QD view – Resurgent emergence
QD view – Resurgent emergence: What are the prospects for emerging markets funds as the global economy recovers from COVID-19? The place to be Quite a few commentators have been picking emerging markets as the place to be in 2021. Part of the argument is that many of them (particularly in parts of Asia) coped […]
Aberdeen Emerging Markets benefits from strong fund selection
Aberdeen Emerging Markets (AEMC) has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 October 2020, during which fund selection contributed strongly to the outperformance during the year, allowing AEMC to provide NAV and share price total returns of 8.9% and 12.2% respectively. The chairman, Mark Hadsley-Chaplin, says that there were notable contributions from certain […]
QuotedData’s morning briefing 19 February 2021
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 19 February 2021: City of London has released its interim report for the six months ended 31 December 2020. During the period, it provided an NAV total return of 6.9% and a share price total return of 12.3%. These compare against returns from its All-Share Benchmark of 12.3%, the AIC UK Equity Income […]
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Annual Review – 2020
Investment Companies Annual Review 2020 Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford and Aberdeen Standard Investments In this issue A year that changed the world It was the year that nobody will forget. Industries re-shaped, many of them probably permanently, a change of leadership in the US, and finally a remarkable feat of human ingenuity in the roll-out […]
QuotedData’s morning briefing 14 January 2021
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 14 January 2021: Polar Capital Global Financials has published a circular to convene a meeting on 1 February at which shareholders will be asked to approve the issue of up to 70,375,000 shares from treasury without pre-emption (first offering them to existing shareholders). The shares will be issued at a premium and […]
QD view – Latin America – the only way is up?
Latin America – the only way is up? This week saw the publication of results from Aberdeen Latin American Income. Unfortunately, they did not make good reading. Over the year ending 31 August 2020, the trust generated an NAV return of -27.5% (in total return terms, adjusting for the effects of the dividend) and a […]
Interview with Andrew Lister of Aberdeen Emerging Markets
In this week’s show, James Carthew talked to Andrew Lister, co-manager of Aberdeen Emerging Markets Watch it again here If you were looking for James Carthew’s roundup of the week’s news, this is now in the news section – just click here If there is a guest speaker you’d particularly like to hear from, please email us […]
QuotedData’s weekly news show 30 October 2020
QuotedData’s weekly news show 30 October 2020 Thank you to everyone that listened in today, whether you watched the Zoom live, on Facebook or on youtube. In this week’s show, James Carthew covered the week’s top stories: a crossroads for UK Mortgages an unwelcome tender offer for shares in Alternative Income REIT Augmentum raising £28m […]
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 […]
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Roundup – October 2020
Investment Companies Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford and Aberdeen Standard Investments Table of contents New research Performance data Discounts and premiums Money in and out Major news stories Events Guide Appendix – Performance by sector full list New research Here is a list of research we published over September: Standard Life Investments Property Income Trust – […]
Aberdeen Emerging Markets Investment Company – Peer group leading China exposure
Peer group leading China exposure Since our most recent note, the managers of Aberdeen Emerging Markets Investment Company (AEMC) have significantly increased the fund’s exposure to China. With 38.9% of the fund now allocated to China and 72.5% to wider Asia-Pacific, extensive exposure is provided to the region that has been the quickest to return […]
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Roundup – August 2020
Investment Companies Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford and Aberdeen Standard Investments Table of contents New research Performance data Discounts and premiums Money in and out Major news stories Income Events Guide Appendix – Performance by sector full list New research Here is a list of research we published over July: Seneca Global Income & Growth – […]
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 […]
QuotedData’s morning briefing 10 July 2020
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 10 July 2020: Carador Income Fund has announced the final redemption and de-listing of its redemption pool shares. G GCP Asset Backed Income (GABI) has announced that it has exercised its option to extend its £50m revolving credit with the Royal Bank of Scotland International Limited. The facility will now expire in […]
Aberdeen Emerging Markets backs the right funds
Aberdeen Emerging Markets has announced its interim results for the six months ended 30 April 2020, during which stock selection was positive, showing that the managers backed the right funds. However, the period includes the market collapse following the outbreak of the pandemic in March, followed by a partial recovery in April and, reflecting this, […]
QuotedData’s morning briefing 27 May 2020
Latin America is now the centre of the pandemic. While Brazil has been in the headlines most, there are concerns that Venezuela is particularly unprepared to cope, were cases to escalate. The BBC reports that on a per capita basis, Ecuador is the worst affected country in the region. Flexible investment company, Caledonia (CLDN), reported […]
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Quarterly Review – First 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 The legal bit Unprecedented times We have knitted […]
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Roundup – April 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 Appendix – Performance by sector full list New research Here is a list of research we published over March: An update note […]
QuotedData’s morning briefing 31 March 2020
In QuotedData’s morning briefing for 31 March 2020: Banks turn off dividend tap? – The Financial Times has a story that the Prudential Regulation Authority will soon force UK banks to suspend their dividend payments. This would knock a big hole in the income of some UK equity income funds. This follows a similar move […]
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) […]
QuotedData’s Economic Roundup – March 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 […]
Aberdeen Emerging Markets – Focused on returns
Focused on returns The managers of Aberdeen Emerging Markets (AEMC) are optimistic about the prospects for the company. Strong performance last year has not yet translated into a reduction in the discount that the share price trades at relative to the asset value, but if outperformance can be maintained, this should follow in time. Investors […]
Aberdeen Emerging did well last year
Aberdeen Emerging did well last year – over the year ended 31 October 2019, it generated a NAV return of 14.1% against 10.1% for the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. The return to shareholders was 13.2%. Dividends totalling 21p were paid out for this year and the board intends to pay at least 22p for the […]
QuotedData’s other news 13 February 2020
In QuotedData’s other news 13 February 2020 Chenavari Toro says just 3.4% of its shares in issue were tendered in it the latest offer. Holders of 10.6m shares worth €9.1m will be able to cash in their holding in full. Today, the company’s broker will try to find buyers for up to 8.3m of its treasury […]
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Annual Review – 2019
In this issue The sector at the end of 2019 Performance data Performance by sector and fund Money in and out of the sector Money in and out of existing funds Money coming into existing funds Money going out of existing funds Liquidations, de-listings and trading cancellations Significant rating changes Major news stories Outlook for […]
Investment companies quarterly roundup – Third quarter 2019
Investment Companies Quarterly Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford New research Over the third quarter, we published notes on India Capital Growth, Jupiter Emerging & Frontier Income, Montanaro European Smaller Companies, JLEN Environmental Assets, Civitas Social Housing, JPMorgan Russian Securities, International Biotechnology Trust, Aberdeen Emerging Markets, Seneca Global Income & Growth, Standard Life Investments Property Income […]
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 […]
Aberdeen Emerging breaks liquidity listing rule
Aberdeen Emerging breaks liquidity listing rule – At 12:32 today Aberdeen Emerging Markets Investment company made the following announcement: “Announcement regarding shares in public hands The Board of AEMC announces that the number of ordinary shares which are deemed by the Listing Rules to be held in public hands is below the minimum 25% threshold. […]
QuotedData’s other news 23 August 2019
In QuotedData’s other news 23 August 2019: Africa Opportunity shrinks board – Chris Agar, Dr. Vikram Mansharamani, and Mr. Peter Mombaur resign as directors with effect from 22 August 2019 so that the trust can save money. We have a raft of half-year reports: BMO Private Equity made 2.4% in NAV terms and 13.7% in share […]
Aberdeen Emerging Markets – The stars may be aligning
Year to date, Aberdeen Emerging Markets (AEMC) has been performing well, outstripping both its benchmark and the average of competing funds by some margin (see page 9). The members of the investment management team, who predicted a resurgence in AEMC’s performance in 2019, believe there is more to come over the remainder of the year. […]
