17th December 2021
This is the time of year when your inboxes fill with reflections on the year gone by and thoughts on the year to come. Well, you won’t get any of that from us I’m afraid!
The end of the Gregorian calendar year means pretty much nothing for how we invest, think about markets or how our portfolios are positioned. We have to consider market liquidity, as this always drops off at this time of year, but generally speaking we don’t change how we work at all. Indeed, we’ve been really busy recently. Of note, the updates from the listed private equity investment trust sector have been universally stonking (technical term). We have waxed lyrical about this subsector of the investment trust space before, so I will spare you. Suffice to say, there is almost universal excellent underlying performance, with portfolio vintages (private equity usually holds on to an investment for between 3 and 5 years – if lots of the portfolio dates back to at least 3 years ago, one can expect some exits that will drive net asset value) in the sweet spot and discounts to stale NAVs (net asset values) abounding. Elsewhere, we’re still speaking to managers and only today Daniel unearthed another exciting idea for our Global Opportunities Fund. Watch this space.
All we’d like to say this week is that we hope you have a fantastic festive period and forget about markets for a while. A very experienced and well known manager recently told us that being a good investor is about staying healthy of body and mind, and having interests outside of investing. We couldn’t agree more. Our team is really well resourced so lots of us will be around over the next 3 weeks looking after the portfolios, but those that aren’t will be going for long walks, sitting in front of the fire with a glass of something and probably arguing with family about something or other! Stay well and the Crescendo will be back in the New Year.
Very best wishes from,
Ben, Daniel, Richard, Ben, Dan, David, Kieran, Hannah and Charlotte
Ben Conway – Head of Fund Management
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