News

27 May 2015

Securities Trust hit by discount widening

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. […]

27 May 2015

Slow start for BlackRock Income Strategies

Over the six months to the end of March 2015 BlackRock Income Strategies generated a 0.5% return on net assets and on its share price. It declared dividends totalling 3.17p for the period – up 5.1% on the equivalent period last year but earned 15% less income so these dividends were not covered by earnings. These […]

27 May 2015

Martin Currie Pacific plans name change to reflect strategy

Over the year to the end of March 2015, Martin Currie Pacific returned 19.3% on net assets and 24.8% on its share price. by contrast, the total return of the MSCI Asia ex Japan Index was 24.7% in sterling terms for the year (but NB this is not the fund’s benchmark). The dividend was maintained at […]

27 May 2015

Aseana to move into realisation mode

Aseana Properties will ask shareholders to approve a change of investment policy at an EGM to be held on 22 June 2015. The new policy will say that the Board and the Manager are committed to realising the Company’s assets in a controlled, orderly and timely manner with a view to achieving a balance between […]

27 May 2015

Jupiter European Smaller edges ahead

Jupiter European Smaller Companies has announced results for the year ended 31 March 2015. The headline figures aren’t exciting – the net asset value total return was 0.3% which compares to a 0.1% return on the fund’s benchmark and a -1.4% return to shareholders as the discount widened slightly. The total dividend for the year […]

27 May 2015

JPMorgan Indian hits sweet spot in its market

JPMorgan Indian’s interims for the six months ended 31 March 2015 show the fund producing a total return on net assets of 26.8% well ahead of the Company’s benchmark index, the MSCI India Index (in sterling terms), which returned +14.3% over the period. The return to shareholders was +26.7%, reflecting a stable discount which moved […]

20 May 2015

High development weighting holds back income at Great Portland

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 […]

20 May 2015

Ecofin hit hard by Lonestar fall

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 […]

20 May 2015

Terra Capital lags MSCI Frontiers Index over 2014

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 […]