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12 Jun 2015

Volatile period leaves JPMorgan Russian a bit behind its benchmark

Over the six month period ended 30th April 2015 JPMorgan Russian’s net asset value on a total return basis declined by 2.7% and the Company’s return to shareholders on a total return basis was a negative 2.2% over the period, which led to little change in the discount to net asset value at 14.1%. The performance […]

12 Jun 2015

BlackRock North American Board getting worried about performance

Over the six months ended 30 April 2015 BlackRock North American Income delivered a 5.7% return on net assets and a 6.7% return to shareholders. By contrast the return on the Russell 1000 Index was 7.1%. The Board, chaired by Simon Miller (pictured), felt the need to stress to the manager that performance against the index […]

11 Jun 2015

Real Estate Credit makes 12% return

Real Estate Credit Investments has published results for the year ended 31 March 2015. Over this period they generated a return on net assets of 12.3% as the NAV rose from 154.1p to 162.3p. They expanded their real estate loan portfolio considerably, from £51m to £89m, making nine new commitments totalling £60m – currently they […]

11 Jun 2015

Ediston buys Daventry Retail Park

Ediston Property Income is spending £11.95m to acquire the Abbey Retail Park in Daventry. The yield will be 7.80% when the Park is fully let. The property provides 63,160 sq. ft. of retail warehousing, anchored by Homebase, with parking for 386 cars, on a five acre site. The weighted average unexpired lease term is just […]

11 Jun 2015

Seneca Global Income & Growth meets every objective

Seneca Global Income & Growth has published results for the year ended 30 April 2015. Over that period the total return on net assets was 9.6% and the total return on the share price was 9.1% – both comfortably ahead of their objective of outperforming LIBOR +3% over the long-term. They also point out that […]

10 Jun 2015

Ten parties circling around Aurora

Over the year to the end of February 2015, Aurora Investment Trust’s return on net assets was -10.6% which compares to a positive return of 2.1% for its benchmark. The dividend is being increased from 3.8p to 3.85p. The statement says that part of their problem is exposure to oil related stocks and part is exposure […]

10 Jun 2015

No surprise that Dragon Ukrainian suffered in 2014

Dragon Ukrainian Properties has published results for the year ended 31 December 2014. Over that period the net asset value fell from $168m to $92m. Almost all of Dragon Ukrainian’s assets, apart from one shopping mall owned by Arricano and located in Simferopol, were not directly affected by events in Crimea and Eastern Ukraine. The […]

10 Jun 2015

Strong performance from Lindsell Train on growing FUM

Lindsell Train has reported a 27.9% return on net assets and a 23.9% return to shareholders for the year to the end of March 2015. These numbers compare well to a 3.8% return on the fund’s benchmark and a 19.7% return on the MSCI World Index. They say that, once again, the main contribution to […]

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