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25 May 2016

Anglo Pacific Q1 royalty income £1.9 million; full year expected to exceed last year’s £8.7 million

Anglo Pacific Group PLC reported royalty income of £1.9 million in Q1 2016, down from £2.3 million in the previous year. However, the company expects the majority of its royalty income, similar to 2015, will be received in H2 2016. According to CEO, Julian Treger, “We continue to expect royalty income for 2016 as a […]

25 May 2016

TR Property outperforms as direct portfolio returns almost 20%

TR Property has announced results for the year ended 31 March 2016. The NAV rose 8.2% which was well ahead of the benchmark rise of 5.4%. However the share price total return was -1.6%. The Directors have announced a final dividend of 5.20p per share, a 9.5% increase over the prior year final dividend. This […]

25 May 2016

Great Portland Estates working on largest development programme in its history

Great Portland Estates has reported results for the year ended 31 March 2016. At the end of March its EPRA NAV per share was 847 pence (pre-SDLT increase: 857 pence), up 19.5% in the year. EPRA profit before tax for the year was GBP47.8 million, up 6.0% on 2015. this translates into EPRA earnings per […]

25 May 2016

NewRiver Retail portfolio hits £1bn mark

Over the year to the end of March 2016, NewRiver Retail delivered an 11% increase in its EPRA NAV (295p vs. 265p). EPRA adjusted profit increased 125% to GBP47.1 million (2015: GBP20.9 million) resulting in a 34% increase in EPRA adjusted earnings per share (26.6 pence vs. 19.8 pence). Profit before tax increased 76% to GBP69.5 million (2015: GBP39.5 […]

25 May 2016

Shaftesbury NAV edges higher

Shaftesbury reports that its EPRA NAV at the end of March 2016 was GBP8.93 per share, an increase of 24 pence (2.8%) over six months, after a reduction of 10 pence per share as a result of the increase in SDLT announced in the March 2016 Budget. EPRA earnings increased by 12.8% to GBP20.2 million (six months ended […]

24 May 2016

Big Yellow targeting 85% occupancy

Over the year to the end of March 2016, Big Yellow’s EPRA NAV rose by 11.5% to 569.1p. Its adjusted diluted EPRA earnings per share were up 15% to 31.1p and from this they are paying dividends totalling 24.9p for the year, an increase of 15%. The increase in profits was driven in part by […]

24 May 2016

McKay Securities generates 11% NAV uplift

McKay Securities delivered 11% growth in its EPRA NAV over the year that ended on 31 March 2016. The EPRA diluted earnings per share rose from 5.22p to 7.76p. The Board is recommending a 1.7% increase in the final dividend to 6.1 pence per share (March 2015: 6.0 pence). This will be paid as an ordinary dividend on […]

24 May 2016

Nexus helps drive 12.6% uplift in EPE Special Opportunities NAV

EPE Special Opportunities has published results for the year ended 31 January 2016. The Net Asset Value at 31 January 2016 was 160.00 pence per share, an increase of 12.6% on the NAV per share of 142.13 pence as at 31 January 2015. The share price at 31 January 2016 was 124.50 pence, representing an increase […]

24 May 2016

Martin Currie Asia Unconstrained hit by discount widening

Over the year to 31 March 2016, Martin Currie Asia Unconstrained’s net asset value (‘NAV’) of the company fell by 7.9% on a total return basis, while the share price dropped 10.3% as the discount widened from 11.2% to 14.3%. By comparison, the MSCI Asia ex- Japan index fell 8.7%. Subject to shareholders’ approval, a final […]

24 May 2016

Lowland tweaks performance fee

Over the six months to the end of March 2016, Lowland’s total return and that of its benchmark, the FTSE All Share Index, were both virtually unchanged with Lowland up 3.8% and the Index up 3.5%. The Company paid a first interim dividend of 11.0p at the end of April, and now declares a second interim […]