CatCo reports on its annus horribilis – CatCo Reinsurance Opportunities has published its accounts covering 2017. The net asset value of the ordinary shares declined by 27.6%. When the company thinks it might face claims in relation to losses, it holds money in ‘side pocket investments’, effectively cash, rather than reinvesting this money in new investments. Due to […]
RM Secured Direct Lending on track for March C share conversion – RM Secured Direct Lending has published results covering the period from launch to the end of December 2017. RM Secured Direct Lending plc listed on the premium segment of the main market of the London Stock Exchange on 15 December 2016, issuing 50,300,000 Ordinary […]
BB Biotech remains a top performer in Feb Switzerland’s BB Biotech (BBB.S) recorded a 2% fall in its NAV in February, but achieved a robust 7.8% rise in its portfolio value in the two month year-to-date (YTD) period, on the back of the strong rise in January. BB Biotech enjoyed the second best investment performance in […]
Secure Income REIT buying £436m portfolio – Secure Income REIT has exchanged contracts to acquire two substantial off-market portfolios at a total cost of GBP436 million. The first portfolio of leisure assets across the UK has a gross cost of GBP224 million representing a net initial yield of 5.9% and with a weighted average unexpired lease term of […]
Murray International outperforms in 2017 – Murray International has published results for 2017. The chairman says that the NAV posted a total return of 14.7%, ahead of the total return of 12.8% from the benchmark (40% FTSE World UK Index and 60% FTSE World ex UK Index). The share price posted a total return of 11.0%, […]
Fundsmith doesn’t want to own the stocks that are going up – Fundsmith Emerging Equities has reported results covering 2017. The net asset value per share total return for the year was +21.2% (2016: +12.0%) and the share price total return was +24.5% (2016: +10.5%). The MSCI Emerging and Frontier Markets Index, measured on a net […]
Capital & Regional resilient in face of challenging retail environment – Capital & Regional has announced its full year results to 30 December 2017. Highlights include: Basic and EPRA NAV per share resilient, both at 67p (December 2016: both 68p) Income growth driving 7.4% increase in total 2017 dividend Adjusted Profit up 8.6% to GBP29.1 […]
Alliance Trust writes off goodwill on Stocktrade deal – Alliance Trust has published its results for the year ended 31 December 2017. These show an improvement in its performance as its equity portfolio outperformed its MSCI ACWI benchmark over the year by 4.2%. This helped drive an NAV total return of 18.5% versus a return of […]
$300m C share issue planned for BioPharma Credit – BioPharma Credit has released its first annual results, covering the period from launch to 31 December 2017. The NAV at the end of the period was $1.0091, up from 98 cents immediately after launch. The original target was to pay a 4% dividend per annum. It declared interim […]
Foreign & Colonial will change name after 150 years – Foreign & Colonial, which is marking its 150th anniversary, has published results for the year ended 31 December 2017. The year was a good one for F&C’s shareholders. A share price total return of 21% and an NAV total return of 16.9% were both well ahead of […]
