Feature article: Equity Income – UK or Global? Should investors widen their horizons? Introduction: ► The UK Equity Income sector (UKEI) is the fourth-largest investment company (IC) sector in the Association of Investment Companies’ (AIC) universe, with £12.5bn of assets (as at August 2023), and is the traditional home for investors looking for income in the equity market. ► The UKEI not only provides investors with a better dividend yield than the ge...
Introduction ► The UK Equity Income sector (UKEI) is the fourth-largest investment company (IC) sector in the Association of Investment Companies’ (AIC) universe, with £12.5bn of assets (as at August 2023), and is the traditional home for investors looking for income in the equity market. ► The UKEI not only provides investors with a better dividend yield than the general UK market, but also has a strong track record of dividend growth. Indeed, many funds feature on the AIC’s “dividend heroes”...
In the past two years, investors have pulled £19.7bn out of open-ended UK equity funds – the equivalent of the entire market capitalisation of Tesco – with negative net sales in all but two of the past 24 months, and outflows of over £12bn in the last 12 months alone. UK equity valuations (measured on a forward P/E basis) are close to record discounts versus the US and are also historically low compared with European equities. Across the three AIC UK equity sectors, discounts to NAV stand at an ...
A collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairs 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 any of the companies mentioned.
A collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairs 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 any of the companies mentioned.
Full Article at IIR has reaffirmed its Recommended rating for PIA after undertaking a review post the appointment of a new Portfolio Manager, Harding Loevner. The full report can be found on the IIR website. On 26 July 2021, Pengana International Equities Limited (PIA) announced a fully franked dividend of 1.35 cents per share for the June quarter. This represents an 8% increase on the March quarter dividend and takes the total dividends declared for FY21 of 5.1 cents per share, fully franked....
2020 showed off Shires Income’s (SHRS’s) ability to deliver on its objective. By sourcing income from a wider pool than most of its peers, SHRS’s revenue account held up well relative to the wider UK market, and it managed to produce returns ahead of the average of its peers and the UK market.
2020 showed off Shires Income’s (SHRS’s) ability to deliver on its objective. By sourcing income from a wider pool than most of its peers, SHRS’s revenue account held up well relative to the wider UK market, and it managed to produce returns ahead of the average of its peers and the UK market (see page 15 for an analysis of SHRS’s sources of revenue).
Shires Income (SHRS) has been weathering the dividend crisis better than many of its peers. Holding a portfolio of preference shares, which contribute over 30% to income generation – and, crucially, have not been affected by regulatory restrictions on dividends – is a major competitive advantage. SHRS’s manager, Iain Pyle, expects to take a slightly more active approach going forward, with the pandemic likely to re-shape a number of industries. SHRS has been recovering ahead of most of its peer-...
Shires Income (SHRS) has been weathering the storm of dividend cuts better than many of its peers. Holding a portfolio of preference shares, which contribute over 30% to income generation – and, crucially, have not been affected by regulatory restrictions on dividends – has proved to be a major competitive advantage. SHRS’s manager, Iain Pyle, expects to take a slightly more active approach to managing the portfolio going forward, with the pandemic likely to re-shape a number of industries. SHRS...
The second half of 2019 proved profitable for investors in Shires Income (SHRS) as the trust extended its outperformance of both the UK market and the average of its peer group. Investors also benefitted from the elimination of the discount. The trust continues to expand, and this should both help widen its audience, improve liquidity, and reduce its average running costs.
The second half of 2019 was a profitable time for investors in Shires Income (SHRS), as the trust extended its outperformance of both the UK market and the average competing fund. Investors also benefitted from the elimination of the discount as the share price rose to match the NAV. The trust continues to issue shares (a process that began in January 2019 after a long pause), and this should both help widen its audience, improve liquidity in the shares, and reduce its average running costs.
In recent months, Shires Income Trust (SHRS) has been expanding for the first time since 2012. A combination of an attractive yield and outperformance of both its benchmark and the average of its peer group (see Figure 15 on page 7, which shows SHRS outperforming over every time period) appear to be winning new fans for the company. We think that the expansion is welcome; it helps improve liquidity in the shares and lowers the trust’s ongoing charges ratio (as fixed costs are spread over a wider...
In recent months, Shires Income Trust (SHRS) has been expanding for the first time since 2012. SHRS can boast both an attractive yield and outperformance of both its benchmark and the average of competing listed UK equity income funds (see Figure 15 on page 7, which shows SHRS outperforming over every time period). This appears to be winning new fans for the company. The expansion could help improve liquidity in the shares and lower the trust’s ongoing charges ratio (as fixed costs are spread ov...
Within the universe of UK equity income investment trusts, Shires Income (SHRS) stands out from the herd. It sets out to offer investors a meaningfully higher yield than UK equity markets and aims to make this sustainable by diversifying the fund’s sources of income. It also makes use of the flexibility afforded by its closed-end structure to use gearing in a pragmatic way to increase its income.
Within the universe of UK equity income investment trusts, Shires Income (SHRS) stands out from the herd. It sets out to offer investors a meaningfully higher dividend yield than UK equity markets and aims to make this sustainable by diversifying the fund’s sources of income. SHRS also makes use of the flexibility afforded by its closed-end structure to increase its income by using borrowings in a pragmatic fashion. (No opinion)
A director at Shires Income maiden bought 7,640 shares at 259p and the significance rating of the trade was 68/100. Is that information sufficient for you to make an investment decision? This report gives details of those trades and adds context and analysis to them such that you can judge whether these trading decisions are ones worth following. Included in the report is a detailed share price chart which plots discretionary trades by all the company's directors over the last two years clearl...
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