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19 Aug 2015

City Merchants High Yield positioned defensively

City Merchants High Yield has announced that its total return on net assets for the six months ended 30 June was 2.9% and the return to shareholders was 1.5%, as the shares moved to trading at a slightly smaller premium. The interim dividend is being maintained at 5p. The report says the NAV return compares favourably with the […]

18 Aug 2015

Schroder Global Real Estate NAV falls in H1

Schroder Global Real Estate has reported a negative total return for the six months ended 30 June 2015 of 2.9%. An improvement in the fund’s discount gave shareholders a positive return of 1.9% however. They also say the performance is ahead of the return on the FTSEEPRA/NAREIT Index. The Company announced that a continuation vote […]

18 Aug 2015

Alpha Pyrenees NAV hits zero

Alpha Pyrenees has published its interim results for the six month ended 30 June 2015. Its net asset value is now zero (though adjusting for the impact of derivative contracts and deferred tax gives an NAV of 2.4p). The Chairman said: “Given the current economic environment and the maturation of the Group’s bank borrowings on 15 […]

18 Aug 2015

Diverse Income caps expansion plans as it outperforms again

Diverse Income has reported results for the year ended 31 May 2015. Over the period the total return on net assets was 8.9% which compares favourably to a 7.5% return on the FTSE All-Share Index an 8.6% return on the FTSE Small Cap (excluding Investment Companies) Index and -4.0% return on the AIM All-Share Index. The fund […]

18 Aug 2015

Terra Capital NAV falls in H1

Terra Capital reports that its Net Asset Value at 30 June 2015 stood at $0.967 against $0.979 at the end of 2014. When taking in to account the dividend of 3.72 cents per share paid in February, this NAV represents a total return for the six month period of 2.6% and a dividend yield based on […]

18 Aug 2015

Taliesin intends to return capital as first privatisation sales complete

  Taliesin Property Fund has reported results for the six months to June 30 2015. Its portfolio is now valued at €228.2m, an increase of €16.1m. The adjusted NAV per share increased by 10.0% to €26.40 (from €24.00 on 31 December 2014). On an EPRA basis the NAV increased to €26.16 (€23.88). the valuation per […]

18 Aug 2015

Amara declares maiden reserve containing 2.7 Moz of gold at Yaoure

Amara Mining has declared a maiden reserve of 70.4 Mt at a grade of 1.18 g/t for 2.7 Moz for its Yaoure project, in Côte d’Ivoire. The company determined the reserve as part a pre-feasibility study, which it completed in Q2 2015, and it is based on a US$975/oz pit shell. The reserves form part […]

17 Aug 2015

RAB Special Situations prepares for wind up vote

RAB Special Situations has prepared its interim accounts as though it is no longer a going concern as it prepares  itself for a wind up vote due at the end of 2015. Its NAV improved nevertheless from 11.43p to 12.61p as the underlying master fund recorded a 9.36% gain in NAV. However, since 30 June 2015, the […]

17 Aug 2015

CatCo sees no losses in H1 from de-risked portfolio

CatCo Reinsurance Opportunities has published its interim accounts for the period ending 30 June 2015. The Net Asset Value return was 4.47%, the share price total return 4.86%. these figires compare well to the Eurekahedge Insurance-Linked Securities Advisers Index return of 1.26%. In January they announced the return of c$35m (roughly 10% of the Company’s market capitalisation as at […]