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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

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

02 Aug 2016

Hg Capital sells NetNames

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 […]

02 Aug 2016

M&G High Income preparing for March 2017 wind up

Over the year to 31 May 2016, M&G High Income’s Package Units delivered a negative total return (capital and income reinvested) of 3.8% over the 12 months to 31 May 2016. This was ahead of the FTSE 350 Higher Yield and the FTSE All-Share indices, which registered negative returns of 8.5% and 6.3% respectively. The […]