Shanta Gold produced 14,664 oz of gold in Q2 2015, some 8% higher than Q1 but significantly down from Q2 2014 production of 21,940 oz. Cash Costs were US$834/oz.(up 10% on Q2 2014) and All in Sustaining Costs (AISC) US$1,157/oz (up 21%). The main reasons for the decrease in production, and increase in costs, were […]
UK small-caps has emerged as the stand-out sector for investment trusts in Q2 2015, according to statistics from QuotedData. The report, published 16 June, showed that UK smaller companies-focused mandates accounted for the majority of best-performing funds in NAV terms for the quarter. http://www.portfolio-adviser.com/news/1023811/uk-companies-trusts-dominate-q2-performers
QuotedData reports that the investment trust sector expanded by about GBP2.4 billion over the second quarter of 2015, taking in close to GBP2.9 billion and handing back just over GBP450 million. The firm comments that many of the funds raising money are not designed to throw off high levels of income, suggesting that investors are […]
Schroder Real Estate has published results for the year ended 31 March 2015. The NAV total return for the year was 24.4% which includes an 18.7% capital uplift in the NAV to 57.7p. In addition the NAV has risen further in Q2 2015 to hit 59.1p. The dividend for the year was 2.48p (down from […]
Nimrod Sea Assets has published its first set of results covering the period from 1 March 2014 to 31 March 2015. The fund has 54% of its capital invested in seven companies holding nine vessels. The falling oil price has led to problems of varying degrees across six of the seven investments. The two most serious […]
World Trust Fund has announced results for the year ended 31 March 2015 that show it outperforming the MSCI All Country World Index and the MSCI All Country World ex USA Index. Over the year the fund returned 24.2% on net assets and 25.4% on share price as compared to 11.2% for the ex USA […]
Alpha Pyrenees has sold the Connecta Retail Park investment in Córdoba, one of the principal cities in the Andalucia region, for €15.3m – 100k more than its 31 December 2014 valuation. The property totals approximately 16,880 square metres and is located on the Avenida de Cadiz, the main access route from the A4 motorway to the […]
HICL Infrastructure has announced the proposed acquisition of a 99.9% interest in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police ‘E’ Division Headquarters P3 Project (“RCMP”) in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada for consideration of approximately C$53m. The Project is being acquired from the InfraRed Infrastructure Fund III, a fund managed by HICL’s Investment Adviser; and therefore, as a matter […]
Black Sea Property has just raised £1.52m before expenses to put towards its new investment policy of acquiring property assets in Bulgaria. However, until it has invested the money, it is failing to implement the policy and, as it is now a year since the last of the company’s old portfolio was sold off, it […]
Princess Private Equity has announced that Partners Group, its investment advisor, has sold its controlling interest in US security services provider Universal Services of America (“Universal”). The transaction is expected to close in the coming weeks. They say the exit valuation represents an uplift to Universal’s carrying value as at 31 May 2015 and will be reflected […]
