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22 Jun 2015

Caledonia buys 7 investment management

Caledonia is buying a majority stake in 7 investment management in a deal that values the business at £100m. 7IM was established in 2002 by its co-founders, Chief Executive Officer, Tom Sheridan, and Head of Corporate Development, Justin Urquhart Stewart, along with their Chief Finance Officer, Charles Sparrow, and has grown from its seven founder […]

22 Jun 2015

Henderson Diversified Income benefits from deflationary backdrop

Over the six months ended 30 April 2015, Henderson Diversified Income outperformed its benchmark, generating a total return on net assets of 5.2% as compared to 1.3% for the benchmark (three month sterling Libor plus 2.00%). The share price return was 5.9%. They have declared dividends totalling 2.5p for the period. The manager says sovereign […]

22 Jun 2015

New City suffers from oil price fall

New City Energy results for the six months ended 31 March 2015 show the fund suffering in the wake of falling oil prices. The total return on net assets was -36.6% and the share price return was -37.4%. Two interim dividends of 0.42p have been paid for the period. The managers’ report highlights those companies […]

22 Jun 2015

Nimrod Sea Assets amends dividend, investment in administration

Nimrod Sea Assets has updated its dividend policy. it plans to pay quarterly dividends of 2 cents per share between now and March 2016. The review was triggered in part by the following news. One of its investments, mv red 7 Alliance has been given notice that Red7Marine Offshore Limited (the charterer of the vessel) had […]

22 Jun 2015

Custodian REIT buys property portfolio

Custodian REIT has announced the acquisition of a portfolio of 10 properties. Six are high street shops, spread around the UK, with an average lot size of £1.21m. Four are industrial units with an average lot size of £1.83m. They say locations include Chester, St Albans, Bristol, Farnborough and Kettering and tenants within the portfolio include BSS […]

22 Jun 2015

Empiric Student Property buys in Liverpool and Stoke

Empiric Student Property has acquired the freeholds of a portfolio of seven operational, direct-let, premium student accommodation properties in Liverpool and Stoke-on-Trent, comprising a total of 502 beds, for over £40m. They are paying cash of £22.8m (excluding acquisition costs) and taking on responsibility for the existing debt on the properties of £18.8m which has been retained […]

22 Jun 2015

Fair Oaks new investment with 14%-16% return

Fair Oaks Income Fund is buying, in the primary market, $26.4m notional of equity notes, representing 75% of the total equity of Neuberger Berman CLO XIX, a new CLO backed by a portfolio of US broadly syndicated, secured loans. The manager of this CLO’s portfolio is Neuberger Berman Fixed Income LLC, a subsidiary of Neuberger […]

19 Jun 2015

Shareholder revolt at Ukraine Opportunities

At its AGM on 18 June, shareholders voted against the approval of Ukraine Opportunities’ accounts, the Directors’ Remuneration Report, the re-election of Beatrice Hollond, the re-election of Dmitry Chernobay, the permission to repurchase shares, the permission to allot new shares, the disapplication of pre-emption rights and a change to the Articles to allow meetings to be called […]

19 Jun 2015

NewRiver Retail to expand and move to main market

NewRiver Retail is planning to raise £150m, buy out the minority interests in two unit trusts and move to the main market. Of the £150m, £29m would be used to fund the acquisition of a 50% stake in the Trent JPUT (the Marston’s portfolio) at an implied net initial yield of 10.1%; £23m is for […]

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