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Finsbury Growth & Income Trust: 1 director
A director at Finsbury Growth & Income Trust bought 25,000 shares at 862p and the significance rating of the trade was 50/100. 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 y...
Edison issues review on Finsbury Growth & Income Trust (FGT): Looking ...
Edison Investment Research Limited Edison issues review on Finsbury Growth & Income Trust (FGT): Looking forward to improved relative performance 15-Feb-2024 / 10:57 GMT/BST The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. London, UK, 15 Februar 2024 Edison issues review on Finsbury Growth & Income Trust (FGT): Looking forward to improved relative performance Finsbury Growth & Income Trust (FGT) has been managed by Nick Train since the beginning of 2001 and in 2019 Madeline Wright was appointed as the trust’s deputy portfolio manager. Despite an impr...
- Pedro Fonseca
Finsbury Growth & Income Trust - Looking forward to improved relative ...
Finsbury Growth & Income Trust (FGT) has been managed by Nick Train since the beginning of 2001 and in 2019 Madeline Wright was appointed as the trust’s deputy portfolio manager. Despite an impressive long-term record – during Train’s tenure to the end of 2023, FGT’s NAV generated a 9.0% annual total return versus the UK market’s 5.1% annual total return – there have now been three consecutive years of underperformance. The managers will continue to employ the long-term successful strategy of ru...
- Pedro Fonseca
Finsbury Growth & Income Trust - Performance getting back on track
Finsbury Growth & Income Trust (FGT) has been managed by Nick Train since the beginning of 2001. Data from the company show that since then to the end of March 2023, the fund has outperformed the broad UK market by 4.3pp per year. Having experienced a difficult relative performance period due to shifts in market leadership, FGT’s results are getting back on track. The manager emphasises that he has continued to adhere to his long-term strategy of investing in high-quality growth companies that c...
- Pedro Fonseca
Finsbury Growth & Income Trust - Confidence in long-term successful st...
Finsbury Growth & Income Trust (FGT) has been managed by Nick Train for more than two decades. The trust’s 2021 and 2022 underperformance should be put into perspective, as during his tenure, the manager has outperformed FGT’s UK benchmark in 18 out of 22 years. Train is adhering to his long-term strategy of investing in high-quality companies that can grow regardless of the economic cycle, have high returns and low capital intensity, and can generate strong cash flows to support dividend growth...
- Pedro Fonseca
Finsbury Growth & Income Trust - Hopeful for better relative UK market...
Finsbury Growth & Income Trust (FGT) is managed by Nick Train, one of the founding partners of boutique investment firm Lindsell Train. While he is disappointed by the fund’s underperformance over the last 18 months, the manager emphasises that when things improve, it will not be due to a change in strategy or in the top positions, which all have multi-year holding periods. Train believes that there is potential for a relative catch-up by UK stocks given their significant underperformance compar...
- Pedro Fonseca
Finsbury Growth & Income Trust - Optimistic on prospects for quality U...
Finsbury Growth & Income Trust (FGT) is managed by Nick Train, one of the founding partners of boutique investment firm Lindsell Train. He is optimistic on the current outlook for UK equities, all the more so given several years of relative underperformance; in particular, the manager believes that global investors are underestimating the level of technological innovation within the UK corporate sector. While FGT’s relative performance has lagged that of its peers and the UK market in recent mon...
- Pedro Fonseca
Finsbury Growth & Income Trust - Optimistic on prospects for quality U...
Finsbury Growth & Income Trust (FGT) is managed by Nick Train, one of the founding partners of boutique investment firm Lindsell Train. He is optimistic on the current outlook for UK equities, all the more so given several years of relative underperformance; in particular, the manager believes that global investors are underestimating the level of technological innovation within the UK corporate sector. While FGT’s relative performance has lagged that of its peers and the UK market in recent mon...
- Pedro Fonseca
Finsbury Growth & Income Trust - Sticking to the successful long-term ...
Finsbury Growth & Income Trust (FGT) is managed by Nick Train, one of the founding partners of boutique investment firm Lindsell Train. He is optimistic on the current outlook for UK equities, all the more so given several years of relative underperformance; in particular, the manager believes that global investors are underestimating the level of technological innovation within the UK corporate sector. While FGT’s relative performance has lagged that of its peers and the UK market in recent mon...
- Pedro Fonseca
Finsbury Growth & Income Trust - ‘Perfectly rational to do nothing if ...
Finsbury Growth & Income Trust (FGT) is celebrating its 20th anniversary under the management of Nick Train. While underperforming in recent months, the trust is ahead of the broad UK market over the last one, three, five and 10 years. Stock market volatility in 2020 afforded the manager an opportunity to add another new name to the fund, credit bureau Experian, which he considers a rare example of a globally significant UK company that is benefiting from the optimisation of its vast database. T...
- Pedro Fonseca
Finsbury Growth & Income Trust - Another new addition to the fund – ...
Finsbury Growth & Income Trust (FGT) has been managed by Nick Train since January 2001. Given the economic uncertainty due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, he stresses the importance of determining which companies will survive and thrive, and which could ultimately fail. The manager also seeks to invest in firms that can take advantage of the upsurge in digital and software services, as technology is advancing at an accelerating pace. While Train rarely initiates new holdings in the fund, in rec...
- Pedro Fonseca
Finsbury Growth & Income Trust - PZ Cussons is first new UK holding si...
Finsbury Growth & Income Trust (FGT) has been managed by Nick Train since the beginning of 2001. He has a reputation for investing with a long-term view, willing to take the ups and downs in performance, primarily in consumer branded goods companies. However, the manager is keen to stress that FGT also has important holdings in other businesses with strong franchises and brands, whose shares may be more volatile. Of note, the trust’s three best-performing stocks in 2019 were not consumer goods...
- Mel Jenner
Finsbury Growth & Income Trust - A further step-up in performance
Finsbury Growth & Income Trust (FGT) has been managed by Nick Train since 2001. His strategy of running a highly concentrated portfolio (currently 20 names) – focused on just three business areas – has proved to be very successful, as illustrated in the 10-year relative NAV chart below. FGT has outperformed the FTSE All-Share Index over the last one, three, five and 10 years, helped by a recent step-up in capital appreciation, and has outpaced the performance of all of its larger-cap peers i...
- Mel Jenner
Finsbury Growth & Income Trust - Strong record of capital and dividend...
Finsbury Growth & Income Trust (FGT) has a distinguished track record of outperformance – its NAV total returns are above those of the FTSE All-Share index benchmark over one, three, five and 10 years. It also ranks first over these periods when comparing its performance with that of its 10 larger-cap peers in the AIC UK Equity Income sector. Manager Nick Train highlights the trust’s 7.7% dividend growth in FY18, which was fully covered by revenue. He says this growth rate is very encouragin...
- Mel Jenner
Finsbury Growth & Income Trust - Adding to positive performance track ...
Finsbury Growth & Income Trust (FGT) is managed by Nick Train, who runs a concentrated portfolio of primarily UK equities, aiming to generate long-term capital and income growth. A key feature is the trust’s low portfolio turnover – initiating a new holding or a complete disposal of a position happens very infrequently. FGT is invested in just four out of 10 sectors of its benchmark FTSE All-Share index. Shareholders have benefited from the manager’s focused, long-term investment approach,...
- Mel Jenner
Finsbury Growth & Income Trust - Glory, glory, Man United
Finsbury Growth & Income Trust (FGT) aims to generate long-term capital and income growth from a concentrated portfolio of primarily UK equities. Manager Nick Train has recently initiated a position in Manchester United, which is FGT’s first new holding since 2015. He believes that the football club has a very strong and valuable franchise, along with a history of generating positive returns for shareholders. FGT has a long-term track record of outperformance versus its FTSE All-Share index benc...
- Mel Jenner
Performance record remains intact
Finsbury Growth & Income Trust (FGT) has been managed by Nick Train since 2000; he runs a concentrated portfolio of 25-30 primarily UK equities, aiming to generate growth in capital and income. Despite a period of underperformance in CY16, as result of the outperformance of cyclical companies where FGT has minimal exposure, its performance track record remains intact. It has outperformed its benchmark, the FTSE All-Share index, over one, three, five and 10 years. FGT has a progressive dividend p...
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- Mel Jenner
Highly concentrated portfolio, strong performance
Finsbury Growth & Income Trust (FGT) aims to generate long-term growth in capital and income from a concentrated portfolio of primarily UK equities, which are held for the long term. FGT is benchmarked against the FTSE All-Share index, but is not constrained by its composition; c 70% of the portfolio is invested in consumer stocks. The trust has a progressive dividend policy and annual dividends have compounded by 7.3% pa since FY11; the current dividend yield is 2.0%. FGT has outperformed its p...
Review: Outperformance from a concentrated portfolio
Finsbury Growth & Income Trust (FGT) is a concentrated portfolio of 25-30 stocks chosen for their quality and potential for long-term growth in total return. Turnover is very low; the last complete disposal was in 2013 and the purchase of Remy Cointreau in 2015 was the first new position in the portfolio for more than four years. Performance has been very strong; FGT has outperformed the peer-group average over one, three, five and 10 years. Although not targeting a high income, FGT has a progre...
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