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08 Jun 2015

Personal Assets maintains high liquidity levels

Personal Assets’ results for the year ended 30 April 2015 have been published and they show that the net asset value rose by 4.8% in capital terms vs. 3.9% for the FTSE All-Share Index. In price terms Personal Assets rose by 5.7% as they moved from a 0.6% discount to a 0.2% premium. The quarterly dividends for the […]

08 Jun 2015

Biotechs boost Edinburgh Worldwide

Edinburgh Worldwide beat its benchmark by a decent margin over the six months ended 30 April 2015, returning 14.7% on net assets vs. a 10.4% return for the benchmark, the S&P Citigroup Global Small Cap Index, the return to shareholders was even better at 17.7% as the discount narrowed from 8.5% to 6.1%. There is […]

08 Jun 2015

DP Aircraft One will buy planes for Thai Airways

DP Aircraft One has announced that it is raising $102m in order to finance the acquisition of two Boeing 787-8 aircraft (commonly known as Dreamliners) which will then be leased to Thai Airways. DPA : DP Aircraft One will buy planes for Thai Airways

05 Jun 2015

Montanaro European lags benchmark by more than 5%

Montanaro European Smaller Companies Trust underperformed its benchmark, the MSCI Europe SmallCap ex UK Index, over the year to the end of March 2015 – falling by 3.6% vs. a 1.6% increase in the Index. The discount widened slightly as well leaving the share price 4.6% lower. return were held back by the weak Euro which […]

05 Jun 2015

PME Africa disposal completed

PME African Infrastructure has published results for the year ended 31 December 2014 which is quite a while ago now. For what it’s worth the net asset value fell from 46 cents to 24 cents over 2014. since the year end the company has sold its largest asset, Sheltam Holdings, for $11.5m. The deal completed […]

05 Jun 2015

Establishment shifts money into UK equities

Establishment Investment Trust has published results for the year ended 31 March 2015. Over that period the fund delivered a return on net assets of 13.6% and a return to shareholders of 6.9%. The dividend was increased from 4.7p to 4.9p. By contrast he FTSE WMA Stock Market Balanced Index returned 12.0%. During the year […]

04 Jun 2015

Value & Income’s equity and property portfolios underperforming

Over the year to the end of March 2015, Value & Income’s net asset value total return was 2.5%. This lags the 6.6% return on the FTSE All-Share Index and a widening of its discount to 15.1% meant that the return to shareholders was -1.7%. The full year dividend has been increased by 5.9% to 9p. […]

04 Jun 2015

Monks’ performance disappoints but new portfolio now in place

Monks has published results for the 12 months ended 30 April 2015. In the year to 30 April 2015, the net asset value total return, with borrowings at fair value, was 13.0% and the share price total return was 18.8% as the discount narrowed. The total return of the FTSE World Index in sterling terms […]

04 Jun 2015

Custodian REIT invests in Warwickshire business park

Custodian REIT has acquired 1.88 acres of land at the Tournament Fields development, two miles south west of Warwick at junction 15 of the M40.  The location allows easy access to the motorway network, mainline rail services (via Warwick Parkway station) and is close to Birmingham International Airport.  Other occupiers on the business park include […]

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