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14 Jun 2016

Aberdeen Frontier to pay dividends

Following consultation with major shareholders, the Board of Aberdeen Frontier Markets Investment Company Limited (the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it intends to commence making half yearly distributions by way of a dividend. It is currently anticipated that a maiden dividend will be declared in respect of the six month period ending 30 June […]

13 Jun 2016

Schroder Real Estate posts 12.3% return

Schroder Real Estate has published results for the year ended 31 March 2016. Over this period the asset value increased to GBP322.6 million or 62.2p per share, from GBP299.2 million or 57.7p. This reflects an NAV increase of 7.8% and a total NAV return, including dividends, of 12.3%. Dividends of GBP12.8 million or 2.48p were paid during the year which, based on […]

13 Jun 2016

Sirius confirms new offtake agreement

Further to its recent announcement of the selection of the main contractors for its of its North Yorkshire polyhalite project, Sirius Minerals Plc has concluded a new, 10-year offtake agreement with Yunnan Dian Huang Peony Industrial Group Co Ltd (Dian Huang), which is a producer of peony seed oil. The annual quantity covered by the […]

13 Jun 2016

Slow start for Gabelli Value Plus

Gabelli Value Plus+ has published its first Annual Report to shareholders since it listed on the London Stock Exchange on 19 February 2015. The company delivered a net asset value total return of +3.9% from the starting net asset value level of 99p per share over the year to the end of February 2016. This […]

13 Jun 2016

Montanaro UK Smaller reports narrow underperformance

In the year to 31 March 2016, the NAV of Montanaro UK Smaller Companies (excluding current period revenue) rose by 0.7% to 558.4p in comparison with a gain of 1.4% by the Numis Smaller Companies Index. During the same period, the company’s share price fell by 0.4% to 461.0p reflecting the widening of the discount which […]

13 Jun 2016

A good year for JPMorgan Japan Smaller Companies

JPMorgan Japan Smaller Companies’ undiluted total return on net assets, net of fees and expenses (or portfolio return) for the year ended 31st March 2016, was 13.9%, versus 6.9% for the benchmark. The company’s diluted return on net assets, which assumes that all of the subscription shares in issue were exercised at the rate of […]

10 Jun 2016

Edinburgh Worldwide held back by healthcare exposure

Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust has published results for the six months to 30 April 2016. Over the six month period the company’s net asset value per share increased by 0.9% while the comparative index (the S&P Global Smaller Companies Index) increased by 5.6%. The share price rose by 1.2%. Revenue losses per share were 0.35p (six months […]

10 Jun 2016

JPMorgan Russian widens discount target

JPMorgan Russian has announced interim results covering the six months ended 30 April 2016. The company’s net asset value on a total return basis was a positive 17.3% and the company’s return to shareholders on a total return basis was positive 16.9% over the period. The Company’s discount to net asset value experienced little change […]

10 Jun 2016

Establishment hikes dividend as alternative to buybacks

The Establishment Investment Trust has published results for the year ended 31 March 2016. Measured by total return, the Net Asset Value (NAV) fell by 4.5% while the share price declined by 10.9% for the financial year to 31st March 2016. For comparative purposes, the FTSE WMA Stock Market Balanced Index declined 0.5%, the FTSE100 […]