SP Angel Morning View: Gold weakens as US Treasuries slump on Trump victory

Balancing act

Over the past three years, trusts with blended approaches rather than a strong tilt to growth or value have been at or near the top of the pack across the developed equities sectors, benefitting from their flexibility in a period of extreme style gyrations.

CC Japan Income & Growth

CCJI’s strong relative performance continues to be driven by stock selection…

Zeus Industrials Round-Up - 11 October 2024

The UK industrial sector expanded for a fifth consecutive month in September per manufacturing PMI data, although activity was slightly softer MoM as employment levels, inventories and business confidence declined per the survey, primarily due to uncertainty regarding the Autumn Budget, US elections and subdued global market conditions. Global inflation data has been encouraging and we await next week’s UK payroll data to understand the BoE’s next decision, although it is widely anticipated that

Time Finance - Clocking up another strong set of annual results

Time has released positive FY24A annual results which showed a continuation of the growth story as the gross book hit £200m and PBT increased over 40% to £5.9m, 3% ahead of the recently upgraded forecasts at the trading update. The momentum has continued into FY25E, and it remains on track to hit or exceed current expectations. We have released FY26E forecasts which show another year of double-digit earnings growth and PBT increasing 16% to £8.1m as the easing of interest rates will likely furth

Cream of the crop

We identify those trusts that use the distinctive features of investment trusts to the full…

SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust - Portfolio growth ahead of budget

SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust’s (SEEIT’s) interim update (for the six months to 30 September 2024) has highlighted that its operational assets, on a consolidated basis, are performing in line with management’s expectations and that the portfolio is well positioned for growth. SEEIT is actively pursuing additional financing, co-investment and disposal opportunities to support the capital needs of Onyx and EVN, which are growing ahead of budget. Surplus capital will be used to pay down SEEIT

THE MONTHLY January 2020

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is due to publish its most up-to-date survey on share ownership in mid-January, which identifies the beneficial owners and decision- makers of the stock market. Hardman & Co has worked together with the share analysis service, Argus Vickers, to jointly produce its own survey, which anticipates the conclusions of the ONS survey but goes into much greater detail. Our work does not use a sample of 200 quoted companies as the ONS historically has, but rather

Hardman & Co Insight: Survival of the UK life sciences sector

For two years running, the Hardman & Co Healthcare index has declined, underperforming both the FTSE 100 and the FTSE All-Share indices. This is quite unusual for healthcare stocks. Apart from the general economic influences, which have made institutions more risk-averse, there was a common knowledge that several companies were in need of additional working capital; so, share prices were marked down in anticipation of equity raises. However, the small- and mid-cap life sciences sector has alway

Hybridan Small Cap Feast - 6 August 2024

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Allenby Capital: Franchise Brands - Update

Franchise Brands has made two significant announcements today. Firstly, the Group has announced the appointment of Peter Molloy as Franchise Brands' first Group Chief Executive Officer to work alongside Executive Chairman Stephen Hemsley and other Board members. In addition, given the size of the Group and not least its potential to grow significantly over the coming years the Board is now considering a move from AIM to the Main Market. We consider both announcements as extremely positive reflec

Top of the Pops

We reveal the winners of our investment trust ratings for 2024... Our ratings seek to reward closed-ended funds which deliver attractive and persistent performance characteristics in three categories which we think match up to broad goals investors usually have: long-term growth, income and growth, and high current income. This includes strong performance versus a fund’s underlying market, as well as attractive risk characteristics which we think suggests they could continue to be premium optio

Regional REIT - FY22 DPS covered and yields c 11% yield

Regional REIT (RGL) has confirmed a Q422 DPS of 1.65p, taking the total for the year to 6.6p. It expects this to be fully covered by EPRA earnings when results are published in March, supported by leasing progress and strong rent collection. Market-wide valuation yield widening reduced NAV and increased gearing, but RGL notes that it has ample headroom available across the debt facilities, which are fixed at a cost of 3.5%.

Small Cap Feast

Semper Fortis Esports* recently announced its intention to IPO onto the Access Segment of the Aquis Stock Exchange Growth Market. Semper is a multi-operational Esports organisation focusing on gaming technology solutions, brand enhancement and high growth team infrastructures. The company plans to raise £2.5m to develop their three core areas of establishing an esports team, forming partnerships with brands for sponsorship and B2B consultancy services. The Board are highly experienced in spor

Initial Equity Trading Comments - 12 February 2024