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01 Aug 2014

European Assets Trust : EAT – interims

European Assets Trust has published its interim figures covering the six months ended 30 June 2014. Over the period European Assets Trust underperformed its benchmark – the total return on net assets was 2.5% in Sterling terms vs. 6.6% for the Euromoney Smaller European companies ex UK Index. The fund’s rating improved however and so […]

01 Aug 2014

Invesco Perpetual Select Trust Balanced Risk portfolio : IVPB – finals

The Invesco Perpetual Select Trust Balanced Risk portfolio, managed by Scott Wolle (pictured), generated a total return on net assets of 5.5% over the year that ended on 31 May 2014. Its discount widened however so that the return to shareholders was 4.5%. The net asset return matched the return on 3 month LIBOR+5%. The biggest […]

01 Aug 2014

Invesco Perpetual Select Trust Global Equity Income portfolio : IVPG – finals

The Invesco Perpetual Select Trust Global Equity Income portfolio (managed by Nick Mustoe – pictured) generated a total return on net assets of 9.1% over the year that ended on 31 May 2014. Its discount widened however so that the return to shareholders was 8.3%. This was still better than the return on the MSCI […]

01 Aug 2014

Invesco Perpetual Select Trust UK Equity portfolio : IVPU – finals

The Invesco Perpetual Select Trust UK Equity portfolio generated a total return on net assets of 18.3% over the year that ended on 31 May 2014. Its discount widened however so that the return to shareholders was 9.2%. This was still better than the return on the FTSE All-Share Index (+8.9%). The dividend for the […]

31 Jul 2014

Kennedy Wilson Europe : KWE – acquisition

Kennedy Wilson Europe is buying a portfolio of debt secured against 13 real estate assets, comprising primarily offices, industrial, retail and residential properties. The cost to KWE is €75m. The largest three assets in this group are: The Times Building (pictured), a 67,000 sq ft, Grade A office building in Dublin City Centre let to the […]

31 Jul 2014

Intu Properties : INTU – interims

Intu Properties has released interim results covering the six months ended 30 June 2014. A 7.6% uplift in the value of its shopping centres (well ahead of the 3.5% increase in the equivalent IPD index) has pushed the net asset value up to 372p. Like for like rental income was impacted by upcoming developments (a […]

31 Jul 2014

Fidelity Japanese Values : FJV – interims

Fidelity Japanese Values saw its net asset value return 4.2% over the six months ended 30 June 2014. This compares favourably with the Russell Nomura mid/Small Cap index which returned 0.9%. The discount widened slightly and the return to shareholders was 3.5%. The fund’s gearing (in the form of contracts for difference) helped but it […]

30 Jul 2014

Schroder Real Estate : SREI – disposal

Schroder Real Estate has sold a 9.1 acre site in Hinckley for £4.525m (a £675,000 uplift on the last valuation). The buyer is Redrow Homes who will build houses on the site in Coventry Road, Hinckley – Schroder Real Estate secured planning for 122 residential units last August. The fund gets 50% of the consideration upfront […]

30 Jul 2014

RCM Technology : RTT – interims

RCM Technology has reported its results for the six months ended 31 may 2014. Over that period the net asset value fell by 0.1%, this does not compare well with the return on the Dow Jones World Technology index which gained 7.6%. The share price fell by 3.6%. The result for this period should be set […]

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