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- Martin Hall
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...
ETX E-THERAPEUTICS
AGY ALLERGY THERAPEUTICS PLC
AVO ADVANCED ONCOTHERAPY
YGEN YOURGENE HEALTH
ALNOV NOVACYT SAS
C4XD C4X DISCOVERY HOLDINGS
REDX REDX PHARMA
GDR GENEDRIVE
GSK GLAXOSMITHKLINE PLC
AZN ASTRAZENECA PLC
CTEC CONVATEC GROUP PLC
RENE RENEURON GROUP
0008964D INDIVIOR INC
IMCR IMMUNOCORE HOLDINGS ADS
ONT OXFORD NANOPORE TECHNOLOGIES PLC
SLN SILENCE THERAPEUTICS PLC
TRX TISSUE REGENIX GROUP PLC
- Mark Thomas
- Martin Hall
The Hardman & Co Monthly: June 2024
Feature article: Two worlds divided by a common language Summary Few people would deny that raising capital in 2023 and 2024 has been very challenging. The key components of the market, the “two worlds” of corporates and investors, are nowadays often far apart in how they assess value – pre-COVID, this was much less of an issue. This has resulted in frustration and inertia, which, on a sustained basis, can have a significant negative impact on companies and the economy. This issue needs urgen...
- Brian Moretta
- Mark Thomas
- Martin Hall
- Paul Mylchreest
The Hardman & Co Monthly: May 2024
Feature article: Is silver the cheapest asset on the planet? Silver is a precious metal, a monetary metal and an industrial metal with a surprisingly wide range of uses. It’s not that well understood by investors and tends to get overshadowed by gold – but, perhaps, not for much longer. We think that the provocative title of this article is justified by silver’s attractive fundamentals. The “official figures” from the Silver Institute estimate that the silver market has been in deficit for the...
AVO ADVANCED ONCOTHERAPY
CLIG CITY OF LONDON INVESTMENT GROUP
RECI REAL ESTATE CREDIT INVESTMENTS
VTAS VOLTA FINANCE (GBP)
STX SHIELD THERAPEUTICS
CSN CHESNARA PLC
HAT H&T GROUP
APAX APAX GLOBAL ALPHA
ICGT ICG ENTERPRISE TRUST
A0MXLB NB PRIVATE EQUITY PARTNERS
DUKE DUKE ROYALTY
- Brian Moretta
- Keith Hiscock
- Mark Thomas
- Martin Hall
- Yingheng Chen
The Hardman & Co Monthly: April 2024
Feature article: Steady as she goes, but could be better: A review of investment company liquidity since 2016 Liquidity is the lifeblood of equity markets. The measurement of liquid asset availability to a market or company is a way of gauging a market’s health. This article builds on our previous work, which analysed the liquidity data for non-financial trading companies, by applying the same analytical techniques to the investment companies (IC) space. We analyse liquidity for ICs as a whol...
- Mark Thomas
- Martin Hall
The Hardman & Co Monthly: March 2024
Feature article: Streamed content takes over…after the Great Correction of 2022 Streaming is a disruptive, content-led, subscription-based technology. Challenging all video distribution business models, it opens up global opportunities for a growing variety of content, including gaming and sport. The Great Correction of 2022 saw the share prices of streamers plunge after market leader Netflix reported slowing subscriber growth. The slowdown in growth of subscribers led investors to refocus on ...
- Brian Moretta
- Mark Thomas
- Martin Hall
The Hardman & Co Monthly: February 2024
Feature article: 2023 was an annus horribilis for Quoted UK Infrastructure and Renewable Energy - Consolidation is the new mantra. 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 t...
- Martin Hall
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 (...
AGL ANGLE PLC
DEMG DELTEX MEDICAL GROUP PLC
TSTL TRISTEL PLC
TRX TISSUE REGENIX GROUP
EKF EKF DIAGNOSTICS HOLDINGS
ETX E-THERAPEUTICS
AVCT AVACTA GROUP
PHP PRIMARY HEALTH PROPERTIES PLC
AGY ALLERGY THERAPEUTICS PLC
APH ALLIANCE PHARMA PLC
AVO ADVANCED ONCOTHERAPY
OXB OXFORD BIOMEDICA PLC
ALNOV NOVACYT SAS
VLG VENTURE LIFE GROUP
SN/ IMMUPHARMA
IMM PROTEOME SCIENCES PLC
PRM GENUS PLC
GNS SURGICAL INNOVATIONS GROUP PLC
SUN ADVANCED MEDICAL SOLUTIONS GROUP PLC
AMS OXFORD METRICS
OMG ECO ANIMAL HEALTH GROUP
EAH SDI GROUP
SDI HVIVO
HVO INDIVIOR PLC
INDV VALIRX
VAL SHIELD THERAPEUTICS
STX SYNAIRGEN PLC
SNG IP GROUP
IPO SCANCELL HOLDINGS
SCLP SYNCONA
SYNC ERGOMED
ERGO SPIRE HEALTHCARE GROUP PLC
SPI REDX PHARMA
REDX ASSURA PLC
AGR GENEDRIVE
GDR SPIRE INC
SR CONVATEC GROUP PLC
CTEC DESTINY PHARMA
DEST RENEURON GROUP
RENE IXICO
IXI 10X GENOMICS INC CLASS A
TXG INDIVA LTD
NDVA IMMUNOCORE HOLDINGS ADS
IMCR 2SEVENTY BIO INC
TSVT OXFORD NANOPORE TECHNOLOGIES PLC
ONT SILENCE THERAPEUTICS PLC
SLN SAREUM HOLDINGS PLC
SAR BENEVOLENTAI
BAI 123FAHRSCHULE SE
123F 1895 BANCORP OF WISCONSIN INC
BCOW TISSUE REGENIX GROUP PLC
PLP.H 3D SIGNATURES INC
Z29 029 GROUP SE
- Mark Thomas
- Martin Hall
The Hardman & Co Monthly: January 2024
The main function of the HHI is to monitor the performance, and to highlight the attractiveness, of life sciences investments over the long term, and to try to identify those stocks that have disruptive technologies that consistently allow them to outperform both the index and the markets. Many of the 52 constituents of the index are high-risk, still being in the development stage, with micro-capitalisations and a long way from profitability. Despite this, some companies can still make extremely...
- Brian Moretta
- Mark Thomas
- Martin Hall
- Mike Foster
- Paul Mylchreest
The Hardman & Co Monthly: November 2023
This month's feature article is entitled 'Gold and a Chinese Credit Event'. A Western phenomenon? If you own, or are considering owning, gold or gold equities, it’s likely that you’re concerned about protecting your wealth, or the performance of your fund, in the expectation of some kind of financial instability. Maybe your confidence in policymakers is ebbing, or you’ve researched debt bubbles in history and concluded that physical gold and silver have been the safest places to be invested whe...
- Keith Hiscock
- Mark Thomas
- Mike Foster
- Yingheng Chen
The Hardman & Co Monthly: October 2023
Feature article: Liquidity – shrinking when it’s most needed A review of liquidity in London since 2016 Summary ► Liquidity is the lifeblood of equity markets. ► Following the events at the Woodford Equity Income Fund (WEIF) in 2019, professional investors, increasingly, focus on liquidity when making investment decisions. ► However, this paper shows that liquidity declined significantly between 2016 and 2022. Our work demonstrates that, in 2016, the total value traded of trading companies lis...
- Keith Hiscock
- Mark Thomas
- Martin Hall
- Mike Foster
The Hardman & Co Monthly: September 2023
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...
DIVI DIVERSE INCOME TRUST
ARBB ARBUTHNOT BANKING GROUP
AVO ADVANCED ONCOTHERAPY
LWDB LAW DEBENTURE CORP. PLC
RECI REAL ESTATE CREDIT INVESTMENTS
CTY CITY OF LONDON INVESTMENT TRUST PLC
EDIN EDINBURGH INVESTMENT TRUST PLC
DIG DUNEDIN INCOME GROWTH INVESTMENT TRUST PLC
JCH JPMORGAN CLAVERHOUSE IT
BCI BMO CAPITAL & INCOME INVESTMENT TRUST
TIGT TROY INCOME & GROWTH TRUST
PIN PANTHEON INTERNATIONAL
SDV CHELVERTON UK DIVIDEND TRUST
SCF SCHRODER INCOME GROWTH FUND PLC
SHRS SHIRES INCOME PLC
TMPL TEMPLE BAR INVESTMENT TRUST PLC
BRIG BLACKROCK INCOME AND GROWTH INVESTMENT TRUST
IVPU INVESCO PERPETUAL SELECT TRUST
VTAS VOLTA FINANCE (GBP)
STX SHIELD THERAPEUTICS
HAT H&T GROUP
APAX APAX GLOBAL ALPHA
ICGT ICG ENTERPRISE TRUST
BHI BMO UK HIGH INCOME TRUST (A)
LWI LOWLAND INVESTMENT COMPANY P L C
- Brian Moretta
- Mark Thomas
- Martin Hall
- Nigel Hawkins
The Hardman & Co Monthly: August 2023
Feature article: UK interest rates and “risk-free” gilts at their peak? Infrastructure stocks struggle Executive summary Infrastructure/Renewable Energy Funds ► The share price performances of the nine Infrastructure Investment Companies (IICs) and of the 22 Renewable Energy Infrastructure Funds (REIFs) have been dire over the past year. Undoubtedly, the sharp rise in interest rates has presented the sector with serious challenges, especially since the yield on “risk-free” 10-year gilts has r...
AVO ADVANCED ONCOTHERAPY
CLIG CITY OF LONDON INVESTMENT GROUP
GCP GCP INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS LTD GBP
RECI REAL ESTATE CREDIT INVESTMENTS
PIN PANTHEON INTERNATIONAL
VTAS VOLTA FINANCE (GBP)
STX SHIELD THERAPEUTICS
HAT H&T GROUP
UKW GREENCOAT UK WIND PLC
TRIG RENEWABLES INFRASTRUCTURE GROUP LIMITED GBP RED.SHS
APAX APAX GLOBAL ALPHA
3IN 3I INFRASTRUCTURE PLC
ICGT ICG ENTERPRISE TRUST
NESF NEXTENERGY SOLAR FUND
BSIF BLUEFIELD SOLAR INCOME FUND
JLEN JLEN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSETS GROUP
BBGI BBGI GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE
TXG 10X GENOMICS INC CLASS A
TGIF 1933 INDUSTRIES
GSF GORE STREET ENERGY STORAGE FUND
HICL HICL INFRASTRUCTURE PLC
AERS AQUILA EUROPEAN RENEWABLES INCOME FUND
GRP GREENCOAT RENEWABLES
GRID GRESHAM HOUSE ENERGY STORAGE FUND
SEQI SEQUOIA ECONOMIC INFRASTRUCTURE INCOME FUND
USFP US SOLAR FUND
ONEM 1LIFE HEALTHCARE
RNEP ECOFIN US RENEWABLES INFRASTRUCTURE TRUST
CORD CORDIANT DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE
DORE DOWNING RENEWABLES & INFRA TST PLC
HGEN HYDROGENONE CAPITAL GROWTH PLC
TEEC TRIPLE POINT ENRGY EFF INFRS CO PLC
HEIT HARMONY ENERGY INCOME TRUST PLC
PINT PANTHEON INFRASTRUCTURE PLC
ROOF ATRATO ONSITE ENERGY PLC
DGI9 DIGITAL 9 INFRASTRUCTURE PLC
TLEI THOMASLLOYD ENERGY IMPACT TRUST PLC
GSEO VICTORY HILL VH GLOBAL SUSTAINABLE ENERGY OPPORTUNITIES PLC
ORITL OCTOPUS RENEWABLES
SEIT SEEIT
FSFLL FORESIGHT SOLAR
L5M ATRATO ONSITE ENERGY
INPP INPP
DGI9L DIGITAL 9 INFRASTRUCTURE
- Mark Thomas
- Martin Hall
- Mike Foster
The Hardman & Co Monthly: July 2022
This month, we feature a contribution by Stephen Isaacs, who is known in the hedge fund world for his, often, thought-provoking commentaries about markets, economics and politics. It goes without saying that the thoughts expressed in this article are those of Stephen, and do not necessarily reflect Hardman & Co’s views. Feature article: UK/OK – muddling through The past few years have seen previously unheard-of constitutional risks – from threats to the Union to the departure from the EU. Brit...
- Brian Moretta
- Mark Thomas
- Martin Hall
- Nigel Hawkins
The Hardman & Co Monthly: June 2023
Feature article: UK Water – making waves Over the past year, UK utility share prices have been volatile, especially within the electricity sub-sector. The combination of the war in Ukraine and the associated impact of fluctuating gas prices, along with sharply higher inflation and the consequential rise in interest rates, have destabilised much of the sector. Indeed, most sector constituents have seen their share pieces fall (although not seriously), while Centrica, the UK’s leading gas company...
CLIG CITY OF LONDON INVESTMENT GROUP
UU. UNITED UTILITIES GROUP PLC
RECI REAL ESTATE CREDIT INVESTMENTS
PIN PANTHEON INTERNATIONAL
VTAS VOLTA FINANCE (GBP)
STX SHIELD THERAPEUTICS
CSN CHESNARA PLC
HAT H&T GROUP
APAX APAX GLOBAL ALPHA
ICGT ICG ENTERPRISE TRUST
SRG SEVERN TRENT
- Brian Moretta
- Mark Thomas
- Martin Hall
- Riccardo Bindi
Hardman & Co Monthly: April 2023
Feature article: 2022 Pharma Statistics - 8.7% growth – but worrying signs An efficient reporting system has seen all the listed multinational pharmaceutical companies announcing results for 2022, which has given us the opportunity to update our industry statistics and drug database. This report provides the first snapshot of the global and US rankings of the top 20 drug companies for 2022. 2022 was characterised by 8.7% underlying growth, offset by a large forex impact (-12%), due to USD stren...
INCY INCYTE CORP
IPN IPSEN SA
NOVN NOVARTIS AG
VRTX VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
TEVA.N TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LIMITED SPONSORED ADR
REGN REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
LLY MERCK & CO. INC.
JNJ ELI LILLY AND COMPANY
J7Z JOHNSON & JOHNSON
HZNP JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
GILD HORIZON THERAPEUTICS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
BMY GILEAD SCIENCES INC.
BIIB BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY
FEV BIOGEN INC.
IBT FIDELITY EUROPEAN VALUES PLC
FCSS INTERNATIONAL BIOTECHNOLOGY TRUST PLC
FSV FIDELITY CHINA SPECIAL SITUATIONS PLC
FJV FIDELITY SPECIAL VALUES PLC
FAS FIDELITY JAPAN TRUST
AVO FIDELITY ASIAN VALUES PLC
CLIG ADVANCED ONCOTHERAPY
MRK CITY OF LONDON INVESTMENT GROUP
NOVO B MERCK KGAA
novob NOVO NORDISK A/S CLASS B
RECI NOVO NORDISK
SAN REAL ESTATE CREDIT INVESTMENTS
UCB SANOFI
HIK UCB S.A.
PIN HIKMA PHARMACEUTICALS PLC
PFIZER PANTHEON INTERNATIONAL
4506 PFIZER
4523 SUMITOMO DAINIPPON PHARMA CO. LTD.
4507 EISAI CO. LTD.
4568 SHIONOGI & CO. LTD.
VTAS DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY LIMITED
STX VOLTA FINANCE (GBP)
4502 SHIELD THERAPEUTICS
HAT TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL CO. LTD.
OCI H&T GROUP
4578 OAKLEY CAPITAL INVESTMENTS
APAX OTSUKA HOLDINGS CO. LTD.
4503 APAX GLOBAL ALPHA
ICGT ASTELLAS PHARMA INC.
UTHR ICG ENTERPRISE TRUST
PFE UNITED THERAPEUTICS CORPORATION
AZN PFIZER INC.
GLAXO ASTRAZENECA PLC
ABBV GLAXOSMITHKLINE PHARMACEUTICALS
VRX CN ASTELLAS PHARMA INC
MRNA ABBVIE INC.
TXG BAUSCH HEALTH COMPANIES INC.
NOVO MODERNA INC.
VTRS 10X GENOMICS INC CLASS A
4568.T NOVO NORDISK A/S-B
ME VIATRIS INC.
OCL DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY
LUND A LIMITED
23ANDME HLDG CO
OAKLEY CAPITAL
H. LUNDBECK A/S
- Brian Moretta
- Mark Thomas
- Martin Hall
Hardman & Co Monthly: March 2023
Feature article: Higher interest rates overshadow IIC/REIF prospects We focus on the nine quoted infrastructure investment companies (IICs) and on the 22 renewable energy infrastructure funds (REIFs), most of which saw their share prices fall during 2022, while the FTSE 100 rose by just 0.9%. In our ‘Quoted UK Infrastructure and Renewable Energy – Prospects for 2023’ publication, we have addressed the three key issues of recent months – higher inflation, extremely volatile power prices and risin...
FEV FIDELITY EUROPEAN VALUES PLC
IBT INTERNATIONAL BIOTECHNOLOGY TRUST PLC
FCSS FIDELITY CHINA SPECIAL SITUATIONS PLC
ARBB ARBUTHNOT BANKING GROUP
FSV FIDELITY SPECIAL VALUES PLC
FJV FIDELITY JAPAN TRUST
FAS FIDELITY ASIAN VALUES PLC
AVO ADVANCED ONCOTHERAPY
RECI REAL ESTATE CREDIT INVESTMENTS
PIN PANTHEON INTERNATIONAL
VTAS VOLTA FINANCE (GBP)
STX SHIELD THERAPEUTICS
OCI OAKLEY CAPITAL INVESTMENTS
APAX APAX GLOBAL ALPHA
ICGT ICG ENTERPRISE TRUST
- Brian Moretta
- Mark Thomas
- Martin Hall
Hardman & Co Monthly: February 2023
Feature article: Asset manager valuations 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?
FEV FIDELITY EUROPEAN VALUES PLC
SCE SURFACE TRANSFORMS PLC
IBT INTERNATIONAL BIOTECHNOLOGY TRUST PLC
FCSS FIDELITY CHINA SPECIAL SITUATIONS PLC
ARBB ARBUTHNOT BANKING GROUP
FSV FIDELITY SPECIAL VALUES PLC
FJV FIDELITY JAPAN TRUST
FAS FIDELITY ASIAN VALUES PLC
AVO ADVANCED ONCOTHERAPY
CLIG CITY OF LONDON INVESTMENT GROUP
RECI REAL ESTATE CREDIT INVESTMENTS
PIN PANTHEON INTERNATIONAL
VTAS VOLTA FINANCE (GBP)
STX SHIELD THERAPEUTICS
OCI OAKLEY CAPITAL INVESTMENTS
APAX APAX GLOBAL ALPHA
ICGT ICG ENTERPRISE TRUST
OCL OAKLEY CAPITAL
Hardman & Co Research: Q&A on Advanced Oncotherapy (AVO): Current EV s...
Hardman & Co Research Hardman & Co Research: Q&A on Advanced Oncotherapy (AVO): Current EV significantly below cumulative investment to date 27-Jan-2023 / 16:53 GMT/BST Analyst interview | Life Sciences Q&A on Advanced Oncotherapy (AVO) | Current EV significantly below cumulative investment to date Advanced Oncotherapy (AVO) was the topic of conversation when Dr Martin Hall joined DirectorsTalk. Martin updates us on some of the recent developments at the company, explains why the share price is languishing, and discusses the demand for the project, shares his thoughts on th...
Hardman & Co Research on Advanced Oncotherapy (AVO): Understanding the...
Hardman & Co Research Hardman & Co Research on Advanced Oncotherapy (AVO): Understanding the significance of 230MeV 17-Jan-2023 / 15:10 GMT/BST Hardman & Co Research on Advanced Oncotherapy: Understanding the significance of 230MeV AVO’s goal is to deliver an affordable and novel PT system, called LIGHT, based on state-of-the-art technology, developed originally at the world-renowned CERN. The complex assembly of the first LIGHT accelerator in Daresbury (UK) has been completed and demonstrated to generate a full-energy proton beam (230MeV) required to treat deep-seated tumours...
- Brian Moretta
- Mark Thomas
- Martin Hall
- Mike Foster
Hardman & Co Monthly: January 2023
Feature article: Hardman & Co Healthcare Index - Review of 2022 The main function of the HHI is to monitor the performance, and to highlight the attractiveness, of life sciences investments over the long term, and to try to identify those stocks that have disruptive technologies that consistently allow them to outperform both the index and the markets. Many of the 53 constituents of the index are high-risk, still being in the development stage, with micro-capitalisations and a long way from sal...
FEV FIDELITY EUROPEAN VALUES PLC
SCE SURFACE TRANSFORMS PLC
IBT INTERNATIONAL BIOTECHNOLOGY TRUST PLC
FCSS FIDELITY CHINA SPECIAL SITUATIONS PLC
ARBB ARBUTHNOT BANKING GROUP
FSV FIDELITY SPECIAL VALUES PLC
FJV FIDELITY JAPAN TRUST
FAS FIDELITY ASIAN VALUES PLC
AVO ADVANCED ONCOTHERAPY
RECI REAL ESTATE CREDIT INVESTMENTS
PIN PANTHEON INTERNATIONAL
VTAS VOLTA FINANCE (GBP)
STX SHIELD THERAPEUTICS
OCI OAKLEY CAPITAL INVESTMENTS
ICGT ICG ENTERPRISE TRUST
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