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17 Mar 2017

Threadneedle UK Select proposes merger with Henderson High Income Trust

The boards of Threadneedle UK Select Trust (UKT) and Henderson High Income Trust (HHI) have both made announcements regarding proposals to wind up Threadneedle UK Select Trustand roll-over into Henderson High Income Trust. Threadneedle UK Select faces a continuation vote at its forthcoming AGM and its Board says that it has been reviewing the options […]

17 Mar 2017

JPEL Private Equity likely to realise a return of 3.5x cost, and a IRR of 50.6%, from sale of Datamars

JPEL Private Equity Limited (JPEL) has announced that, on 14 March 2016, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) announced an investment in Datamars, a global company based in Switzerland whose technology is used to identify and track livestock, companion animals and textiles. The transaction is subject to regulatory and change of control approvals […]

17 Mar 2017

Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon mildly underperforms in ‘tough and volatile’ environment

Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon (BGS) has announced its results for the year to 31 January 2017. Over the year the Company’s net asset value per share (after deducting borrowings at fair value) rose 34.0%, whilst it says its comparative index, the MSCI Japan Small Cap Index, rose by 34.9% in sterling terms. The share price […]

17 Mar 2017

Princess Private Equity NAV growth driven by ‘positive valuation developments’

Princess Private Equity (Princess) has published its annual report for the year ended 31 December 2016. During the year, Princess’ audited net asset value (NAV) increased to EUR 10.16 per share, which it says represents an increase of 12.9% on a total return basis, adjusted for the total dividend of EUR 0.54 per share. This […]

13 Mar 2017

JPMorgan Claverhouse underperformed in run up to Brexit vote

JPMorgan Claverhouse has announced its annual results for the year ended 31st December 2016. During the period, the Trust provided an NAV total return of +11.3%. The Trust says that the return for its benchmark, the FTSE All-Share Index, was +16.7%, reflecting a good period for UK investors. The share price rose from 602.5p to […]

13 Mar 2017

Murray International benefits from sterling depreciation and underweight exposure to the UK

Murray International (MYI)has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 December 2016. During the period, the trust provided an NAV total return of 40.3% and a share price total return of 50.5% (the trust moved from trading at a discount to trading at a premium over the period). These are markedly ahead of […]

13 Mar 2017

City Natural Resources beats benchmark and experiences strong narrowing in its discount

City Natural Resources High Yield Trust has announced its interim results for the six months ended 31 December 2016. During the period, the Trust provided an NAV total return of 19.4%, thereby outperforming its benchmark index, which the company says returned 18.8%. The Trust’s share price total return was 30.8% was better than the NAV […]

07 Mar 2017

Foreign & Colonial post strong returns but lags benchmark

Foreign & Colonial (FRCL) has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 December 2016. During a year that the Trust’s chairman describes as being extraordinary, in terms of political events, stock market returns and sterling weakness, FRCL has provided an NAV total return of 23.9% and a share price total return of 23.7%. […]

07 Mar 2017

Aberdeen UK Tracker publishes circular for reconstruction and wind-up

Aberdeen UK Tracker Trust has announced that it has published a circular to Shareholders in connection with its proposals to reconstruct and wind-up the company. These proposals relate to its previous announcement on 30 November 2016, that its board had agreed heads of terms for a merger with Aberdeen Diversified Income and Growth Trust (ADIGT) […]

07 Mar 2017

Apax Global Alpha sterling NAV benefits from strong exposure to US

Apax Global Alpha (APAX) has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 December 2016. The company says that performance was largely flat during the first six months but improved during H2 2016 resulting in a NAV total return of 6.6% (after expenses) for the year as a whole. The Private Equity and Derived […]

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