The Bidco Board and the Japanese Residential Investment Company Board are pleased to announce that they have reached agreement on the terms of a recommended cash offer by Bidco for the entire issued, and to be issued, share capital of JRIC. Bidco is a newly-incorporated entity indirectly wholly-owned and controlled by the Blackstone Funds. Blackstone […]
Following on from its announcement at the end of September, Standard Life Property Investments has published details of its £100m fund raising and acquisition of a Jersey Property Unit Trust (JPUT). Standard Life Property Investments has entered into the conditional Acquisition Agreement in relation to the acquisition of a new portfolio of 22 UK commercial real […]
Kuala Innovations has published interim figures covering the six months to the end of September 2015. Over the six months the NAV rose from 1.69p to 2.57p. the company made a loss for the period of 0.46p. The uplift largely reflects share issues the company made at 5p per share during the period. Since then the company has […]
Standard Life Equity Income has announced results for the year ended 30 September 2015. Over that period, the fund’s total return on net assets was an impressive 14.1% as compared to a -2.3% return on the FTSE All-Share Index. The Chairman believes that good stock selection and being prepared to hold a portfolio which is […]
The World Gold Council (“WGC”) reported some good news for gold this morning in its quarterly “Gold Demand Trends” publication for Q3 2015. Gold demand climbed 8% to 1,121 t from Q3 2014 as demand for jewellery grew 6% year-on-year with lower prices during July and early August attracting consumers. The quarter under review was […]
Centamin has reported EPS of USc0.55 for Q3 15, down significantly from the USc1.39 posted in the corresponding quarter of 2014, and the EPS of USc2.50 in Q1 15 and USc1.65 in Q2 15. Despite a 13% increase in gold production in Q3, to 105 koz, and cash costs that were generally in line with […]
Chelverton Growth Trust has announced results for the year ended 31 August 2015. Unfortunately the fund underperformed its benchmark index – the net asset value rose by 6.95% while the MSCI UK Small cap Index rose by 9.77%. Since the year end though they have had some good news as their largest investment (37% of […]
Hg Capital has announced that it has agreed the sale of Casa Reha, a leading private German provider of elderly care services, specialising in high quality, assisted living, to Euronext-listed Korian, a leading European provider of elderly health care services. Completion is subject to regulatory approval. Hg Capital Trust will realise cash proceeds of approximately […]
Land Securities has announced interim results covering the six months ended 30 September 2015. The adjusted diluted NAV rose 5.7% to 1367p (total return 7.0%) while the adjusted diluted EPS rose by 8.4% to 23.2p helped by a fall in vacant space within the portfolio (from 3.2% to 2.8%). The dividend is being increased by 3.2% […]
Globalworth Real Estate Investments Ltd has announced the acquisition of Skanska’s second building in the Green Court Bucharest project. The gross transaction value is approximately Euro 47 million. Closing of the acquisition is expected in December 2015. Green Court Bucharest is a prestigious, newly built class-A office park comprising three buildings, strategically located in Bucharest’s new […]
