Miton Global Opportunities (MIGO) offers exposure to a diversified pool of closed-ended investment companies, often operating in highly specialised areas and trading on substantial discounts to their intrinsic value where the managers believe there is a catalyst for a re-rating. Aiming to deliver cash (SONIA 3 month) plus 2%, the trust is relatively unconstrained in asset allocation. The managers are focussed on identifying ‘special situations’ and/or deep value opportunities in investment trusts where market conditions for the share price are likely to change in the foreseeable future. MIGO therefore holds an array of idiosyncratic and diversified holdings in a variety of geographies, asset classes and sectors. With an extensive background in investment-trust investing, the managers, Nick Greenwood and Charlotte Cuthbertson, believe we are likely seeing structural changes to the investment-trust universe, which is opening up opportunities for their approach. Furthermore, as we discuss under Portfolio, they believe we may witness a change in market and economic environment that could catalyse opportunities to narrow discounts across a broad range of assets. As we discuss under Performance, typically MIGO has displayed resilience in periods of market drawdown. However, the indiscriminate nature of the recent sell-off has impacted returns but created numerous attractive buying opportunities for the managers. Longer-term returns have typically displayed low correlation to those of wider equity markets. Whilst MIGO trades on an optical discount of c. 2% (as at 18/06/2020), the underlying holdings themselves trade at sizeable discounts to what the managers deem to be their fair-value NAVs based on conservative estimates. There is thus a much greater look-through double discount on the portfolio, as we discuss under Discount.

08 Jul 2020
Miton Global Opportunities - Overview

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Miton Global Opportunities - Overview
MIGO Opportunities Trust PLC GBP (MIGO:LON) | 317 0 0.0% | Mkt Cap: 77.5m
- Published:
08 Jul 2020 -
Author:
Callum Stokeld -
Pages:
8 -
Miton Global Opportunities (MIGO) offers exposure to a diversified pool of closed-ended investment companies, often operating in highly specialised areas and trading on substantial discounts to their intrinsic value where the managers believe there is a catalyst for a re-rating. Aiming to deliver cash (SONIA 3 month) plus 2%, the trust is relatively unconstrained in asset allocation. The managers are focussed on identifying ‘special situations’ and/or deep value opportunities in investment trusts where market conditions for the share price are likely to change in the foreseeable future. MIGO therefore holds an array of idiosyncratic and diversified holdings in a variety of geographies, asset classes and sectors. With an extensive background in investment-trust investing, the managers, Nick Greenwood and Charlotte Cuthbertson, believe we are likely seeing structural changes to the investment-trust universe, which is opening up opportunities for their approach. Furthermore, as we discuss under Portfolio, they believe we may witness a change in market and economic environment that could catalyse opportunities to narrow discounts across a broad range of assets. As we discuss under Performance, typically MIGO has displayed resilience in periods of market drawdown. However, the indiscriminate nature of the recent sell-off has impacted returns but created numerous attractive buying opportunities for the managers. Longer-term returns have typically displayed low correlation to those of wider equity markets. Whilst MIGO trades on an optical discount of c. 2% (as at 18/06/2020), the underlying holdings themselves trade at sizeable discounts to what the managers deem to be their fair-value NAVs based on conservative estimates. There is thus a much greater look-through double discount on the portfolio, as we discuss under Discount.