News

04 Jul 2016

New co-manager for JPMorgan Global Emerging Income

The Board of JPMorgan Global Emerging Markets Income Trust has announced that effective from 1st August 2016, Jeffrey Roskell will replace Richard Titherington as the second listed Investment Manager. The Company will continue to be managed primarily by Omar Negyal, with Amit Mehta providing additional support to the team as Deputy Investment Manager. Mr Roskell (pictured) is […]

04 Jul 2016

INPP buys stakes in ten schools projects

International Public Partnerships Limited has announced that it has agreed to acquire ten Building Schools for the Future (“BSF”) investments from Balfour Beatty, marking a significant evolution in the Company’s allocation to education infrastructure. The transaction will transform INPP into a majority investor in BSF, the investment delivery vehicle designed to refurbish secondary schools across the […]

04 Jul 2016

Trading Emissions agrees settlement with Dianneng

Board of Trading Emissions has announced that a settlement has been reached in respect of all of the arbitrations with subsidiaries of Yunnan Dianneng (Group) Holding Co. Ltd. By way of background, in 2014, the Company received notices of arbitration in respect of claims that challenged the amendments that had been made to, in total, […]

04 Jul 2016

Nimrod Sea Assets results reflect oil price woes

Nimrod Sea Assets has published results for the year ended 31 March 2016. The company made various announcements in the early part of the year. These included the decision to effectively halt any further deals and new transactions; to pay four quarterly dividends of 2 cents per share from June 2015 to March 2016, most of […]

04 Jul 2016

Central Asia Metals on track to produce 13-14 kt of copper this year

Central Asia Metals (CAML) reports H1 2016 copper production from its Kounrad dump leach copper recovery plant, in Kazakhstan, up 27% year-on-year to 6,908 t. Sales were 6,355 t, a 24% increase on H1 2015. The company further reports that the expansion project to exploit the Western dumps, which is being funded from cashflow generated […]

04 Jul 2016

Private Equity Investor gets approach for portfolio

The Board of Private Equity Investor has announced that it has received a proposal to acquire 15 of its Limited Partnership investments. The proposal covers approximately 87% of the NAV of the investment portfolio of the Company.  The proposal is priced at a 35% discount to the net asset value of these holdings at 31 December 2015. […]

01 Jul 2016

Dilutive share issue behind 44% NAV drop for Dolphin

Dolphin Capital announced results on 30 June 2016 that cover the year to the end of 31 December 2015 – so these figures are quite a bit out of date. The dramatic 44% NAV drop is mainly down to a dilutive share issue. We have just reproduced the key points from the statement: Gross Assets of […]

01 Jul 2016

Miton Global Opportunities flat after rollercoaster year

Miton Global Opportunities has released results for the year ended 30 April 2016. The net asset value per share rose to 182.4p, a total return of 0.4% – there is no dividend. The manager says the company’s shares ended the financial year standing at an all-time high, moving from 162.75p to 164.25p during the year. […]

01 Jul 2016

Activist building stake in British Empire

According to an article in the Daily Telegraph (which you can access here), Elliott Advisors (the activist investor in Alliance Trust) has built up a 5% stake in British Empire worth £32m. So far neither side has commented on the story. BTEM : Activist building stake in British Empire

01 Jul 2016

EP Global Opportunities yen hedge

EP Global Opportunities annunced yesterday that it has hedged the equivalent of £27m of its Japanese Yen exposure back into Sterling. This is the first announcement we have seen of a fund locking in the gais made on its overseas exposure as a result of the recent weakness of the pound. EPG : EP Global […]