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17 Sep 2015

Dalradian raising funds to complete feasibility study for its Northern Ireland gold project.

Dalradian Resources Inc is raising gross proceeds of C$35 million (approximately £17 million) to fund work towards completion of a feasibility study for its Curraghinalt underground mine project, in Northern Ireland. The work includes 30,000 m of infill drilling to increase confidence in resources, with a resource update expected Q1 2016. The company expects to […]

16 Sep 2015

Jupiter European Opportunities manager gets well deserved performance fee

Jupiter European Opportunities reports its annual results for the year ended 31 May 2015.  Over the year its net asset value rose by 21.1% and the share price by 19.8%, a superb results when compared to the FTSE World European ex UK Index which rose by 4.7%. There is a dividend of 3.8p. The performance was […]

15 Sep 2015

Aberdeen buys manager of Advance Developing and Advance Frontier

The Board of Advance Developing Markets Fund Limited announces that it has been informed by Advance Emerging Capital Limited, the investment manager of ADMF, that an agreement has been reached with Aberdeen Asset Management PLC whereby Aberdeen will acquire 100% ownership of Advance Emerging Capital. The transaction is subject, inter alia, to regulatory approval from the UK […]

15 Sep 2015

Central Asia Metals’ earnings reduced on lower copper price

Central Asia Metals reported EBITDA of US$16.0 million for H1 2015 against US$21.8 million for the corresponding period of 2014. The decline is attributed to the fall in the average copper price received (US$$5,936/t compared with US$7,049/t a year earlier. Because of this, and despite an increase in copper sales, gross revenue fell 10% to […]

15 Sep 2015

Empiric Student Property results

Empiric Student Property has published results covering the year to the end of June 2015. At the end of June the NAV was 103.2 pence per share, a 5.2% increase from an opening NAV of 98.1 pence as at 30 June 2014 and net of all property acquisition costs. £218.8m of the portfolio valuation was attributable to operating assets, […]

15 Sep 2015

AEW UK REIT invests in Sheffield

AEW UK REIT  has announced the completion of a further acquisition for £5.3m (net of acquisition costs) of 1-15 Fargate & 18-36 Chapel Walk, Sheffield. The two properties provides a total of 40,128sq ft with 8 retail units spread over basement, ground and first floors. Two of the retail units front onto the pedestrianised Fargate Street with six […]

15 Sep 2015

Cayenne rollover into F&C Managed Portfolio

The board of directors (the “Board”) of The Cayenne Trust plc (the “Company”) announced on 3 August 2015 its intention to bring forward the Company’s liquidation and identify a rollover option for shareholders. The Company received a number of proposals and, after due consideration, the Board is pleased to announce that it has agreed terms with F&C Managed […]

14 Sep 2015

Qatar Investment Fund outperforms as discontinuation vote looms

Qatar Investment Fund has announced its results for the year ended 30 June 2015. The fund’s net asset value rose by 8.4% compared to 6.2% for the Qatar Exchange and a rise of 4.6% in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index.  Shareholders received a 3.5c per share dividend in January and the Board proposes to pay an increased […]