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28 Feb 2014

JP Morgan Global Convertibles : JGCI – half year report

From the company’s launch on 11 June 2013 to the end of December 2013 the total return on net assets was 5.8% and shareholders have had a total return of 7%. An initial dividend of 2.25p has been declared (the target for the full year is 4.5p).

28 Feb 2014

Jupiter Primadona : JPG – interim report

Jupiter Primadona’s interims covering the six months ended 31 December 2013 reveal that its net asset value rose by 10.3%, outperforming the FTSE All-Share which rose by 9.7%. The shares rose by 16.4% as the discount narrowed to less than 3% (shareholders will hope that the discount stays narrow following JPG’s earlier announcement). The manager’s […]

28 Feb 2014

Pantheon International : PIN – interim results

Pantheon International’s net asset value fell by 2.1% over the latter half of 2013 as Sterling strength offset a 5.7% positive underlying return on the fund’s investments. The share price slipped a little (by 1.3%). The portfolio threw off £93m of cash and Pantheon reinvested £79m of this

27 Feb 2014

Derwent London : DLN – Full year results

Derwent London has released results for the year ended 31 December 2013. Over the year its EPRA NAV rose by 20% to £22.64 and EPRA earnings per share rose by 7% to 53.9p. The dividend was hiked by 8.3% to 36.5p. Almost 250,000 sq. ft of projects were completed in 2013 and Derwent have another […]

27 Feb 2014

TR European Growth : TRG – interim figures

TR European Growth outperformed its benchmark over the second half of 2013, generating a total return of 24.8% on its net asset value against an 18.9% return on the HSBC Smaller Europe (ex UK) Index. Shareholders did even better as the discount narrowed to 10.2% – helping push the total return in the shares to […]

27 Feb 2014

Spark Ventures : SPK – disposal

Spark Ventures has sold its remaining stake in Kobalt, an independent music publisher, for £5.4m. Overall SPK has made 4.8x its money on this investment.

27 Feb 2014

Elephant Capital : ECAP – Annual results

Over the year to 31 August 2013 (a long time ago now) Elephant Capital’s net asset value fell from 40p to 33p. ECAP wrote down the value of its investment in Amar Chitra Katha Private Limited and listed investment, Nitco Limited, lost circa 38% of its value during the year. The Board has changed the management […]

27 Feb 2014

F&C US Smaller Companies : FSC – half year report

F&C US Smaller Companies’ net asset value rose by 8.3% over the second half of 2013, marginally behind the increase in the Russell 2000 Index which rose by 9.0% (in sterling terms – in US$ terms it rose by 19.1% but the US dollar weakened against the pound during the period). FSC’s discount widened over […]