The Board of Tritax Big Box REIT plc has announced that it has agreed a new long-term, interest only, fixed rate term loan facility of GBP72 million with Canada Life Investments, secured against a portfolio of three standing assets. The Facility, which will be drawn in full immediately, is repayable on 30 April 2029 and has a […]
The chairman of JPMorgan Claverhouse says its performance in the first half of the year has been disappointing after several years of very good returns. The net asset value total return of -2.0% for the six months to 30th June 2016, compared with the return from the benchmark, the FTSE All-Share Index, of +4.3% over […]
More than half of the 10 investment trusts that became least expensive relative to their net asset value (NAV) over the second quarter (Q2) are related to property, according to fund research company QuotedData. Read more here
Impax Environmental Markets had a great start to 2016. Over the six months ended 30 June 2016, the NAV achieved a total return of 19.4% and ended the period at 211.12p. The share price total return was 16.0%. They say that approximately half of their absolute performance was attributable to investment returns and half to the decline of […]
Fidelity European Values says that, during the six months ended 30 June 2016, its NAV total return was 7.6% compared to a total return of 4.8% for the FTSE World Europe (ex UK) Index which is the Company’s Benchmark Index. The share price total return was -3.8%, which is behind the NAV total return as a consequence […]
Fundsmith Emerging Equities says that, during the first half of its financial year, the net asset value grew by 11.6% all of which occurred in the final week of the period. The market value of the company’s shares increased by 6.2% over the period and, at the period end, the shares stood at a 2.1% discount to the NAV […]
Fresnillo plc, the world’s largest silver miner, reported attributable profit of US$167.0 million (US$0.227/share) for the six months ended 30 June 2016, 118% higher than the corresponding period of 2015. However, after adjusting profit for a revaluation of Silverstream contract sales, net profit was US$90.1 million (2015: US$76.5 million). ,Total revenue increased by 17% to […]
JZ Capital Partners has announced an agreement to sell its equity interest in Fidor Bank AG to Groupe BPCE, the second largest banking group in France. JZ Capital Partners first invested in Fidor in August 2013 through its EuroMicrocap Fund 2010, L.P. and has since worked with the senior management team, including Matthias Kröner, CEO, and Wolfgang Strobel, […]
The Board of Tritax Big Box REIT has announced that it has exchanged contracts (conditional on detailed planning consent) to provide forward funding for the development of a new logistics facility and headquarters at Four Ashes, Wolverhampton. The investment price is GBP56.3 million, reflecting a net initial yield of 5.14% (net of land acquisition costs). The […]
HgCapital, the Manager of HgCapital Trust has announced that it has agreed the sale of NetNames, a leading provider of global brand protection and internet domain name management services, to CSC, a US-based, leading provider of business administration services to corporations. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The Trust will realise cash proceeds of […]
