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10 Oct 2016

‘When people were worried about Pakistan and Argentina, we were buying’

In some ways, frontier markets are the start-ups of the investment world. They have huge untapped growth potential but are precarious propositions with no guarantee of success and are difficult for investors to access. On its own, each individual market is incredibly risky. Bundled together in indices and funds, they offer a potentially compelling investment […]

10 Oct 2016

Tharisa Minerals – Record Q4 production, 2017 looking even better.

Tharisa Minerals (THS.L) Modifications to Voyager’s Plant chrome processing circuit in H1 FY2016 to facilitate increased production of higher value speciality grade chrome concentrates, enables Tharisa to distribute to more globally diversified markets. The average PGM basket price for quarter ended September was US$804 oz, which was US$59 an ounce higher than previous quarter. Metallurgical grade […]

10 Oct 2016

VinaLand investors see 29% return

VinaLand has announced results for the year ended 30 June 2016. The NAV fell to 86 cents from 91 cents. However after adjusting for the USD0.0876 distribution of capital from the share premium account, the NAV per share increased by 4.1% year-on-year. The Company’s share price closed on 30 June 2016 at USD0.58 per share, […]

07 Oct 2016

Electra sells Vidal Group

Electra Partners has announced that its portfolio company AXIO Group has received a binding offer from M3, Inc. to purchase Vidal Group, a leading European provider of reference drug information for healthcare professionals, for EUR100 million. The proposed transaction, which remains subject to certain conditions including consultation with the relevant works council in France and […]

07 Oct 2016

Empiric buys five more properties

The Board of Empiric Student Property plc has acquired the freeholds of five operating properties, one in Exeter, two in Leicester and two in Portsmouth, with a total of 464 beds, for an aggregate cash consideration of GBP26.69 million (excluding acquisition costs) from assets managed by LaSalle Investment Management. All the properties were fully let […]

07 Oct 2016

Ground Rents Income wants to borrow more

The Board of Ground Rents Income believes that the ability to utilise borrowings in addition to equity, and to leverage assets over a longer term period, will allow the Company to take advantage of attractively priced debt currently available to it, and provide greater flexibility now that the Company’s equity is fully invested, to allow the […]

07 Oct 2016

What Investment looks at funds for SIPPs

NB the headline came from the magazine not QuotedData! We cannot and do not seek to recommend individual funds to private investors. The choice of fund should reflect your personal circumstances. “Sipp investors looking for income may be able to find this in investment trusts that have a long history of delivering consistent dividends. Matthew […]

07 Oct 2016

Henderson Diversified may move onshore

Henderson Diversified Income Limited is mulling a change to its corporate structure (currently it invests through a Luxembourg subsidiary). Since it was launched, there have been a number of developments in Luxembourg tax legislation and practice, in particular in relation to transfer pricing. The OECD has recently introduced the BEPS (base erosion profit shifting) framework under […]

06 Oct 2016

New manager for Invesco Perpetual Select UK Equity

The Board of Invesco Perpetual Select Trust has announced that, with effect from 4 October the management of the Company’s UK Equity portfolio will pass to James Goldstone.  James has 15 years’ industry experience and has worked closely alongside Mark Barnett for the last four years.  He currently manages circa GBP160 million in UK Equity Pension Fund and […]

06 Oct 2016

If it is good enough for Neil Woodford… peer-to-peer trusts can yield up to 10% – but are they worth the risk?

In today’s low interest rate world, investment trusts are struggling to match the income payouts they have maintained in recent years. Read more: http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/diyinvesting/article-3813416/Peer-peer-investment-trusts-offer-yields-10-worth-risk.html#ixzz4MJTrYHYS