Overview
Martin Currie Global Portfolio’s objective is to achieve long-term capital growth by investing in a diversified portfolio of international companies with the aim of beating the FTSE World Index.
The investment manager’s investment process is focused on selecting stocks through analysis of proven long-term drivers behind share price movements of quality, value, growth and change
We have written notes that explain how the fund works:
- March 2017, published in March 2017, snapshot of Marten Currie’s closed-end funds
You can access the manager’s website here
Fundamentals
Price
Research History
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09 Oct 2020 10 min read
QuotedData’s Economic Roundup – October 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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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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04 Apr 2019 2 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – April 2019
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – April 2019 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 March 2019. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. JPMorgan Indian, India Capital Growth, Aberdeen New India and Ashoka India Equity Investment […]
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12 Oct 2018 2 min read
QuotedData’s Economic round up – October 2018
QuotedData’s Economic round up – October 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 […]
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11 May 2018 2 min read
QuotedData’s Economic round up – May 2018
QuotedData’s economic round up – May 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 […]
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18 Apr 2018 1 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – April 2018
QuotedData investment companies roundup – April 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 March 2018. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. Stock markets have suffered their first meaningful fall for nearly two years. At the quarter end, […]
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2 min read
QuotedData’s Economic round up – April 2018
QuotedData’s economic round up – April 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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18 Jan 2018 2 min read
QuotedData – 2017 review of the year
QuotedData – 2017 review of the year – Many commentators, including us, were wary going into 2017. In the event, economic growth and markets surprised on the upside: US markets hit new highs despite three interest rate rises. Perceived low/no growth areas such as Europe and Japan burst into life. Asia’s technology stocks surged. India’s […]
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12 Oct 2017 2 min read
QuotedData’s economic round up – October 2017
QuotedData’s economic round up – October 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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14 Sep 2017 2 min read
QuotedData’s economic round up – September 2017
QuotedData’s economic round up – September 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 […]
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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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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 […]
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14 Jun 2017 2 min read
QuotedData’s economic round up – June 2017
QuotedData’s economic round up – June 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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16 May 2017 1 min read
QuotedData’s economic round up – May 2017
QuotedData’s economic round up – May 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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10 Apr 2017 1 min read
QuotedData’s round up of views on the global economy – April 2017
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 companies mentioned. Kindly sponsored […]
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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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15 Mar 2017 1 min read
QuotedData’s round up of views on the global economy – March 2017
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 companies mentioned. Kindly sponsored […]
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13 Mar 2017 2 min read
Martin Currie Closed-End Funds Snapshot
Martin Currie Closed-End Funds Snapshot – In this publication, Martin & Co takes a look at Edinburgh-based fund manager, Martin Currie and provide a snapshot of its three investment trusts – Securities Trust of Scotland (STS), Martin Currie Global Portfolio (MNP) and Martin Currie Asia Unconstrained (MCP).Preview Changes (opens in a new window) Securities Trust of […]
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2 min read
Martin Currie Closed-End Funds Snapshot
In this publication, we take a look at Edinburgh-based fund manager, Martin Currie and provide a snapshot of its three investment trusts – Securities Trust of Scotland (STS), Martin Currie Global Portfolio (MNP) and Martin Currie Asia Unconstrained (MCP). Securities Trust of Scotland Mark Whitehead became the manager of Securities Trust of Scotland’s portfolio in […]
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13 Oct 2016 1 min read
QuotedData’s round up of views on the global economy – October 2016
QuotedData’s collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from comments made by chairman and managers of investment companies. october-economic-and-political-roundup
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16 Dec 2015 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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09 Feb 2021 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 9 February 2021
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 9 February 2021 Nippon Active Capital looks to have scored a win as Mr. Shintaro Matsuki, President of Sakai Ovex Co., Ltd, using a special purpose company, Sakai Textile Co., Ltd., has launched a tender offer at ¥ 2,850 per common share for all of the outstanding equity capital of Sakai Ovex. […]
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01 Feb 2021 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 1 February 2021
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 1 February 2021 – BlackRock Income and Growth (BRIG) reported annual results to 31 October 2020. During the year the company’s NAV per share returned -16.7%. At the share price level, the company returned -14.8% over the period. As at 28 January 2021, since the year-end BRIG’s NAV and share price have […]
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19 Jan 2021 1 min read
Martin Currie Global Portfolio cuts fee
Martin Currie Global Portfolio cuts fee – The board of Martin Currie Global Portfolio Trust says that, following a review, it has agreed with Martin Currie Investment Management, the manager, that, with effect from 1 February 2021, the performance fee arrangement will be discontinued and the investment management fee amended from 0.4% to 0.5% per year […]
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24 Nov 2020 1 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 24 November 2020
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 24 November 2020: Gore Street Energy Storage says its Drumkee project, a 50MW installed capacity project located in Northern Ireland, has been energised on schedule. Drumkee is now the largest energy storage project in Ireland. Mullavilly, Gore Street’s second 50MW Northern Irish project, is expected to be energised in December. Both Drumkee and […]
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14 Sep 2020 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 14 September 2020
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 14 September 2020:: Martin Currie Global Portfolio (MNP) held up well over its interim results period to 30 June 2020, delivering a total NAV return of 8.4%. The result was well ahead of MNP’s benchmark, at 0.2%. MNP sits in the global sector, with healthcare and technology making up about half of […]
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14 Apr 2020 3 min read
Martin Currie Global portfolio holding up well
Martin Currie Global portfolio holding up well – since turning out a decent set of results for the year ended 31 January 2020, Martin Currie Global Portfolio has extended its run of outperformance by falling much less than its benchmark index since COVID-19 hit. For the year ended 31 January 2020, the trust generated a […]
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08 Sep 2016 2 min read
Martin Currie Global Portfolio held back by holding in L Brands, amongst others
Martin Currie Global Portfolio has announced results for the six months ended 31 July 2016. It underperformed its benchmark, the FTSE World Index, over this period. Its net asset value increased by 17.6% on a total return basis and the share price total return was 19.8%, compared to the benchmark return of 20.3%. The total dividend for […]
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29 Mar 2016 4 min read
Martin Currie Global’s modest outperformance has been driven by stock selection
Martin Currie Global Portfolio has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 January 2016. During the period, which the trust’s chairman describes as one that, “has been exceptionally challenging for global stockmarkets with significant economic and political uncertainty resulting in periods of unusual volatility”, the trust’s NAV total return was 0.9% compared with […]
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25 Sep 2015 1 min read
Martin Currie Global Portfolio first half benefits from BG bid
Martin Currie Global Portfolio generated a 2.2% return on net assets over the six month period ended 31 July 2015 – a bit better than its benchmark, the FTSE World Index, which returned 1.9%. the discount widened slightly however and the return to shareholders was 1.2%. The quarterly dividends total 1.8p for the first half – same […]
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30 Mar 2015 1 min read
Martin Currie Global dips into reserves to grow dividend
Martin Currie Global Portfolio results for the year ended 31 January 2015 have been released. They show the fund underperforming its benchmark, the FTSE World Index, a bit in net asset value terms – returning 16.1% vs. 17.3% – but marginally outperforming in share price terms – +17.4%.The dividend was increased from 4p to 4.1p but this was […]
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04 Apr 2014 1 min read
Martin Currie Global Portfolio : MNP – results
Martin Currie Global Portfolio underperformed its benchmark over the year to the end of January 2014 as the net asset value total return was 8.1% and the FTSE World Index return was 10.5%. The discount narrowed however so the share price total return was 9.8%. Dividends, now paid quarterly, totalled 4p for the year, 2.6% […]