Starwood European Real Estate Finance has announced that on 10 March 2016 it advanced a EUR7.9 million whole loan relating to the acquisition of 44 apartments in South Dublin, the Republic of Ireland. The sponsor is a highly regarded local investor that is an existing borrower of the Company. The transaction represents the Company’s third […]
Origo Partners announced on 8 March 2016 that, whilst the Company’s articles of association include a requirement for the Company to have redeemed US$12 million of convertible zero dividend preferences shares (“CZDPs”) by 8 March 2016, it is not in a position to redeem US$12 million of CZDPs at the current time. The 8 March […]
Amedeo Air Four Plus Limited has issued 53m new shares at 101p. Since the completion of its initial public offering on 13 May 2015 (the “IPO”), the Company has acquired five Airbus A380 aircraft, the last of which was delivered in February 2016. The Assets are all leased to Emirates Airlines for a term of 12 years, with […]
Real Estate Investors has announced the acquisition of two properties, one of these deals needs to be approved by shareholders. Real Estate Investors has exchanged contracts to acquire the freehold of West Plaza, 144 High Street, West Bromwich B70 6JJ from Bond Wolfe Estates Limited (“BWE”) for a consideration of £8m, to be paid in […]
Pantheon International’s NAV per share rose by 8.2% over the course of 2015, outperforming the FTSE All-Share, which fell by 2.0%, and the MSCI World, which rose by 3.3%. However, they say share price performance was disappointing (-4.1%) as it was impacted by a sector-wide increase in discounts which have been driven by uncertainty in financial […]
EP Global Opportunities returned 2.9% on net assets over the course of 2015. The Company has no official benchmark, this was ahead of the total return for the FTSE All-Share Index of 1.0%, but slightly behind the total return from the FTSE All-World Index of 4.0%. They plan to pay a dividend of 3.1p at […]
CQS New City High Yield’s net asset value fell by 3.0% to 56.9 pence per share during the six months ended 31 December 2015. Adjusted for the payment of dividends totalling 1.94 pence per share for the period the net asset value total return was essentially flat at -0.1%. The share price total return for the same […]
Princess Private Equity’s results for 2015 show the fund delivering a return on net assets of 17.5%. The dividend was €0.54 (a 5.7% yield on NAV at 31 December 2015 / 6.9% yield on the shares). The Board say they plan to continue to pay a dividend of 5% to 8% per annum of the NAV. The […]
BlackRock Latin American’s results for the year ended 31 December 2015 show a 30.9% fall in net assets on a total return basis in dollars (-27.0% in Sterling) and a -30.6% return to shareholders in dollars which translates as -26.6% in Sterling. These returns are pretty much in line with the fund’s benchmark which returned -30.8% […]
GCP Student Living reports a total shareholder return for the six month period to 31 December 2015 of 7.8%. The EPRA NAV (cum-income) per ordinary share at the end of the period was 135.35 pence. Dividends of 2.82 pence per share were paid or declared in the period in line with target. All properties are fully occupied and they […]