Athelney Trust PLC Net Asset Value(s) (9670X)
September 03 2020 - 4:49AM
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RNS Number : 9670X
Athelney Trust PLC
03 September 2020
Athelney Trust PLC
Legal Entity Identifier:
213800ON67TJC7F4DL05
The unaudited net asset value of Athelney Trust was 235.4p at 31
August 2020.
Fund Manager's comment for August 2020
In last month's commentary we noted that besides the fact that
global GDP had contracted in the second quarter as a result of
COVID-19, the worst appeared to be over. This was confirmed in
recent data releases which indicated that while Europe's August PMI
surveys were mixed, those for the U.K. had firmed, including being
the strongest reading for the Services PMI since 2013. However, in
an economy responding to targeted stimuli by the Government, this
can be misleading and mask underlying structural issues and
competitive pressures on the profitability of some businesses.
We continued to realign the portfolio by selling out of our
position in Costain, having recently added YouGov and Clinigen into
the portfolio. YouGov is an international research and data
analytics group headquartered in London which collects and stores
data from a proprietary global panel of over 8 million people on
consumer opinions, attitudes and behaviour every day. This data is
then analysed and used to provide insights that enable intelligent
decision-making and improves a wide spectrum of marketing
activities for a customer-base which includes media owners, brands
and media agencies.
Clinigen Group plc is a global business with supply and
distribution hubs in key long-term growth regions on five
continents and in 14 countries. It is focused on providing ethical
access to medicines in the three areas of; global medicine supply;
clinical trial, unlicensed and licensed medicines.
During the past month the MSCI World Index and the S&P 500
were up by 6.5% and 7.1% in US$ respectively, driven by the
continued rise in the large tech stocks and the FAANGS in
particular. The UK market under-performed the global indices with
those UK indices associated with smaller companies faring much
better as has been the case in recent months. The FTSE 100 was up
by 0.5%, the Small Cap Index was up by 3.4%, while the Fledgling
Index was up by 3.7% for the month and the AIM All Share Index
produced an amazing performance, increasing by 8.9%.
While our overall performance was dragged down by our 29%
exposure to property, we are nevertheless pleased with the overall
performance of our portfolio which was up by 2.8% during the month.
After providing for the company expenses the net performance as
reflected in the NAV was an increase of 2.7%.
Cash was conserved to pay the dividend, comprising 4.6% of the
portfolio at month end.
Fact Sheet
An accompanying fact sheet which includes the information above
as well as wider details on the portfolio can be found on the
Fund's website www.athelneytrust.co.uk under "About">"Latest
Monthly Fact Sheet"
Background Information
Dr. Emmanuel (Manny) Pohl AM
Manny is Chairman and Chief Investment Officer of E C Pohl &
Co ("ECP"), an investment management company and has been a major
shareholder in Athelney trust for many years.
E C Pohl & co is licensed by the Australian Financial
services (licence no.421704).
www.ecpohl.com
www.ecpam.com
Manny Pohl and the ECP group has over AU$1500m under its
management including four listed investment companies, three listed
in Australia and one in the UK:
-- Flagship Investments (ASX code:FSI)
AUD50m https://flagshipinvestments.com.au
-- Barrack St Investments (ASX code: BST)
AUD25m www.barrackst.com
-- Global Masters Fund Limited (ASX code: GFL)
AUD25m www.globalmastersfund.com.au
-- Athelney Trust plc (LSE code: ATY)
GBP5m www.athelneytrust.co.uk
Athelney Trust plc Investment Policy
The investment objective of the Trust is to provide shareholders
with prospects of long-term capital growth with the risks inherent
in small cap investment minimised through a spread of holdings in
quality small cap companies that operate in various industries and
sectors. The Fund Manager also considers that it is important to
maintain a progressive dividend record.
The assets of the Trust are allocated predominantly to companies
with either a full listing on the London Stock Exchange or a
trading facility on AIM or ISDX. The assets of the Trust have been
allocated in two main ways: first, to the shares of those companies
which have grown steadily over the years in terms of profits and
dividends but, despite this progress, the market rating is
favourable when compared to future earnings and dividends; second,
to those companies whose shares are standing at a favourable level
compared with the value of land, buildings or cash in the balance
sheet.
Athelney Trust was founded in 1994. In 1996 it was one of the
ten pioneer members of the Alternative Investment Market ("AIM").
In 2008 the shares became fully listed on the main market of the
London Stock Exchange. Athelney Trust has a successful progressive
dividend growth record and the dividend has grown every year since
2004. According to the Association of Investment Companies (AIC)
Athelney Trust is one of only "22 investment companies that have
increased their dividend every year between 10 and 20 years - the
next generation of dividend heroes" (as at 23/03/20). See link
www.theaic.co.uk/aic/news/press-releases/the-next-generation-of-dividend-heroes
Website
www.athelneytrust.co.uk
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