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In July, The IFSL RC Brown UK Primary Opportunities Fund returned 1.34% compared with 1.29% for the FTSE All Share. Whilst only a modest outperformance, this was a pleasing return given the out performance of the FTSE 100 compared with the Mid and Small Cap indices, which we are invariably overweight in. An exceptionally busy… Click to find out more

In June, The IFSL RC Brown UK Primary Opportunities Fund returned 0.68% compared with -0.21% for the FTSE All Share. Another busy month for primary opportunities saw us participate in a number of attractive opportunities. We participated in primary placings in The Gym Group and Alliance Pharma and secondary placings in Standard Life Aberdeen, RBS,… Click to find out more

In May, The IFSL RC Brown UK Primary Opportunities Fund returned 2.75% compared with 2.82% for the FTSE All Share. An extremely busy month for primary opportunities saw us participate in a number of attractive opportunities. We participated in placings in Zotefoams, Dairy Crest and Capita along with secondary placings in Charter Court Financial Services,… Click to find out more

In April, IFSL RC Brown UK Primary Opportunities returned 5.47% compared with 6.43% for the FTSE All Share. We participated in a placing in Primary Health Properties, rump placings in Galliford Try and Provident Financial and secondary sell downs in Ten Entertainment Group and Curtis Banks. We also took the opportunity to add to our… Click to find out more

Oliver Brown, lead fund manager, answers questions such as ‘How does the IFSL RC Brown UK Primary Opportunities fund operate?’, ‘How many IPOs are you looking at per year? What do you look for in prospective companies?’, ‘How long has R.C. Brown been investing in this way?, ‘How do you screen for those opportunities and… Click to find out more

Primary opportunities – buying shares in a company at the point it is raising money – are a compelling proposition for advisers looking to diversify their clients equity portfolios and cushion them against market volatility. ‘Companies raise money for a number of reasons – it may be to make an acquisition, increase research and development,… Click to find out more

Oliver Brown, lead fund manager, answers questions such as ‘How common are primary opportunities?’, ‘What are you looking in IPOs?’, ‘Do you think this gives you an advantage over other fund managers?, ‘Is there a temptation to take profits immediately after stocks have gone public?’, and ‘How can the fund complement an investor portfolio? Does… Click to find out more

Back in 2009, companies flocked to capital markets to raise money to pay down their debt. Nowadays, companies are turning to investment markets to raise capital for a wider range of reasons – to provide working capital, undertake research and development or make an acquisition. Oliver Brown, Lead Manager of the IFSL RC Brown UK… Click to find out more

As a UK equity specialist and fund manager, my focus is very much on primary opportunities that may occur in Q2. Despite the recent setback in markets, we are still seeing a good flow of primary opportunities whereby companies are looking to raise new money in order to expand their businesses. With economic and political uncertainty hanging… Click to find out more

In March, IFSL RC Brown UK Primary Opportunities (-3.14%) underperformed the UK equity market (-1.82%). The Fund is a top quartile performer over one and three years. We participated in placings in Sirius Real Estate and Restore. There were IPO’s in JTC and SimplyBiz, a secondary sell down in Burford Capital and we purchased John… Click to find out more

In February, IFSL RC Brown UK Primary Opportunities (-4.11%) underperformed the UK equity market (-3.27%). The Fund is a top quartile performer over one and three years. We participated in placings in Fulcrum Utility Services, Diversified Gas & Oil, Unite Group and Easyhotel. We also purchased some of the ‘rump’ placing in Cineworld following its… Click to find out more

Have you ever been frustrated at not being able to participate in discounted share placings or IPOs (initial public offerings)? In an article by Shares Magazine’s Daniel Coatsworth, he discusses a potential solution in the form of a UK equity fund which only makes investments in these circumstances, the IFSL RC Brown UK Primary Opportunities… Click to find out more