Invesco Asia : IAT

Research History

• 10 Aug 2020 6 min read

  QuotedData’s Economic Roundup – August 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 […]

• 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 […]

• 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 […]

• 11 Jul 2018 2 min read

  QuotedData’s Economic round up – July 2018

  QuotedData’s Economic round up – July 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 […]

• 10 Jan 2018 2 min read

  QuotedData’s economic round up – January 2018

  QuotedData’s economic round up – January 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 […]

• 19 Oct 2017 2 min read

  Quarterly investment companies roundup – Third quarter 2017

  Quarterly investment companies roundup – Third quarter 2017 – Markets moved up a little over the course of the three months ended 30 September 2017. Regionally, emerging markets did well. The pound strengthened a bit relative to the US dollar but was flat against the euro. The oil price rose by more than 20%. In […]

• 14 Sep 2017 2 min read

  QuotedData investment companies roundup – September 2017

      QuotedData investment companies roundup – September 2017 – 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 2017. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. September Investment Companies Roundup Winners and losers in August Ashmore Global’s […]

• 12 Jul 2017 3 min read

  QuotedData’s economic round up – July 2017

  QuotedData’s economic round up – July 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 […]

• 14 Jun 2017 2 min read

  QuotedData investment companies roundup – June 2017

  QuotedData investment companies roundup – June 2017 – 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 2017. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. June Investment Companies Roundup Japan was one of the best places to be […]

• 10 Oct 2016 2 min read

  Pacific Horizon – Brave new world

  Marten & Co published an update on the company entitled Pacific Horizon – Brave new world The company’s performance has started to improve over the past few months, yet Baillie Gifford’s Ewan Markson-Brown and Roderick Snell, thinks that there is still considerable potential for the portfolio. He believes that some of the themes that he […]

• 1 min read

  Pacific Horizon – Brave new world

  Pacific Horizon’s (PHI)’s performance has started to improve over the past few months, yet the manager thinks that there is still considerable potential for the portfolio. He believes that some of the themes that he is focusing on could radically alter all our lives and that many Asian companies will be at the forefront of […]

• 09 Aug 2016 1 min read

  Edinburgh Dragon – Returning to form

  Edinburgh Dragon Trust (EFM) is the largest and one of the most liquid investment companies focused on the Asia ex Japan region. Its strong focus on quality has served it well over the long term. EFM’s manager says that an environment of very low interest rates has distorted markets, with the result that EFM’s focus […]

• 21 Mar 2016 2 min read

  Pacific Horizon – investor in Asian growth

  Pacific Horizon – investor in Asian growth Marten and Co publishes its first initiation of coverage note on Pacific Horizon (PHI) The company is unashamedly a growth fund and its Asia-focused portfolio has significant overweight exposures to technology and biotechnology. However, it would appear that, investors are shying away from Asia because of weak Chinese growth and […]

News

• 12 Jan 2021 2 min read

  Why kowtow to the US? Invesco Asia makes statement on Order 13959

  Why kowtow to the US? Invesco Asia makes statement on Order 13959 Today, Invesco Asia made the following announcement: “The board is aware of US Executive Order 13959 (“EO 13959”) relating to Communist Chinese Military Companies (“CCMCs”) and associated guidance issued by the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”), in particular relating […]

• 28 Aug 2020 2 min read

  QuotedData’s morning briefing 28 August 2020

  In QuotedData’s morning briefing 28 August 2020: Invesco Asia (IAT) announced two measures aimed at meeting its 10% discount target. Chairman, Neil Rogan, says that they are being introduced to spark new demand for the company. Conditional tender offer: subject to approval by shareholders, the board intends to introduce a performance-related conditional tender offer. Under the […]

• 07 Jul 2020 3 min read

  Invesco Asia caught out by COVID

  Invesco Asia caught out by COVID – Invesco Asia generated a -10.2% return on net assets for the year ended 30 April 2020 and a -10.0% return to shareholders. By contrast, the benchmark’s return was -4.1%. The dividend was raised by 22.8% to 7.0p. This was well-covered by revenue per share of 7.8p. The trust shrank […]

• 11 Jul 2019 4 min read

  Invesco Asia buybacks narrow discount

  Invesco Asia buybacks narrow discount – A narrowing of Invesco Asia’s discount made up for underperformance in NAV terms over the year ended 30 April 2019.  The NAV total return for the period was 0.8% against 1.6% for the benchmark (MSCI AC Asia ex Japan Index) but, as the discount moved from 13.0% to 8.9%, […]

• 03 May 2017 1 min read

  Invesco Asia plans 15% tender

  Invesco Asia Trust has announced that, as its discount was wider than 10% on average over the year to 30 April 2017, a tender offer for 15% of its shares at a 2% discount has been triggered. The average discount over the measurement period was 10.9%. The record date for participation in the tender offer […]

• 14 Dec 2016 6 min read

  Invesco Asia Trust has a strong half year

  Invesco Asia Trust has announced its interim results for the six months ended 31 October 2016. During the period, the company provided NAV and share price total returns of 33.6% and 37.1% respectively. In both cases outperforming the company’s benchmark index, the MSCI AC Asia ex Japan Index, which the company says returned 32.1%. The […]

• 28 Jun 2016 5 min read

  No tender offer for Invesco Asia

  The year to the end of April was a difficult one for Asian funds. Invesco Asia outperformed however, returning -7.1% on net assets against -14.3% for the MSCI AC Asia ex Japan Index. The return to shareholders was -10.3% (the discount widened from 9.8% to 13.1%). The dividend is being maintained at 3.65p. At the […]

• 16 Dec 2015 4 min read

  Invesco Asia outperforms helped by Chinese internet exposure

  In a difficult period for Asian stock markets, Invesco Asia Trust outperformed its benchmark over the six months ended 31 October 2015 returning -11.8% vs. -16.3% for the MSCI Asia ex Japan Index. The return to shareholders was -13.1% as the discount widened from 9.8% to 11.0%. The manager’s report says that the company’s holdings […]

• 29 Jun 2015 2 min read

  Invesco Asia buoyed by IT and materials holdings

  The year to the end of April 2015 was a good one for Invesco Asia as the fund generated a return on net assets of 28.3% and a return to shareholders of 29.4%, both well ahead of the 22.7% return on the company’s outgoing benchmark – MSCI All Countries Asia Pacific ex Japan Index (to […]

• 12 Dec 2014 2 min read

  Management and benchmark change for Invesco Asia

  Invesco Asia outperformed its benchmark by some margin over the six months that finished on 31 October 2014. The net asset value total return was 17.6% and the return to shareholders 16.6% – these compare favourably to a 10.3% return on the benchmark (MSCI All Countries Asia Pacific ex Japan Index (total return), expressed in […]

• 16 Dec 2013 1 min read

  Invesco Asia : IAT

  Invesco Asia has released its results for the half year ended 31 October 2013. IAT outperformed over the period as the NAV returned 3.2%, the share price 2.6% and the benchmark lost 1.8%. The discount widened a little but the Board has reaffirmed its commitment to getting the fund to trade at a discount narrower […]

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