Blackstone/GSO Loan Financing has published its accounts for 2015 (figures are in Euros unless otherwise indicated). The fund returned just over 8% for the year. Over the period its NAV fell from 99 cents to 98.39 cents and its share price fell from 101 cents to 98 cents. BGLF paid dividends of 8 cents (2 cents […]
Hammerson has announced the successful syndication and signing of a £420 million unsecured Revolving Credit Facility at an initial margin of 90 basis points with a syndicate of eight international banks. This new facility will refinance the existing £150 million Revolving Credit Facility which would have matured in April 2017 which featured a margin of 150 basis […]
Aberdeen Asian Smaller Companies has published figures for the six months ending 31 January 2016. The MSCI AC Asia Pacific ex Japan Small Cap Index fell by 3.0% during this period with the company’s net asset value falling by 5.0%, while the share price declined by 5.7% to 730.0p (on a total return basis), reflecting a […]
P2P Global has published its accounts for the year ended 31 December 2015. P2P Global says it achieved positive NAV returns in every month of 2015, delivering a total NAV return of 6.56% for the ordinary shares. The capital raised for the C shares issued in late July 2015 was deployed in Q3 and Q4 2015. […]
Prospect Japan Fund, which reports its results in US dollar terms, says that for 2015, it achieved a gain, in Dollar terms, of 19.13% as against the MSCI Japan Small Cap Index increase of 15.74%. The Yen:Dollar exchange rate at 31 December, 2015 was virtually unchanged from a year earlier. The largest contributors to 2015 […]
http://view.ceros.com/citywire/it-insider-april-2016/p/21 Investors appeared to have a greater appetite for risk during March, with trusts which have invested in Brazil, Latin America, and Russia all featuring in the top 10 risers.
UK Commercial Property Trust has published its results for 2015. The Chairman says the fund delivered a NAV total return of 9.1% over the 12 month period, outperforming the FTSE All- Share Index return of 1.0% and the ten year gilt index of 0.8%. The return from UKCM was behind that of the IPD benchmark […]
Henderson Far East Income says its net asset value total return per ordinary share was 5.8% for the six months ended 29 February 2016. This compares favourably with the 3.9% total return on the FTSE All-World Asia Pacific ex Japan Index (sterling adjusted) over the same period. The share price total return per ordinary share […]
Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust has agreed to issue fixed rate senior unsecured private placement notes in tranches of (i) GBP25 million principal with a 12 year tenor, at a coupon of 2.80% and (ii) GBP50m principal with a 15 year tenor, at a coupon of 3.16%. The funding date for the notes is expected […]
BlackRock Greater European says its undiluted net asset value per share increased by 2.1%, compared with a decrease of 0.8% in the FTSE World Europe ex UK Index. Over the same period, the Company’s share price rose by 3.2% (all percentages calculated in sterling terms with income reinvested). Since the period end to 18 April 2016, the […]
