Lowland’s performance was just ahead of its benchmark over the six months ended 31 March 2015. The interim report says the total return on net assets was 5.6% as compared to 5.3% for the FTSE All-Share Index. The share price return was hit by a shift from trading on a 0.7% premium to a 7.6% […]
Empiric Student Property has been busy in recent days, acquiring a development site in Huddersfield (Oldgate House, pictured) for £11m and a portfolio of five operational, direct-let, premium student accommodation properties in Lancaster and Leicester from CityBlock, comprising a total of 381 beds, bought for £26.5m – this is on top of the deal they […]
Riverstone Energy is investing up to $33m as part of a $100m investment in Carrier Energy Partners II LLC. Riverstone and Carrier II Management previously formed Carrier Energy Partners, LLC (“Carrier I”) in August 2013 to pursue the same strategy. Since then Carrier has participated in two joint ventures targeting development of oil and gas […]
Caledonia’s net assets value total return over the year ended 31 March 2015 was 14.2%. They aim to generate returns of RPI+3% to RPI+6% per annum over a ten year period The dividend was increased by 3.1% to 50.6p marking the 48th year of consecutive dividend increases. The portfolio, before management expenses and other net […]
TR Property beat its benchmark by a decent margin over the year to the end of March 2015, producing a return on net assets of 28.3% and a share price return of 29.5% as compared to a 23.3% return on the benchmark. The dividend was increased by 3.4% on earnings up 9.9% and the dividend […]
McKay Securities’ results for the year ended 31 March 2015 are out. The EPRA NAV was up 18.9% to 270p. Adjusted profit before tax up 69.2% to £5.79m (fall from £38m to £33m on an IFRS basis which takes into account changes in the value of interest rate hedges). The Total Shareholder Return was 24.8% […]
Securities Trust of Scotland lagged its benchmark a little over the year to the end of March 2015, returning 12.5% on net assets against a 13.4% return on the benchmark. Shareholders did much worse however as a discount opened up leaving them with a return of just 3.1%. The dividend was increased from 4.8p to 4.9p. […]
Great Portland Estates’ results for the year ended 31 March 2015 show a 24.6% uplift in its EPRA NAV as the property portfolio delivered underlying capital growth of 18.0% with a total property return of 21.5%. This in turn was driven by falling yields. Including rent from pre-lets and leases currently in rent free periods, the […]
Ecofin Power & Water’s total shareholders’ funds fell by 9.5% and by 8.0% on a total return basis over the six months ended 31 March, 2015. The net asset value per Ordinary Share fell by 12.0% on a reported basis, and by 10.6% on a total return basis. The price of an Ordinary Share declined by 7.0%as the […]
Terra Capital’s results for the year ended 31 December 2014 have just been published. At that date the net asset value per share stood at $0.979 against $0.956 for 2013. This represents an increase of 2.4% for the year and a total return of 5.9% for the year including the dividend of 3.35 cents per […]