QIF : Good year for Qatar Investment Fund Qatar Investment Fund’s net asset value rose by 21.6% over the year to end June 2014, lagging the Qatari stock market which rose by 23.9%. The total return to shareholders over the year was 29.1%, this includes a 3.2 cent dividend. A 3.5 cent dividend is proposed […]
UTL : Utilico on track to repay zeros Utilico Investments results for the year to 30 June 2014 show the fund generating a total return per share of 18.1%. This compares to 13.1% for the FTSE All-Share Index over the same period. The Board has decided to reduce the fund’s gearing by cutting the overall […]
IPU : Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller outperforms Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller Companies interim results for the six months ended 31 July 2014 show the fund outperforming the Numis Smaller Companies ex Investment Companies Index over the period – it generated a total return on net assets of -1.6% vs. -2.9% for the index. The Chairman […]
SREI : Schroder Real Estate sells last of Wembley site Schroder Real Estate has sold the last part of its site in Wembley with the disposal of the Olympic Office Centre for £15.4m. The sale price is £4.65m higher than the valuation attributed to the site at the end of June 2014 and equates to […]
RSE : Riverstone investment Eagle Energy buys into Mississippi Lime Riverstone Energy has announced that Eagle Energy Exploration LLC (known as Eagle II) has invested $195m to acquire 20,000 acres in Alfalfa, Grant and Woods counties in Oklahoma. These properties are currently producing hydrocarbons from the Mississippi Lime geological formation. The founders of Eagle Energy, […]
CCSL : Chenavari makes fourth investment Chenavari Capital Solutions has invested £4m in a new investment. The investment effectively takes the first loss incurred by a book of leveraged loans financed by an unnamed bank. The underlying borrowers are primarily European and UK corporates with credit ratings higher than B-. No more than 2.5% of the […]
TLI : Improved cash flow for Alternative Assets Alternative Assets Opportunities – the cell company with one cell – US traded life interests – has announced results for the year ended 30 June 2014. The net asset value at the end of June was 44.7p – down from 48.5p the year before. US dollar weakness […]
AFMF : Advance Frontier Markets underperforms MSCI Index Advance Frontier Markets saw its net asset value rise by 22.4% and its share price by 27.9% over the year to the end of June 2014. The MSCI Frontier Markets Index posted a gain of 36.2% over the same period. The manager’s report says that good performance […]
LEF : Ludgate Environmental NAV falls Ludgate Environmental’s net asset value fell from 84.2p to 66.5p over the course of the year that ended on 30 June 2014. The company made a distribution of 5p per share in December 2013 which accounts for part of this. The fund’s holding in Terra Nova was written off […]
GPOR : Great Portland says its Rathbone Square flats selling fast Great Portland Estates has sold 125 of the available 142 apartments it is building at Rathbone Square W1 (the former post office sorting depot). The 125 flats sold to date have raised £207.2m for the company. The average selling price equates to £1856 per […]
