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A split capital investment trust (split) is a type of investment trust which issues different classes of share to give the investor a choice of shares to match their needs. Most splits have a limited life determined at launch known as the wind-up date. Typically the life of a split capital trust is five to ten years.
The main effect of stock splits is an increase in the liquidity of a stock: [3] there are more buyers and sellers for 10 shares at $10 than 1 share at $100. Some companies avoid a stock split to obtain the opposite strategy: by refusing to split the stock and keeping the price high, they reduce trading volume.
The issuing company forms a Delaware trust (a Connecticut trust is also common) and holds 100% of the common stock of the trust. The trust then issues preferred stock to investors. All of the proceeds from the issuance of preferred stock are paid to the company. In exchange, the company issues junior subordinated debt to the trust with ...
The investment trust sector, in particular split capital investment trusts, suffered somewhat from around 2000 to 2003 after which creation of a compensation scheme resolved some problems. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The sector has grown in recent years particularly through the launch of investment trusts investing in more illiquid assets such as ...
The fund operates as a split capital investment trust featuring two classes of shares available on the London Stock Exchange, Ordinary Shares and Zero Dividend Preference (ZDP) shares. [3] Aberforth Partners LLP manages the fund with Angus Gordon Lennox serving as the chairman since its inception in July 2017. [4]
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... HKIS may refer to: The Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors ; Hong Kong International School; Ichthyological ...
This is a list of companies on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEx), ordered numerically by stock code. The names of the companies appear exactly as they do on the stock exchange listing. This is not an exhaustive list, but reflects the list that appears on HKEx's Hyperlink Directory. [1] An exhaustive but un-linked list appears below the ...
Hybrid securities are a broad group of securities that combine the characteristics of the two broader groups of securities, debt and equity.. Hybrid securities pay a predictable (either fixed or floating) rate of return or dividend until a certain date, at which point the holder has a number of options, including converting the securities into the underlying share.