News

03 Aug 2016

Atlantis Japan underperforms

Atlantis Japan underperformed the TOPIX Index over the year to the end of April 2016, returning -6.4% against -4.6% for the Index in US dollar terms (-1% vs +1% in sterling terms). The statement says performance relative to TOPIX was negatively affected by the maintenance of net gearing during most of the year and the concentration […]

03 Aug 2016

Fundsmith Emerging’s large cap underweight hampers returns

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 […]

03 Aug 2016

Tritax agrees new debt facility

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 […]

03 Aug 2016

JPMorgan Claverhouse laments Brexit impact on portfolio

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 […]

03 Aug 2016

Property ITs hit by Brexit discount widening

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

03 Aug 2016

Impax starts 2016 well as water holdings outperform

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 […]

03 Aug 2016

Fidelity European let down by widening discount

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 […]

02 Aug 2016

Fresnillo profit increased in first half of 2016

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 […]

02 Aug 2016

JZ Capital sells Fidor Bank

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, […]

02 Aug 2016

Tritax to fund Wolverhampton development

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 […]