Qatar Investment Fund reported NAV growth of 8.6% for the second half of 2014, compared to a 6.9% increase in the Qatar Exchange Index. They paid a dividend of 3.5 cents per share. the discount widened to 12.1% meaning that the return to shareholders was 5.1%. The Qatar Exchange was the only one in the […]
At Baker Steel Resources Trust’s EGM held on Monday 23 February all the resolutions were passed. the issue price for shares available under the open offer was 36.2p and 3,368,488 new shares are being issued in response to that (the share price is still c10% below the 36.2p level so the low level of take up is maybe […]
BlackRock Latin American has published its results for the year that ended on 31 December 2014. over that period the fund outperformed its benchmark. The total return on net assets was -9.3% – better than the -12% return on the MSCI Latin America Index. the return to shareholders was -4.0%. The final dividend is being […]
F&C UK Real Estate figures for the six months ended 31 December 2014 have been published. The fund did well over the period – the total return to shareholders was 15% and this came from an 11.9% return on net assets and an increase in the premium that its shares trade on from +0.7% to […]
Target Healthcare REIT has published results for the six months ended 31 December 2014 that show the company’s net asset value rising by 0.8% to 95.5p on property values that rose by 2.7% on a like for like basis. Revenue earnings increased by 91.6% to 3.2p. they paid two quarterly dividends of 1.53p, up 2%. […]
Greencoat UK Wind has published results for the year ended 31 December 2014. Over 2014 it generated a return on net assets of 8.7% – their net asset value rose by 2.5% and they paid dividends totalling 6.16p, these were covered 1.6x by earnings. The target for the dividend for 2015 is 6.26p – an […]
Standard Life UK Smaller Companies has published interim accounts for the six months ended 31 December 2014. It beat its benchmark over this period, returning 1.6% on net assets as compared to a -1.3% return on the Numis Smaller Companies Index (excluding Investment Companies) and the FTSE100 Index of the largest UK listed companies fell by […]
Better Capital Fund I has split its investment in IT services business, Calyx Group, into two parts – Calyx Managed Services and m-hance (presumably deciding that they weren’t “better together”) and has sold off the Calyx Managed Services part to MXC Capital Limited for an enterprise value of £9m. Fund I will get cash of […]
Tritax Big Box REIT has published its first set of results, covering the period from inception on 1 November 2013 until the end of December 2014. over that period the fund’s net asset value rose to 107.02p – up from 98p (post issue expenses) when it launched. They also paid two dividends – the first […]
3i Infrastructure is paying €111m for a 45% interest in Oiltanking Terneuzen B.V. in the Netherlands and Oiltanking Ghent N.V. in Belgium. The Oiltanking companies provide storage and related services for refined oil products, chemicals and biofuels. Both companies provide essential services and benefit from locations, facilities and operational capabilities that give them strong appeal […]
