BB Healthcare Trust has announced its annual results for the year ended 30 November 2018. During what the trust’s chairman, Professor Justin Stebbing, describes as “another successful year”, the trust provided Nav and share price total returns of 24.0% and 21.6% respectively. These returns are ahead of the MSCI World Healthcare Index, which it says […]
Brunner Investment Trust has announced its final results for the year ended 30 November 2018. During the year, Brunner provided an Nav total return of 2.7%, which the trust says a little behind the composite benchmark index (70% FTSE World Ex-UK and 30% FTSE All-Share Index). BUT says its benchmark rose by 4.1% on a total […]
Polar Capital Global Financials Trust (PCFT) has announced its annual results for the year ended 30 November 2018. In what the chairman’s statement describes as a topsy-turvy year for global equity markets, PCFT provided NAV and share price total returns of -1.5% and -1.7% respectively, which it says compares against a total return for its […]
Ediston Property Investment Company (EPIC) has announced that it has restructured lease terms with New Look at Prestatyn Shopping Park, Prestatyn. This has led to both increased rent and a longer lease term. Background to the restructuring – New Look’s CVA New Look completed a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) in March 2018, under which the […]
BlackRock Throgmorton Trust (THRG) has announced its annual results for the year ended 30 November 2018. While THRG’s net assets fell during the year, the trust has provided a return substantially ahead of the benchmark index. Specifically, THRG provided NAV and share price total returns of -2.7% and +1.8% respectively, which it says compares against […]
Ranger Direct Lending (RDL) has provided an update on the company’s management and valuation arrangements. As previously announced, RDL’s investment management agreement with Ranger Alternative Management II, LP terminates with effect from today (12 February 2019). The Company has appointed International Fund Management Limited (IFM) as its replacement Alternative Investment Fund Manager with immediate effect and, […]
The Local Shopping REIT (LSR) has provided an update on its Property Sales Programme. Since its last update, LSR has sold or exchanged contracts for sale on 6 properties for an aggregate price of £0.93 million, representing a 1.1% discount to carrying value before sales costs. It says that, of these, 3 properties were sold […]
Tritax Big Box REIT (BBOX) has announced the results of its recent fundraising under which the Company has raised approximately £250 million (before expenses). The net proceeds of the issue are to be used by to fund the acquisition of an 87 per cent. economic interest in db Symmetry as well as further investments. The […]
Primary Health Properties (PHP has announced that it has acquired the entire issued share capital of Chapeloak Investments Limited, whose sole activity is the ownership of the Oakwood Lane Medical Centre, in Leeds, for a total consideration of £5.425m. It has also contracted to forward fund the development of a purpose built medical centre in […]
Witan Pacific (WPC) has provided a corporate update in which it says that its board is concerned that WPC has experienced some underperformance relative to its benchmark in recent years. The Board says that it believes that the Company must justify its actively managed investment approach. Therefore, it has resolved that, if the Company does […]
