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09 Sep 2016

BlackRock Latin American cuts fees

BlackRock Latin American benefitted from the recovery in regional stock markets over the six months ended 30 June 2016 but underperformed its benchmark. The MSCI EM Latin America Index ended the period up by 25.7% in US dollar terms (38.6% in sterling terms). By comparison the NAV increased by 23.0% in US dollar terms (35.6% in […]

08 Sep 2016

Martin Currie Global Portfolio held back by holding in L Brands, amongst others

Martin Currie Global Portfolio has announced results for the six months ended 31 July 2016. It underperformed its benchmark, the FTSE World Index, over this period. Its net asset value increased by 17.6% on a total return basis and the share price total return was 19.8%, compared to the benchmark return of 20.3%. The total dividend for […]

08 Sep 2016

Aberdeen Small Companies Income just fails to keep pace with benchmark

Over the six months ended 30 June 2016, Aberdeen Small Companies Income’s  NAV was down 6.3% on a total return basis, underperforming its benchmark, the FTSE Small Cap ex-IT index, which was down 4.6% on the same basis. The equity portfolio contributed a return, relative to the index, of -1.0%, offset slightly by a positive […]

08 Sep 2016

EPE Special Opportunities NAV climbs 17% in first half

EPE Special Opportunities has announced interim results for the six months ended 31 July 2016. The NAV at 31 July 2016 was 187.89 pence per share, an increase of 17.4% on the NAV per share of 160.00 pence as at 31 January 2016. The share price at 31 July 2016 was 148.50 pence, representing an increase of 19.3% on the […]

08 Sep 2016

Secure Income REIT plans £140m fund raise

Secure Income REIT has announced its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2016. These show a 6.2% increase in its EPRA NAV to 300.2 pence per share and a near doubling of its adjusted EPRA EPS to 5.4p, up from 2.9p in the six months to 31 December 2015 and (0.3)p in the six […]

08 Sep 2016

Aberdeen Frontier Markets announces first dividend

Over the year to the end of June 2016 Aberdeen Frontier Markets’ net asset value per share and share price declined by 13.6% and 16.0% respectively compared to a decline of 12.1% in the MSCI Frontier Markets Net Total Return Index. The Board is proposing to pay an initial dividend in respect of the second half […]

07 Sep 2016

Weiss Korea lags benchmark in H1

During the six month period from 31 December 2015 to 30 June 2016, Weiss Korea Opportunity’s NAV increased by 10.94%, underperforming the reference MSCI Korea 25/50 Capped Index, which returned 14.81% in pounds sterling. The Company paid a dividend of 2.2416 pence per share on 28 June 2016. Shareholders have an opportunity to realise all or part […]

07 Sep 2016

Juridica to return 32p per share after announcing more losses

Juridica reports a total comprehensive loss of US$27.2 million (2015: US$34.2 million) or 24.67 cents per ordinary share for the six months ended 30 June 2016 due principally to: a net unrealised loss of US$23.8 million generated from the change in valuation of the Company’s investments; operating expenses of US$2.1 million; a realised loss of […]

05 Sep 2016

International Public Partnerships reports 6% NAV growth

International Public Partnerships has published its interim accounts covering the six months ended 30 June 2016. It reported continued Net Asset Value growth over the half year of 6.3% to GBP1,371.4m (31 December 2015: GBP1,290.2m) with NAV per share over the same period increasing 6.1% to 138.2 pence (31 December 2015: 130.2 pence). In line […]