F&C Capital and Income continues record of outperformance – F&C Capital and Income announces, for the year ended 30 September 2017: Share price total return for the year was 15.8%, with an average premium to Net Asset Value of 1.6%. Total ordinary dividends of 10.65 pence per share – an increase of 3.4% over the previous […]
Schroder Asia Pacific beats benchmark – Schroder AsiaPacific Fund has published its annual report for the year ended 30 September 2017. The NAV total return was +23.2% over the twelve months to end September 2017. This was ahead of the performance of the benchmark, the MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan Index, which was up +18.8% […]
Schroder European Real Estate approaching full investment – Schroder European Real Estate has announced that its EPRA NAV at the end of September 2017 was 133.6 cents per share. EPRA earnings per share for the year ended September were 5.2 cents. This translated into a 6% total return for the year. the fund is paying […]
Henderson European Focus manager loves Carlsberg – Henderson European Focus Trust has published results covering the year ended 30 September 2017. Performance highlights The ordinary share price(1) total return (including dividends reinvested) was 35.9% (2016: 8.6%). The net asset value total return was 21.7% compared to a total return from the benchmark (World Europe ex […]
Shaftesbury looks to raise £265m as buys in Broadwick Street – Shaftesbury is placing up to 27,855,508 ordinary shares at 265p per share to raise gross proceeds of £265m. 952p is the same level as the EPRA NAV at the end of September 2017 and it is a 4% discount to the share price on […]
Hammerson in agreed bid for intu – The boards of Hammerson and Intu Properties have announced that they have reached agreement on the terms of a recommended all-share offer by Hammerson to acquire the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Intu. Intu shareholders will get 0.475 Hammerson shares for every Intu share that they […]
Sequoia secures new revolving credit facility – The board of Sequoia Economic Infrastructure Income Fund Limited has announced that it has secured a multi-currency Revolving Credit Facility (“RCF”) of GBP100 million from The Royal Bank of Scotland International Limited (Mandated Lead Arranger), ING Bank and Investec (Arrangers). The tenor of the RCF will be three […]
Biotech Growth manager denies allegations – The board of The Biotech Growth Trust says that it notes that the General Partners of OrbiMed Capital LLC, which acts as portfolio manager to the company, released a statement late on 5 December concerning founding partner Samuel Isaly, who is the subject of a press article containing allegations of […]
Custodian REIT sells Chepstow industrial estate – Custodian REIT has announced the disposal of a property from its portfolio. The company has sold a 82,081 sq ft multi-let industrial estate in Chepstow for GBP4.63 million, circa GBP0.9 million (25%) ahead of valuation and representing a net initial yield on sale price of 6.75%. The property was […]
Standard Life Equity Income boosted by asset manager stakes – Standard Life Equity Income has published results for the year to 30 September 2017. The Net Asset Value total return for the year was 14.7%, which compares with 11.9% from the All-Share Index. The discount narrowed slightly from 4.4% to 4.0%. This resulted in a share price […]
