News

27 Aug 2015

NB Distressed Debt suffers from difficult market environment

NB Distressed Debt said a difficult market environment led to falls in NAVs across its portfolios. It exited five investments during the first six months of 2015 which generated total returns of $9.3 million over the life of the investments. Over the first half of 2015, NB Distressed Debt distributed a further $30m to investors in the […]

27 Aug 2015

INPP benefits from Angel Trains write up

International Public Partnerships reported growth of its assets of 1.5% to £1.08bn with NAV per share increasing 1.3% to 128.6 pence (31 December 2014: 127.0 pence) for the first half of 2015. similar assets. The portfolio delivered a return of 6.1%, reflecting the move in market pricing of these assets, notably an uplift in the value of Angel […]

27 Aug 2015

Foresight Solar completes Wiltshire solar deal

Foresight Solar has announced the completion of its acquisition of the 34.7MW Port Farm asset, located in Wiltshire. The solar farm was connected to the Grid in March 2015 and has received Renewable Obligation Certificate (“ROC”) accreditation at the rate of 1.4ROCs/MWh. The acquisition has increased the Company’s net portfolio of assets to 322MW. The deal has […]

27 Aug 2015

Feast on dividends

https://www.sharesmagazine.co.uk/articles/feast-on-dividends We explore what’s on the menu for investors wanting to earn a tasty income via stocks, funds and ETFs Bank of England governor Mark Carney’s hint earlier that interest rates could start rising by the ‘turn of the year’ is unlikely to dampen the attraction of equities as a core source of income for […]

27 Aug 2015

Ukraine Opportunities will delist

Ukraine Opportunities reports that its NAV fell from $3.567 to $3.20 over the first half of 2015. The share price move was more dramatic – a fall from $3.10 to $2.20 – as the discount moved from 13.2% to 33.5%. The Board made the following statement: “Having consulted with its major shareholders, and taking into […]

27 Aug 2015

Starwood European to trim dividend

Starwood European Real Estate Finance has published its interim results covering the six month period to the end of June 2015. As at 30 June 2015, the Net Asset Value was 99.94 pence per Ordinary Share and the share price was 107.25 pence. The Board believes that competition to provide loans is increasing and Starwood […]

27 Aug 2015

26 August interim results roundup

A quick summary of interim results for periods ended 30 June 2015 announced on 26 August 2015 APAX Global Alpha reported its first set of results since listing. Its NAV was up 8% over H1 2015 t0 €1.79. BH Global said at the six month stage on 30 June 2015 the Net Asset Value per […]

27 Aug 2015

Hansteen raising cash to fund acquisition

Hansteen is raising £40m at 110p per share to help fund the acquisition of a further £103.7m of units (35.7% of the fund) in the Ashtenne Industrial Fund. They say the deal represents an acquisition of £156.8m of UK industrial property valued at a yield of 8.3 per cent. The price is an effective c.5% discount […]

27 Aug 2015

F&C Commercial Property outperforming in 2015

F&C Commercial Property Trust says it returned 8.2% on net assets over the first half of 2015. The return to shareholders was 5.7%. Shareholders got six, monthly dividends of 0.5p – keeping them on rack for their 6p target dividend for the year. The return on the property portfolio was 7.4%, ahead of the total […]