Smaller Companies Dividend Trust has reported its annual figures covering the year to the end of April 2015. Over this period the total return on the portfolio was 6.9%, adjusting for the effects of the zero dividend preference shares, this made the return in the net asset value of the ordinary shares 7.2%. The ordinary […]
Advance Developing Markets has released its interim results covering the six months to the end of April 2015. Over that period the total return on net assets was 6.9% and the return to shareholders 6.6% while the return on the MSCI Emerging Markets Index was 8.3%. The manager’s report says that being underweight China at […]
MedicX has announced that it is making its first foray into the Irish market with a €10.1m deal to fund a new primary healthcare medical centre in Mullingar, Westmeath. The property is due to be completed in August 2016. The completed development will be let to a number of GPs and the Health Service Executive […]
Worldwide Healthcare’s results for the year ended 31 March 2015 reflect the strength of the healthcare market over that period but also considerable outperformance by the manager. The NAV return for the year was 53% – more than 17% ahead of the 35.9% return on their benchmark (the MSCI World Health Care Index). The return […]
Utilico Emerging Markets has announced results for the year that ended on 31 March 2015. Over this period he fund produced a total return on net assets of 12.2%. This is marginally less than the 13.2% return generated on the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. The dividend was maintained at 6.1p. The manager’s report analyses the […]
Montanaro UK Smaller Companies underperformed a little against the Numis Smaller Companied ex Investment Companies Index over the year to the end of March 2015 as its NAV total return was -2.7% whilst the benchmark’s was -0.3%. The return to shareholders was -6.9% however as the discount widened from 12.9% to 16.5%. The final dividend was increased […]
Over the six months to the end of April 2015, BlackRock Income & Growth delivered a total return on net assets of 13.1% and a return to shareholders of 14.6%, both well ahead of the 9.2% return posted by the FTSE All-Share Index for the period. The shares moved to trade at a discount of […]
Custodian REIT is spending £4.2m to buy a 3.5 acre plot and fund the development of a warehouse unit at Kingswood Lakeside, Cannock, adjacent to the A5 and Junction T7 of the M6 Toll, and three miles from the M6. The development comprises a 63,000 sq ft warehouse unit, with construction being phased over an […]
Over the year to the end of March 2015, Hansa Trust’s net asset value fell by 4.9% and the A share price fell by 5.7%, leaving them trading on a 27.3% discount. The dividend was maintained at 16p. By contrast, the MSCI World Index rose by 16.8% in Sterling terms over that period. Hansa though reports only on […]
Henderson Opportunities has published interim results for the six months ended 30 April 2015. Over that period the FTSE All-Share Index returned 9.2% but the fund’s net asset value returned almost double that, 17.6%. Unfortunately for shareholders though, the discount widened from 3% to 12.1% and so the return to shareholders was just 7.5% – […]
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