Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust - Under-owned, undervalued & under-appreciated

Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust’s (TEMIT’s) co-managers Chetan Sehgal (lead manager) and Andrew Ness consider that the case for emerging markets is not well understood. Hence, they believe that the regions remain under-owned, undervalued and under-appreciated, which provides an interesting opportunity for global investors. There are several powerful trends supporting the superior economic growth prospects of emerging markets versus those in developed regions, including demographics,

Templeton Emerging Markets

TEM offers broad exposure to the growth potential in emerging markets…

Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust - Managers keeping the faith with quality portfolio

Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (TEMIT) benefits from the extensive experience of co-managers Chetan Sehgal (lead manager) and Andrew Ness. The trust’s performance has turned a corner as its results tend to be better during periods when share prices are driven by company fundamentals, which are the driver of long-term equity returns, rather than macroeconomic factors. Emerging markets offer a broad range of investment opportunities and are home to a growing number of world-class, lea

Templeton Emerging Markets

TEM offers broad exposure to the growth potential in emerging markets...

Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust - Fundamentals once again driving outperformance

Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (TEMIT) has two very experienced managers: Chetan Sehgal (lead manager – based in Singapore) and Andrew Ness (based in Edinburgh). They are encouraged by the trust’s improved absolute and relative performance in recent months as investors are focusing more on company fundamentals rather than macroeconomic developments. The managers seek quality companies with high returns and sustainable business models that are trading at a discount to their intrinsic

Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust - Good opportunity to revisit an unloved asset class

Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (TEMIT) has experienced a difficult period of performance in recent quarters as investors have focused on the tough macroeconomic backdrop rather than on individual company fundamentals. However, managers Chetan Sehgal (lead manager) and Andrew Ness are confident in the long-term strategy of investing in companies with sustainable earnings power that are trading at a discount to their estimated intrinsic values. They believe emerging markets are under-

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The last six months may seem like a lifetime to investors, with the jubilation of the post-COVID economy giving way to inflationary blues, and equity markets entering the worst bear market in years. The roller coaster is not over, however, with the Ukrainian crisis yet to be resolved, inflation rampant, and supply chains restricted. Oases have been hard to find. Many real assets, alternatives and infrastructure trusts have managed to generate positive NAV returns. However, as the risk-off ride a

Templeton Emerging Markets

Templeton Emerging Markets (TEM) has a long track record going back over 30 years. Chetan Sehgal joined Franklin Templeton in 1995 and has been the lead portfolio manager since February 2018, and prior to that was co-manager from October 2015. Andrew Ness joined as the co- manager in September 2018. They are supported by a 60+ analyst team based in 14 key emerging market countries. The trust invests in emerging market stocks, with the managers taking a bottom-up stock selection approach. The tea

Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust - Sticking to process – potential for higher valuation

Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (TEMIT) is a very large and well-established fund run by experienced managers, Chetan Sehgal (lead manager) and Andrew Ness. Despite a tough period of performance since Q221 due to macroeconomic developments, the managers are sticking to their long-term strategy of investing in companies with sustainable earnings power that are trading at a discount to their estimated intrinsic values. Sehgal and Ness remain positive on the prospects for emerging marke

Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust - Broad opportunities in public and private markets

Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (TEMIT) is by far the largest fund in the AIC Global Emerging Markets sector. Its two managers Chetan Sehgal (lead manager) and Andrew Ness seek companies with robust business models, sustainable earnings growth potential and which are trading at a discount to their estimated intrinsic values. The managers’ considerable experience, coupled with the deep resources of a broad investment team, enables them to identify interesting opportunities that may be

Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust - Broader investment remit and positive outlook

Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (TEMIT) is managed by Chetan Sehgal (lead manager, based in Singapore) and Andrew Ness (based in Edinburgh). They have a broader remit as up to 10% of the portfolio may now be held in unlisted companies, while the limit on a single holding has been raised from 10% to 12%. The managers are able to draw on the considerable resources of a global team of more than 80 investment professionals operating out of 14 countries; this enables them to seek out inte

Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust - Successfully navigating choppy waters

Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (TEMIT) has the benefit of two highly experienced managers, Singapore-based Chetan Sehgal and Andrew Ness, who is based in Edinburgh. They can draw on the significant resources of a team of more than 80 investment professionals working in 14 countries around the globe. The managers successfully navigated choppy waters during 2020, a period characterised by bouts of significant stock market volatility due to the global pandemic. TEMIT’s NAV has outperfo

Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust - Long-term record of outperformance

Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust’s (TEMIT) two managers have more than 50 years’ combined investment experience. Chetan Sehgal is based in Singapore and Andrew Ness is based in Edinburgh; they are part of a more than 80-strong team of portfolio managers and analysts across 16 countries around the globe. The trust’s relative performance was negatively affected during the coronavirus-led market sell-off earlier in 2020 but has since bounced back strongly. TEMIT has outperformed its benc

Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust - Exciting opportunities and improved performance

Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (TEMIT) has two experienced managers – Chetan Sehgal (based in Singapore) and Andrew Ness (based in Edinburgh). In 2019, they delivered a very strong year of performance in both absolute and relative terms, and are continuing to find attractive investment opportunities across a range of sectors and geographies. The managers are able to draw on a large and well-resourced investment team that has been refreshed in recent years, seeking quality companies

Templeton Emerging Markets - Overview

Templeton Emerging Markets (TEM) invests in stockmarkets of emerging countries with a bottom-up driven, stock-specific approach. It has more of a value tilt than any of its peers in the AIC Global Emerging Markets sector, and the managers tend to take a five-year view on companies’ growth potential. The trust has outperformed a passive investment in the emerging markets over the past year, and over three- and five-year periods, thanks largely to the themes and stocks brought into the portfolio

Chrysalis Investments (CHRY LN) - Quarterly NAV update

Chrysalis Investments’ latest quarterly NAV update showed a 2.9% increase in NAV per share to 147.46p, which reflected uplifts in the carrying values of Starling Bank, Smart Pension, and Klarna (amongst others) and write-downs in wefox and Tactus. The Group’s “likely disposal” is still ongoing, which could result in a sizeable injection of liquidity, taking gross cash to over £70m by our estimate. This would free up c. £20m for share buybacks according to the newly approved policy, which would h

Hardman & Co Insight: 2023 was an annus horribilis for Quoted UK Infrastructure and Renewable Energy

The focus of Hardman & Co Research is on the nine quoted Infrastructure Investment Companies (IICs) and on the 22 Renewable Energy Infrastructure Funds (REIFs): the stocks analysed are all members of the Association of Investment Companies (AIC). We are updating our publication of January 2023, assessing both the lacklustre share price performances during 2023 and the key issues, including interest rates, inflation and power prices. As a 31-strong group, its combined market capitalisation is no

Allenby Capital TMT Update - 07.05.24 - MWE.L, CPX.L, CLCO.L, TRAK.L, CPX.L, ELEG.L, TERN.L, CODE.L, CNC.L

Please find below our weekly update covering themes that we feel that are of interest to investors and participants in the small and mid-cap TMT sector as well as commentary on recent newsflow.

UK REITs: Building back better

UK commercial property has been a cornerstone asset for many income-seeking investors (both retail and institutional) in recent decades, particularly since the global financial crisis of 2007/8 and the resulting ultra-low interest rate environment. However, since rates began to rise in 2022 to tackle surging inflation, meaningful returns have once more become available on lower-risk assets such as cash and government bonds, which has led to a retrenchment from alternative income assets such as p

Molten Ventures - Forward Partners deal completed

Molten Ventures has recently completed the acquisition of Forward Partners, which allowed Molten to further broaden its portfolio, add a complementary strategy focused on earlier stage companies and potentially provide a pipeline of new core holdings. Furthermore, its recent equity raise gave Molten the funds to pursue new investments in what it currently considers a buyer’s market, with an emphasis on the venture capital (VC) secondary market. In FY24 (to end-March 2024), Molten’s gross portfol

Morning Note – 3 May 2024

Canadian General Investments - Adding to positive long-term performance record

Canadian General Investments (CGI) has delivered a very commendable long-term performance versus the Canadian market. Longstanding manager Greg Eckel at Morgan Meighen & Associates (MMA) is unphased by stock market volatility, following a fundamental, long-term approach to stock selection. He has taken advantage of the maximum 25% permitted allocation to US stocks to increase CGI’s returns, including a position in NVIDIA, which has been in the portfolio since 2016. The manager is unconstrained b

Homage to growth

Morning Note – 2 May 2024

Hardman & Co Healthcare Index: 2023 – Capital demands dent performance

The Hardman & Co Healthcare Index (HHI) has been running since 2009. Its main function is to highlight the attractions of life sciences investments over the long term. For the second year running, apart from global economic influences affecting world markets, performance in 2023 was dented by the capital-intensive nature of the sector. The HHI fell 3.7%, to 483.8, underperforming the main London markets – FTSE 100 (+3.8%) and FTSE All-Share (3.8%) but outperforming the FTSE AIM All-Share Index (

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LIBERUM: Plus500: Strategic progress pays dividends

Hargreaves Lansdown: Consensus estimates are too low, but HL is not significantly undervalued unless material cost savings can be realised.

Hargreaves Lansdown is the St James’s Place of retail investment platforms. It has scale and brand, which have enduring value, but, in our view, just the wrong price structure, which it cannot address without killing its own profitability. In current corporate form we see a low single-digit growth business, in the middle of a major technology upgrade, which looks cheap prima facie, given the 11x next year multiple and the 5.4% prospective yield, but which DCF valuation suggests is not. We are mi

Murray Income

MUT continues its impressive streak of consecutive dividend increases hitting half a century in 2023…

Avation - Exercise of ATR 72 purchase rights underpins long-term growth strategy

Avation is a lessor of 34 commercial aircraft to a diversified client base of 16 airlines. This morning, the group has provided an update on its aircraft purchasing strategy, reporting the exercise of purchase rights for 10 ATR 72 aircraft for delivery between Q4 2025 to Q1 2028, which will follow the delivery of two new ATR 72 aircraft in the coming months already on order. In addition, AVAP has been granted new purchase rights and extended its remaining rights for 24 further ATR 72 aircraft, w