Both JPMorgan European’s portfolios beat the index – JPMorgan European has reported its full results for the year ended 31st March 2018. There are two share classes – Growth (JETG) and Income (JETI). Over the 12 month period under review, the company’s benchmark index, the MSCI Europe ex UK Index in sterling returned 3.0% (total return) Results JPMorgan […]
Civitas Social Housing reports “a strong start” – Civitas Social Housing REIT (CSH) aims to provide its shareholders with an attractive level of income, together with the potential for capital growth from investing in a portfolio of social homes. The homes are let to local authorities or housing associations. The objective of Civitas Social Housing is to acquire […]
Positive performance and lower costs from Fidelity China Special Situations – The NAV of Fidelity China Special Situations (FCSS) returned +22.2% (total return) over the year ended 31 March 2018. The company’s benchmark Index, the MSCI China index returned 23.8%. Therefore, the NAV of company underperfoprmed its benchmark by 1.6%. The share price delivered a […]
Low volatility returns from Seneca Global Income & Growth – the company reported its full year results to 30 April 2018. The NAV of Seneca Global Income & Growth Trust (SIGT) returned +5.7% on a total return basis, with an annualised volatility of 5.7%. The volatility the UK’s FTSE All-Share Index was 9.2%. The share price also returned […]
Performance of Martin Currie Asia Unconstrained “adrift” of its investment objective – the NAV on a total return basis of Martin Currie Asia Unconstrained (MCP) increased by 6.3% while the share price rose 9.8% for the year to 31 March 2018. On a capital return basis, the NAV recorded an increase of 2.5%. The share price […]
Oaktree issues a further open letter to Rangers shareholders – In an ongoing to-ing and fro-ing of correspondence, on June 7th, Ranger Direct Lending (RDL) responded to the open letter to its shareholders from Oaktree Capital Management. (Click here to see a copy of the letter dated 7th June 2018 and previous letters). Asset manager, LIM Advisors, also published […]
Ranger Direct Lending responds to Oaktree and intervention from LIM Advisors – Ranger Direct Lending (RDL) responded to the open letter to its shareholders from Oaktree Capital Management. (Click here to see a copy of the letter dated 6th June 2018). Asset manager, LIM Advisors, also published its views on the performance of Rangers, which are similar to […]
A further letter to Ranger Direct Lending’s shareholders from Oaktree – On 4th of May 2018, we reported on an open letter from Oaktree Capital Management to the shareholders of Ranger Direct Lending (RDL) Click here to read a copy of the open letter and Rangers’ response. Oaktree has sent a further letter, dated June 6, 2018, as […]
Perpetual Income & Growth reports underperforms its benchmark for a second year – The NAV total return of Perpetual Income & Growth (PLI) for the year ended 31 March 2018 was –5.6%. Chairman of the company’s board, Richard Laing stated in his report that this was a disappointing result in a difficult year in which the […]
Shires Income increases its dividend to shareholders by 2% – During the year ended 31 March 2018, Shires Income‘s NAV per share increased by 3.3% on a total return basis, compared to a total return from the benchmark, the FTSE All-Share Index, of 1.2%. The share price total return was 12.2%, as the discount to NAV closed near […]
