JPMorgan Russian has published its results for the year ended 31 October 2015. The MSCI 10/40, the benchmark, fell by a further -13.4% (2014: -21.0%). Both JPMorgan Russian’s return to shareholders and the net asset value total return slightly underperformed the benchmark index, with falls of -13.5% and -14.2% respectively. The dividend is being maintained at […]
Target Healthcare REIT Limited and its subsidiaries has announced that it has completed the acquisition of a premium, purpose-built care home in the south east of England for c.£14m (including transaction costs). This transaction is in accordance with the Group’s investment policy. The home was opened in 2011 and provides accommodation in luxurious surroundings in […]
BlackRock Commodities Income has published results for the year ended 30 November 2015. It will come as no surprise, given how weak the resources sector has been (the Brent oil price fell by 38% and key industrial commodities copper and iron ore plunged by 29% and 40% respectively), that the company had a poor year, […]
Green REIT has appointed JLL to sell “The Glas Collection” by private treaty on its behalf. The Collection comprises six properties and provides exposure to almost all Irish property sectors, with a diversified and secure income stream. Four of the six properties are in Dublin and include the mixed use Arena Centre in Tallaght, Ormond […]
Polar Capital Global Financial has reported a return on net assets of 5.3% for the year to the end of November 2015. this compares well to a total return of 0.9% for the benchmark MSCI World Financials Index, and total return of 3.8% delivered by the broad MSCI World Index. The Company’s share price total return […]
Diverse Income’s interim results, covering the six months ended 30 November 2015, show the fund generating a return on net assets of 6.4% and a return to shareholders of 7.0%. They also declared two quarterly dividends of 0.65p each. The Board is rebalancing the quantum of the four quarterly dividends to make them more equal […]
Toro has published its first set of accounts, covering the period from 2 March 2015 to 30 September 2015. It raised €331.8m (gross of issue costs) on 8 May 2015 when it IPOd. There were two additional placings made during the Period, €16.4m (gross of issue costs) on 17 July 2015 and €8.8m (gross of issue costs) […]
F&C Managed Portfolio Trust has published interim results for the six months ended 30 November 2015, announcing a net asset value total return of -5.1% for the Income shares and -2.4% for the Growth shares compared to the FTSE All-Share Index return of -6.4%. The key drivers of the performance of the Growth Portfolio were […]
Reconstruction Capital II has announced that it is selling its 25.4% fully-diluted interest in Albalact SA, a publicly quoted Romanian dairy company, to Lactalis. Lactalis is a dairy manufacturing world-leader company owning many successful international brands such as “President”, “Parmalat”, and “Galbani”. The Lactalis group now employs 75,000 people, and owns more than 200 plants, located in […]
Avocet Mining PLC’s 90%-owned Inata mine, in Burkina Faso, produced 74.8 koz of gold in 2015, down 13% from the previous year. Gold production for Q4 15 was more or less in line with Q4 14 at 17.4 koz. Recovery in Q4 improved dramatically to 89% in Q4, taking the average for the year up […]
