News

08 Jul 2016

IT exposure benefits Schroder UK Growth

Schroder UK Growth’s results for the year ended 30 April 2016 show that the Company’s NAV returned -4.4%, while the share price returned -4.9%. This compares with an equivalent return of -5.7% by the FTSE All-Share Index over the same period. The Directors have declared a second interim dividend of 2.60p per share, making a total […]

08 Jul 2016

UK Mortgages agrees second transaction

The Board of UK Mortgages Limited has announced that the second transaction for UKML has been agreed. Since UKML’s launch, TwentyFour has sought a mortgage origination partner to facilitate an ongoing flow of mortgage loans that fit the investment policy. Over the past few months, the team has worked with The Mortgage Lender Limited (“TML”) to develop […]

08 Jul 2016

British Land sells Debenhams Oxford Street

British Land announces that it has exchanged contracts for the sale of 334-348 Oxford Street, London to a private investor for GBP400 million. The asset is a seven storey building located near Bond Street Underground Station in London’s core West End shopping district. The building is let in its entirety to Debenhams until 2039. In […]

08 Jul 2016

TwentyFour Income Fund NAV dives

TwentyFour Income Fund has published its results for the year ended 31 March 2016. They say the twelve month period to the end of March 2016 was one which presented significant ongoing issues to all markets from a variety of sources. Whilst the period saw the Company’s NAV per Share and Share Price drop 16.74p […]

08 Jul 2016

Hammerson takes control of Dundrum, Ireland’s leading shopping centre

Hammerson, together with its joint venture partner Allianz Real Estate, has successfully secured the ownership of Dundrum Town Centre, Ireland’s pre-eminent shopping and leisure destination as part of a portfolio of market-leading retail assets in Dublin, Ireland. Hammerson and Allianz acquired loans secured against a portfolio of retail assets in September 2015 from the National Asset […]

08 Jul 2016

Polar Capital Global Financials just ahead of benchmark

During the six months to 31 May 2016 Polar Capital Global Financials generated a fully diluted Net Asset Value total return of -0.59%. The portfolio’s benchmark, the MSCI World Financials Index (Total Return with dividends reinvested), returned -0.84% over the same period. The price of the ordinary shares closed the period at 97.75p, a decline of […]

07 Jul 2016

GLI Alternative Finance proposed changes to investment restrictions

GLI Alternative Finance plc announces that it has posted a circular convening a general meeting of the Company at which it will be proposed that certain changes are made to the investment restrictions of the Company. The Proposals are subject to approval by shareholders of the Company at the General Meeting. Upon launch in September […]

07 Jul 2016

Artemis Alpha will cut exposure to unquoteds

Artemis Alpha has published results for the year ended 30 April 2016. The Company’s net asset value per share fell by 6.1 per cent during the year  on a total return basis. This compares with a fall of 5.7 per cent in the FTSE All-Share Index over the same period. Although the quoted investments were […]

07 Jul 2016

Ecofin reconstruction proposals update

On 31 May 2016, Ecofin Water & Power Opportunities plc published a circular and notice of general meeting to be held on 24 June 2016 at which the Company’s shareholders would vote on the continuation of the Company. The circular contained details of a proposed scheme of reconstruction of EWPO under section 110 of the […]