The Board of Scottish Mortgage, led by John Scott (pictured), has negotiated a reduction in the management fee from 0.32% to 0.3% on total assets less current liabilities.
Harbourvest Senior Loans Europe has appointed Spire Partners LLP as sub-advisers to the fund and intends that they will replace Harbourvest as managers of the fund in due course. Spire (Jonathan Russell (pictured), Philip Bennett-Britton and Oliver Drummond Smith) are introducing themselves to shareholders and will be asking them whether they believe the fund’s investment […]
Henderson Opportunities Trust has released its results for the year ended 31 October 2013. The fund did very well, generating a total net asset value return of 47.1% – more than twice the 22.8% return on the FTSE All-Share Index. The total return to shareholders was 71.0%. The report details the largest contributors to this […]
Sherborne Investors (Guernsey) B Limited has an interest of 10.2% in Electra – about half in ordinary shares and the rest through total return swaps. Although Sherborne, run by Edward Bramson (pictured) and known as activists, have acknowledged the stake they haven’t said what their agenda is in taking the stake.
Macau Property Opportunities adjusted net asset value rose by 25.5% to $4.95 over the second half of 2013 as the valuation of its property portfolio increased by 24.7%. The disposal of the company’s Zuhai assets (announced recently) has added to the NAV since the year end. Shareholders did even better as MPO’s discount narrowed rom […]
Today’s announcement from Target Healthcare REIT covers the period from its incorporation on 22 January 2013 to 31 December 2013. THRL’s net asset value finished the year at 95.9p; the share price then was 105p. Target owned ten care homes at the end of December and more acquisitions are planned or in progress. The initial […]
Ruffer failed to meet its objective of producing an absolute return of at least twice the Bank of England base rate in the second half of 2013 as its net asset value total return was -0.55% over the period. The report points to the strength of sterling, especially against the US dollar, as one factor behind this.
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).
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 […]
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
