of Chinese investment
Bankers Investment Trust has announced decent figures for the six months ended 30 April 2015 with the fund generating a return on net assets of 13.3% and a return to shareholders of 13.9% as compared to a 9.2% return on the FTSE All-Share Index. The Chairman’s statement points out that this was a good period for returns […]
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19 May 2015 1 min read
Bankers taking on debt
Bankers Investment Trust, managed by Alex Crooke, is issuing £50m worth of fixed rate 20 year unsecured private placement notes at an annualised coupon of 3.68%. The funding date is expected to be 27 May 2015 and the Notes are due to be repaid on 27 May 2035. The interest payment dates will be 27 May and […]
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19 Jan 2015 1 min read
Bankers outperformance helped by Apple
Bankers Investment Trust has published its results for the year that ended on 31 October 2014. The net asset value rose by 1.5% while the FTSE All-Share Index fell by 2.3%. The full year dividend was increased by 4.7% to 14.8p and the Board is forecasting a dividend of at least 15.5p for the current […]
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02 Dec 2014 1 min read
The alternative plays in investment trusts
Source: http://www.moneymarketing.co.uk/news-and-analysis/analysis/the-alternative-plays-in-investment-trusts/2016533.article Income-seeking investors would do well to look at the alternative plays on offer in the investment companies space, such as renewable energy and asset leasing With interest rates held so low for so long, it is not surprising investors have been looking for alternative ways to generate income. That search is only set to […]
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19 Jun 2014 1 min read
The Bankers Investment Trust : BNKR – interims
The Bankers Investment Trust, managed by Alex Crooke, has published its interim accounts for the six months that ended on 30 April 2014. The net asset value fell over the period by 2.2% while the FTSE All-Share Index rose by 1.0%. The statement attributes this to currency moves (a common complaint in many recent results announcements […]
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20 Jan 2014 1 min read
The Bankers Investment Trust : BNKR – final results
Bankers results for the year to the end of October 2013 show a 23.8% uplift in its net asset value and a closing of its discount, enabling a 33.9% share price return to investors and sufficient demand for its shares to allow it to issue 350,000 in the period. This was the first time Bankers has issued […]
