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14 Nov 2016

Funding Circle hopes to expand

Funding Circle SME Income Fund has published a set of accounts covering the period from 1 April 2016 to 30 September 2016. At the end of the period, the NAV was 99.64p, the share price 102.5p and the shares were trading at a  premium of 2.9%. They say that the company has successfully deployed GBP151.9 million […]

14 Nov 2016

Serabi Gold record Q3 production and profit

Serabi Gold (SRB:AIM) (SBI-CN) In the quarter the company was able to achieve record production, reduce debt and dramatically increase profit for the nine months ended September 30, 2016. The company achieved record Q3 2016 gold production of 10,233 oz, compared to 9,896 in Q2 2016. The addition of a third ball mill, a second flotation […]

14 Nov 2016

Capital Gearing benefits from private equity exposure

As at the half year to 5 October 2016, Capital Gearing Trust’s net asset value per share was 3,647.0p compared to 3,382.0p as at the last year end on 5 April 2016, an increase of 7.8%. This compares with increases of 15.6% in the MSCI UK and of 17.9% in the sterling MSCI World Index.  RPI […]

14 Nov 2016

Gabelli Value Plus+ discount narrows

Gabelli Value Plus+ says that, over the six months ended 30 September 2016, a moderate rise of 6.4% in the S&P 500 Index was boosted by the pound’s weakness to a 18.1% return in sterling terms. The NAV total return, which was 17.2% during the period, slightly lagged this index. The share price total return during […]

14 Nov 2016

Why Neil Woodford is celebrating a Trump victory

I don’t know whether fund management legend Neil Woodford was in favour of Trump or Clinton, or wished a plague on both their houses, and nor do I care (writes Harvey Jones of Motley Fool). However, Donald Trump’s shock victory has given Mr Woodford something to celebrate, by applying much-needed balm to his Achilles’ heel. read more […]

14 Nov 2016

Target buys Nottinghamshire care home

Target Healthcare REIT Limited has exchanged contracts to acquire a purpose-built care home located in the town of Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire.  The home will be acquired for approximately GBP5.6 million including acquisition costs. The transaction is expected to conclude by April 2017 once the build has been completed and the home has been fitted out to specifications. […]

11 Nov 2016

Henderson Far East Income held back by technology underweight

Henderson Far East Income’s NAV just underperformed its benchmark by 2.2% over the year ended 31 August 2016. The net asset value total return was 32.1% whilst the share price total return was 33.4%. In local currency terms, the markets returned 11.3% highlighting the significance of the weakness of sterling pre and post the UK’s vote […]

10 Nov 2016

Gem Diamonds stays on track, Q3 update.

Gem Diamonds Limited (GEMD:LSE) The company is on track to achieve full year production guidance at Letšeng, despite extreme weather disruptions. In Q3 2016: 24,388 carats were recovered at Letšeng, compared to 28,682 carats in Q2 2016. The weather conditions restricted access to the pits, therefore ore was sourced from surface stockpiles which resulted in a reduction […]