Over the year ended 30 September 2013 the NAV fell by 13.7%, slightly more than the fall in the value of the benchmark, the , which fell by 12.7%. JII’s discount widened resulting in a share price return of -17.6%. The managers point to overweights, relative to the benchmark, in Infrastructure Finance Development Corporation and cement […]
Candover has extended the maturity on its US$ debt with an issue of new notes with a coupon of 7.02% and a maturity of 31 December 2015. The Board felt it wanted to wanted to protect the fund from any potential shortfall if the current investment disposal programme failed to free up sufficient cash to […]
TCF, a fund of property funds that is gradually liquidating its portfolio, has announced interim results for the period ending 30 September 2013. At that date TCF’s NAV was 86.4p and, following a compulsory redemption of shares in October, the NAV had risen to 96.2p by the end of October. There are now only two assets in […]
Artemis Alpha, the UK equity growth investment trust, has released interim results for the six months ended 31 October 2013 that show its portfolio comfortably outperformed its benchmark, the FTSE All-Share index. ATS’s NAV return was 13.1% over the period while the index returned 7.7%. Three stocks in ATS’s unquoted portfolio were written up – Metapack (a business […]
LMP is buying (as part of a jv) a 30.5% stake in 22 retail warehouses, four industrial units and a headquarters building – all rented to DFS – for £175m. LMP is managing the properties and will get 4% of rents as a fee.
BBGI has acquired an additional 50% stake in Golden Ears Bridge (pictured, a concession to manage and operate a bridge near Vancouver, Canada which has been open since 2009) and Women’s College Hospital in Toronto, Canada (the project is expected to be completed and operating by March 2016).
Following discussions with shareholders, IGC will not proceed with its planned issue of subscription shares.
Sale of two non-core assets for 15% more than their value at the end of September Picton has sold Highgrove Industrial Estate, Portsmouth and Spencers Wood near Reading for £4.89m. Picton plans to use the proceeds from this and other sales to make larger acquisitions.
Results for the year ended 30 September 2013 PCGH’s NAV total return was 21.0%, adjusted for the likely impact of PCGH’s subscription shares being exercised, and 23.2% without making that adjustment. The benchmark, the MSCI All Countries World Index Healthcare Index, returned 25.4%. The Board say that the main reason for the underperformance relative to the […]
Interim results for the six months ended 30 September 2013 Trinity’s net asset value per share at the end of September was 14pence. At the end of March the equivalent figure was 18pence (adjusting for the 5pence per share distribution Trinity made to shareholders in September). Most of the fall in the asset value is accounted for by […]
