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12 Dec 2014

Management and benchmark change for Invesco Asia

Invesco Asia outperformed its benchmark by some margin over the six months that finished on 31 October 2014. The net asset value total return was 17.6% and the return to shareholders 16.6% – these compare favourably to a 10.3% return on the benchmark (MSCI All Countries Asia Pacific ex Japan Index (total return), expressed in […]

12 Dec 2014

Policy change ill timed for Edinburgh Worldwide

Edinburgh Worldwide has published results for the year ended 31 October 2014. Over this period the fund’s net asset value fell by 2.7% and its share price fell by 4.9%. By contrast the benchmark (MSCI All Countries World Index (in sterling terms) until 31 January 2014, thereafter, the S&P Citigroup Global Small Cap Index (in […]

12 Dec 2014

Custodian REIT bys development land in Portishead

Custodian REIT has announced that it is paying £1.2m for a parcel of development land in Portishead. The 1.48 acre site will be used for the development of three retail warehouse/leisure units with construction to be phased over an expected seven month build period. The units have been pre-let to JD Wetherspoon plc on a 25 […]

12 Dec 2014

Smaller Companies Dividend geared into market fall

Over the six months to the end of October 2014, the gearing effect provided by its zero dividend preference shares worked against Smaller Companies Dividend Trust as small cap. values fell. The MSCI Small Cap. Index fell in value by 3.1% over the period while Smaller Companies Dividend Trust’s net asset value fell by 5.9%. […]

12 Dec 2014

Spark Ventures hopes to raise money in 2015

Spark Ventures interim results fro the six months to the end of September 2014 show a net asset value of 6.1p. It sold part of its stake in IMI Mobile but the balance is locked up until June 2015. The rest of the portfolio is supposed to be sold off by the end of March 2015 […]

11 Dec 2014

2014 not BlackRock North American Income’s year

BlackRock North American Income results for the year that ended on 31 October 2014 show the fund’s net asset value underperforming its benchmark. Over the period the total return on net asset value was 11.8%, 5.1% less than the return generated by the Russell 1000 Index. Shareholders though were also impacted as the shares moved from […]

11 Dec 2014

Great year for Henderson European Focus

Over the year to the end of September 2014, Henderson European Focus Trust’s net asset value total return was 14.5% – well ahead of the return generated by its benchmark, the FTSE World Europe ex UK Index. Shareholders did even better, with a return of 19.3%. It even beat its peer group by a significant […]

11 Dec 2014

Infrastructure India – dilutive issue wipes out value

Infrastructure India has published interim results for the six months ended on 30 September 2014. Over this period its net asset value fell from 62p to 43p – a fall of 31%. This was largely the consequence of a dilutive issue of shares at a price less than asset value in August. Unfortunately all these shares […]

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