Standard Life Inv. Property Income Trust

Continuing to find attractive opportunities

28 January 2019

Standard Life Investments Property Income Trust (SLI) has been managed by Jason Baggaley since September 2006. He aims to generate an attractive level of income, along with capital and income growth, from a broadly diversified portfolio of UK commercial property. While the manager is currently somewhat cautious on the industry outlook, he is continuing to find attractive new investment opportunities, as well as actively managing SLI’s existing assets. The company has a consistent record of outperformance, generating a higher NAV total return compared with its benchmark over the last one, three, five and 10 years. SLI currently offers a 5.5% dividend yield. MORE »

Strong track record in UK commercial property

7 December 2017

Standard Life Investments Property Income Trust (SLI) holds an actively managed portfolio of UK commercial property. Since September 2006, the trust has been managed by Jason Baggaley, who aims to generate an attractive level of income with the potential for income and capital growth. SLI has a strong performance track record – its NAV total return has outperformed its benchmark IPD Monthly Index Funds (quarterly version) over one, three, and five years, while its share price total return has also outperformed over 10 years. SLI regularly trades at a premium, which the board aims to manage via share issuance. MORE »

UK REIT generates net income surplus in FY16

23 May 2017

Standard Life Investments Property Income Trust (SLI) aims to generate both income and capital growth from investing directly in UK commercial property. Its emphasis continues to be on generating above-average income for shareholders and it currently yields 5.4%. In FY16, the dividend was 117% covered by earnings and the manager, Jason Baggaley, is reasonably sanguine about future dividend prospects. Relative performance is measured against the quarterly version of the IPD Monthly Index Funds, which is representative of UK direct property funds. SLI has outperformed this benchmark, in NAV total return terms, over one, three and five years. MORE »

Broader diversification following 2015 acquisition

2 September 2016

Standard Life Investments Property Income Trust (SLI) is an actively managed fund aiming to generate an attractive level of income, with the prospect of income and capital growth via direct investment in commercial property. Since mid-2014, the trust has grown significantly via acquisition; the most recent was a portfolio of 22 complementary property assets in December 2015. NAV total return has been ahead of the benchmark over one, three and five years. Following the EU referendum, similar to peers, SLI’s shares have moved from a premium to a discount to NAV, while its prospective yield of 5.9% ranks among the highest in the peer group. MORE »

Diversified UK commercial property REIT

19 October 2015

Standard Life Investments Property Income Trust (SLI) is an actively managed closed-ended company investing directly in UK commercial property. The trust has grown substantially since mid-2014 using share issues to fund asset purchases and the proposed acquisition of a c £165m portfolio provides the opportunity to make a step change in scale without materially altering the portfolio profile. Maintaining gearing at c 30% LTV, SLI has outperformed the IPD UK Monthly index over five years. The shares trade at a c 10% premium to NAV and yield an above average 5.4%. MORE »