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33 investment trusts have raised dividends for 10 to 19 consecutive years.

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Eight investment trusts join the next generation of dividend heroes

33 investment trusts have raised dividends for 10 to 19 consecutive years.

Biotechnology & Healthcare: a sector on the mend?

What’s the prognosis for biotech and healthcare companies? How will the US election impact the sector, and could we see a recovery later this year?

Top performing investment trust ISAs over the last 25 years

18 trusts returned over £100,000 from a one-off £7,000 investment.

Dividend heroes

Ten investment trusts have raised dividends for 50+ years.

The changing face of investment trusts

How the industry has changed since 1999.

The DIY British ISA?

There’s no need to wait for a British ISA to invest in UK companies, writes David Prosser.

Biotechnology & Healthcare: what are the challenges of investing in the sector?

Annabel Brodie-Smith asks managers about the challenges of investing in the Biotechnology & Healthcare sector.

Biotechnology & Healthcare: where are you finding opportunities?

A panel of Biotechnology & Healthcare managers discuss where they are currently finding opportunities.

Biotechnology & Healthcare: is the sector due a comeback?

Annabel Brodie-Smith, Brett Darke, Marek Poszepczynski and Geoff Hsu discuss whether Biotechnology & Healthcare is due a comeback.

The big buyback

David Prosser explores the role of share buybacks in narrowing investment trust discounts.

Oakley Capital Investments

28 March 2024

Oakley Capital Investments – executive interview

Allianz Technology

27 March 2024

ATT offers significantly discounted exposure to the technology sector. 

Greencoat UK Wind

25 March 2024

 Acquisitions generating more green

Witan Investment Trust

22 March 2024

QuotedData's Weekly News & Interview.

Henderson EuroTrust

22 March 2024

Proposed merger with Henderson European Focus Trust.

Seoul searching

28 March 2024

South Korea is looking to to tackle its ‘discount’ versus other Asian countries by introducing governance reforms, very similar to Japan's.

Investment company liquidity – steady as she goes, but could be better

19 March 2024

A review of investment company liquidity in London since 2016.

Listed private equity – Performing a balancing act

6 March 2024

UK-listed private equity investment companies maintained strong NAV total returns (TR) over the last five and 10 years of c 14% per year on average, despite recent monetary tightening and other macro headwinds.

Range anxiety

7 February 2024

We look at what context we can gain from ten years of discount analysis.

2023 was an annus horribilis for Infrastructure and Renewable Energy

1 February 2024

The focus of Hardman & Co Research is on the nine quoted Infrastructure Investment Companies (IICs) and on the 22 Renewable Energy Infrastructure Funds (REIFs).

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Hipgnosis Songs: Fund manager fell ‘below music industry standards’

Shares in royalties fund leap as due diligence report accuses Hipgnosis Song Management of multiple failings and board says it will decide the company's future in a month.
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Newly enlarged Henderson High Income beats benchmark over 2023

Henderson High Income says its NAV total return for 2023 was +9.8% compared with the benchmark return of +8.1%, an outperformance of +1.7%. Unfortunately, the emergence of a discount meant that the share price total return was +0.9%, with the share price ending the year at a discount to NAV of 7.7% having started 2023 […]
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RTW Biotech had a great 2023

RTW Biotech Opportunities had a great year in 2023, returning 23.5% in NAV terms and 16.0% in share price terms, both well ahead of the 10.6% return posted by the Russell 2000 Biotech index and even further ahead of the 3.7% return generated by the Nasdaq Biotech Index. Some highligts: During the year ended 31 […]
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VH Global buys Australian solar sites

VH Global Sustainable Energy Opportunities has agreed to acquire and build two fully-permitted solar PV sites with co-located battery energy storage systems in New South Wales, Australia for a total consideration of £16.9m. This investment is part of the Australian solar PV and storage investment programme that was announced on 2 August 2021. With this […]
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Schroder Capital Global Innovation encouraged by positive Q4 move

Schroder Capital Global Innovation reports an 11.2% fall in its NAV over 2023, but is encouraged by the positive NAV move in the final quarter of the year. The share price fell by 5.3% as the discount narrowed, helped by buying back 45.1m shares. The negative performance during the first three quarters of the year […]

Cohen & Steers Capital Management - Form 8.3 - Tritax Big Box REIT plc

28/03/2024 - 13:10

Tritax Big Box REIT

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BlackRock Sustainable American Income Trust Plc - Portfolio Update

28/03/2024 - 13:00

BlackRock Sustainable American Income

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BH Macro Limited - Block Listing Six Monthly Return

28/03/2024 - 12:30

BH Macro

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BH Macro Limited - Block Listing Six Monthly Return

28/03/2024 - 12:30

BH Macro

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Director/PDMR Shareholding and Total Voting Rights

28/03/2024 - 13:20

Bellevue Healthcare Trust PLC

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