Hardman & Co Research Hardman & Co Video | Polar Capital (PCFT) Interview 02-Aug-2024 / 09:45 GMT/BST The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. Hardman Talks Video | Polar Capital (PCFT) Interview In this Hardman Talks Keith Hiscock, CEO of Hardman & Co, sits down with Tom Dorner, Co-Manager of the Polar Capital Global Financials Trust. They discuss the current financial landscape, emphasizing the strategies employed by Polar Capital to navigate market challenges and leverage opportunities. Tom provides insights into the trust’s performance, investm...
As inflation seems to be easing and its looks increasingly like interest rates may have peaked for now, one potential negative overhanging the financials sector is the thought that central banks may have overdone their tightening efforts and that a recession could contribute to a sharp rise in defaults. The managers of Polar Capital Global Financials Trust (PCFT) believe both that the sector is more than pricing in a worst-case scenario and that we are more likely to experience a shallow recessi...
As inflation eases and its looks increasingly like interest rates have peaked for now, the only major potential negative overhanging the financials sector is the thought that central banks may have overdone it and a recession will contribute to a sharp rise in defaults. The managers of Polar Capital Global Financials Trust (PCFT) believe both that the sector is more than pricing in a worst-case scenario and that we are more likely to experience a shallow recession. The consensus seems to be shi...
Although the UK now represents a paltry 3.5-4.0% of global equity indices, home bias in the domestic stock market is estimated at c 25% across institutional and retail investors. This persists across asset classes: in the Investment Association universe of open-ended funds, 28.1% of total AUM at the end of September 2023 was invested in UK sectors. This leaves a significant amount of investors' assets exposed to overseas markets that may be unfamiliar and harder to access. In such a situation, t...
After years of squeezed margins thanks to ultra-low interest rates, banks’ profitability is increasing. However, higher rates have brought increased recession risk and have exposed inept risk management within some US regional banks. The managers of Polar Capital Global Financials Trust (PCFT) were quick to cut exposure to more exposed areas of the sector, while increasing PCFT’s weighting towards areas such as insurance and reinsurance, where the picture looks brighter. Sentiment has turned a...
After years of squeezed margins linked to ultra-low interest rates, banks’ profitability is increasing. However, higher rates have brought increased recession risk and, with some high profile recent failures, appear to have exposed inept risk management within some US regional banks. The managers of Polar Capital Global Financials Trust (PCFT) were quick to cut exposure to more exposed areas of the sector, while increasing PCFT’s weighting towards areas such as insurance and reinsurance, where ...
A director at Polar Capital Global Financials Trust maiden bought 20,000 shares at 142p and the significance rating of the trade was 69/100. 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 ...
Asset managers had a poor 2022: the S&P Composite 1500 Asset Management Index was down 22% and, according to the Investment Company Institute (ICI), worldwide mutual funds fell by 20%, from $76tr to $60tr. When bond and equity markets fall, the results are unlikely to be pretty: with revenues trending down and multiples contracting, there is a double whammy to contend with. So how do valuations shape up now, after a bullish start to the new year? The first chart is my favourite chart of asset m...
There appears to have been a distinct shift in sentiment towards financials stocks and Polar Capital Global Financials Trust (PCFT) since Spring 2022. The managers suggest that, as recessionary fears grew, initial enthusiasm about the positive effects of rising interest rates on banks’ profit margins gave way to concern about the prospect of higher loan defaults. However, these have not materialised, and PCFT’s managers think it is likely that they will not. They feel that the sector’s sell-off...
There appears to have been a distinct shift in sentiment towards financials stocks and Polar Capital Global Financials Trust (PCFT) since Spring 2022. The managers suggest that, as recessionary fears grew, initial enthusiasm about the positive effects of rising interest rates on banks’ profit margins gave way to concern about the prospect of higher loan defaults. However, these have not materialised, and PCFT’s managers think it is likely that they will not. They feel that the sector’s sell-off...
Inflation has now persisted beyond most people's 2021 expectations for a “short term blip” following the COVID crisis, and investors are increasingly under pressure to generate positive real returns in the first highly inflationary (i.e., >5%) environment since 1991. We expect a degree of asset price volatility to continue across all asset classes for quite some time. In this note we look at the factors behind the current inflationary environment, evaluate which ones are likely to persist and ...
Polar Capital Global Financials Trust (PCFT) has been having a great run of performance and we are delighted to see it re-expanding, with over 148m shares issued since 31 October 2020.The bounce in the financials sector began with last year’s good news on vaccines. Restrictions on dividends and share buy backs are being lifted and, as defaults on loans have remained low, banks’ balance sheets are looking overcapitalised. There is also a growing expectation of higher margins for banks as interest...
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....
Having played a supporting role in the initial phase of the market’s recovery – breaking historical precedent in the process – financials, and banks in particular, have come back sharply since November. Polar Capital Global Financials Trust’s (PCFT’s) premium was recently at its highest level in more than five years, paving the way for share issuances. Banks were well-capitalised going into the pandemic, so the much-milder-than-expected impact on defaults to date, coupled with the prospect of ec...
Having played a supporting role in the initial phase of the stock market recovery – breaking historical precedent in the process – the share prices of financial stocks, and banks in particular, have come back sharply since November. Demand for its shares meant that Polar Capital Global Financials Trust’s (PCFT’s) premium rating was recently at its highest level in more than five years, paving the way for share issuances. Banks were well-capitalised going into the pandemic, so the much-milder-tha...
Whilst there are some bright spots, such as payments companies, which are beneficiaries of the shift to online shopping, fears about the potential impact of COVID-19 have hit valuations across much of the financial sector. The fall in Polar Capital Global Financials Trust’s (PCFT’s) NAV reflects this situation.
Whilst there are some bright spots, such as payments companies, which are beneficiaries of the shift to online shopping, fears about the potential impact of COVID-19 have hit valuations across much of the financial sector. The fall in Polar Capital Global Financials Trust’s (PCFT’s) NAV reflects this situation.
As we approach the seventh anniversary of Polar Capital Global Financials Trust (PCFT)’s launch, its directors are proposing that the company continues beyond its planned wind-up date. A decade after the financial crisis, the sector, and banks in particular, remain out of favour. The problem is compounded for UK-based investors by the narrow choice of banks available; it makes sense to look elsewhere for faster-growing, better-managed businesses. However, this is a complex sector. PCFT offers a ...
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