News

03 Jun 2014

British Land : BLND – disposal

British Land and the Crown Estate are selling Leamington Spa shopping park (held through a 50:50 joint venture) for £72m. The price is equivalent to an initial yield of 4.4%. The buyer is Ignis UK property Fund. Under British Land’s management the park has been refurbished and the tenant mix upgraded.

03 Jun 2014

Henderson Diversified Income : HDIV – interims

Henderson Diversified Income has published its interim accounts covering the six months to the end of April 2014. Over that period the fund generated a total return on net assets of 4.7%. The share price did not keep pace with the net asset value so the return to shareholders was 3.5%. The fund targets returns of 1.25% over LIBOR […]

03 Jun 2014

LondonMetric Property PLC : LMP – news and results

LondonMetric Property plc has sold a 22,000 sq. ft. retail development in Berkhamsted let to M&S Simply Food and Costa Coffee at a price equivalent to an initial yield of 4.5%; is getting £15.2m for its Odeon Multiplex in Huddersfield (an initial yield of 6.1%); and is selling three DFS warehouse units in Ashby, Droitwich and Bury […]

03 Jun 2014

Dragon Ukrainian Properties & Development : DUPD – results

Dragon Ukrainian Properties & Development has published results for the year ended 31 December 2013. These show its net asset value falling from $1.65 to $1.48 as they were hit by falling property valuations, notably in the value of their land bank, and also by the fall in value of the Hryvnya, the Ukrainian currency. […]

02 Jun 2014

British Empire : BTEM – interims

British Empire’s interim results for the six months that ended 31 March 2014 show the fund generating a total return on net assets of 4.8%, beating its benchmark (the MSCI All Country World ex US Index) which returned 2.4% but lagging the 5.6% return on the MSCI All Country World Index and the 5.5% return on […]

30 May 2014

BBGI : BBGI – acquisition

BBGI has bought the other 41.2% of the Norwegian E18 road project it acquired in December. The E18 runs for 38km between Grimstad and Kristiansand. The price was not disclosed

30 May 2014

Capital Gearing Trust : CGT – annual results

Capital Gearing Trust, chaired by Tony Pattison (pictured), has released its annual results. These cover the year ended 5 April 2014. Over this time Capital Gearing Trust’s net asset value fell by 2.5%. This was the first time in more than thirty years that the fund’s net asset value had fallen over an accounting year. […]

30 May 2014

Montanaro European Smaller Companies : MTE – results

Montanaro European Smaller Companies has published its results for the year ended 31 March 2014. These show the net asset value rising by 6.0%, materially less than the 28.2% rise posted by the company’s benchmark. The discount widened over the year and so the share price appreciated by 4.0%. The Board is led by AR Irvine (pictured), his statement […]

30 May 2014

New India Investment Trust : NII – results

New India Investment Trust has released figures for the year ended 31 March 2014 showing a negative total return on net assets for the year of 1.9% which compares to a 2.8% fall in its benchmark and a negative 5.1% return on its share price. In Rupee terms returns were not too bad but a 21% […]