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11 Aug 2016

Henderson Smaller beats benchmark in difficult year

Henderson Smaller Companies has published results for the year ended 31 May 2016. The net assets of the company declined by 1.1% in the reporting year, outperforming the benchmark, the Numis Smaller Companies Index (excluding investment companies), by 0.5%. However the company’s discount widened, so the share price fell by 8.1%. The revenue return per share has […]

11 Aug 2016

Riverstone’s dollar NAV edges up in H1

Riverstone Energy’s NAV per Share as at 30 June 2016 totalled $16.24/GBP12.25 per share, representing an increase of 29 cents or GBP1.42 compared to NAV per Share at 31 December 2015. They say the increase in NAV over the six months ended 30 June 2016 was primarily due to the increase in the fair market value […]

10 Aug 2016

Centamin posts EPS up 78%: increases interim dividend

Egyptian gold miner, Centamin plc, has increased its interim dividend from USc0.97 per share in 2015 to USc2.00 per share after posting Q2 16 earnings of USc6.3 per share, a 78% increase on Q2 15. The improved income performance was a result of both higher revenue and lower costs. Revenue for the quarter increased by […]

10 Aug 2016

Tritax buys Amazon distribution centre

The Board of Tritax Big Box REIT has announced that it has acquired the distribution centre at Kingston Park, Peterborough, let to Amazon UK Services Ltd, for a purchase price of GBP42.9 million (net of acquisition costs), reflecting a net initial yield of 5.6% on the corporate acquisition. The purchase is being funded from equity […]

09 Aug 2016

India Capital Growth raises £23m after heavily discounted share issue

Ocean Dial Asset Management’s India Capital Growth fund has raised £22.8m following the expiration of its subscription shares issued on a ‘one for two’ basis in August 2014. read more here

09 Aug 2016

Median trust discounts doubled in 12 months on Brexit turmoil

Research by closed-ended funds analysts QuotedData has revealed the median discount throughout the entire investment company sector more than doubled in the 12 months to the end of June. read more here

09 Aug 2016

Tritax buys Kellogg’s distribution facility

The Board of Tritax Big Box REIT has announced that it has acquired a distribution facility at Trafford Park, Manchester, let to Kellogg Company of Great Britain Limited, whose ultimate parent is the Kellogg Company. The purchase price is GBP23.5 million (excluding purchaser’s costs), reflecting a net initial yield of 5.9% on the asset acquisition. […]

09 Aug 2016

Miton UK Microcap gets off to a good start

Miton UK Microcap has published its first full year report which covers the year ended 30 April 2016. Over this period the FTSE All-Share Index fell by 9.0%. In contrast the FTSE SmallCap (excluding Investment Companies) Index actually rose 1.0% in the same period while the FTSE AIM All-Share Index fell just 3.4%. The Investment Manager outperformed over the first […]

09 Aug 2016

Hg sells Relay Software

HgCapital has announced that it has sold Relay Software, a leading provider of software to insurance brokers, underwriters and insurers in the Republic of Ireland, to Applied Systems, the leading global provider of cloud-based insurance broker management software. HgCapital partnered with Relay Software in early 2014, representing the third investment for Mercury, HgCapital’s specialist lower […]