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14 Dec 2018
GCP Infrastructure Investments

GCP Infrastructure holds steady against a market backdrop of uncertainty and volatility

GCP Infrastructure Investments (GCP) has announced its annual results for the year ended 30 September 2018. During the year, GCP maintained its dividend at 7.6p, increased its NAV by 1.7% to 112.49p per share and provided a share price total return of 4.8%. Ian Reeves, the fund’s chairman describes these results as being achieved, “against […]

14 Dec 2018
Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure - Staying nimble

Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure to benefit from reduced management fee

Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust (EGL) has announced its annual results for the year ended 30 September 2018. During the year, EGL provided an NAV total return of 4.8%n and a share price total return of 1.1%. According to EGL, this compares against a 4.9% return for the MSCI World Utilities Index. The superior […]

14 Dec 2018

Edinburgh Worldwide seeks share split and to expand its private investments

Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust (EWI) has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 October 2018. During the year, EWI provided Nav and share price total returns of 14.9% and 19.0% respectively. EWI says that its comparative index, the S&P Global Small Cap Index, increased by 0.1% in sterling total return terms. EWI says […]

13 Dec 2018

Invesco Perpetual Enhanced Income provides a ‘small but positive total return’

Invesco Perpetual Enhanced Income (IPE) has announced its annual results for the year ended 30 September 2018. During the year, IPE achieved what its chairman, Paul Yates, describes as a “a small but positive total return for shareholders”, based on the share price with dividends reinvested, of 0.1%. However, the share price fell from 80.3p […]

12 Dec 2018

Axa Property Trust saga continues

AXA Property Trust (APT) has announced that it has received a “Member’s Requisition of an Extraordinary General Meeting” or, in other words, a request for an EGM. APT says that requires that a general meeting of the Company be convened, at the earliest opportunity, for the purpose of considering and voting on the following resolution: […]

12 Dec 2018

BBGI SICAV acquires interests in three new PPP projects

BBGI SICAV (BBGI) has announced that it has completed the acquisition of significant equity interests in three PPP transportation and social infrastructure projects in the Netherlands, via a partnership with VolkerWessels, and additional interests in two LIFT projects in the UK from GB Partnerships Investments Limited. It says that all five of these assets are […]

12 Dec 2018

Mobius now 40% invested, discipline is required

Mobius Investment Trust (MMIT) listed on 1 October 2018 and is currently in the process of deploying its IPO proceeds. MMIT has now provided an update on its progress in which it says that, while it does not intend to disclose specific portfolio holdings during its ramp up period, it is actively engaging with both portfolio and target companies. It cautions […]

12 Dec 2018

Standard Life Private Equity looks to direct investment

Standard Life Private Equity Trust (SLPE) has announced its final results for the year ended 30 September 2018. During the year, the trust provided Nav and share price total returns of 13.8% and 5.8% respectively. The superior Nav performance reflects a widening of the trust’s discount during the period. In comparison, SLPE says that the […]

12 Dec 2018

JPMorgan Asian benefits from good stock selection

JPMorgan Asian Investment Trust (JAI) has announced its final results for the year ended 30 September 2018. During the year, JAI’s return on net assets was +7.3%, representing an outperformance of 2.9 percentage points over the benchmark, the MSCI AC Asia ex Japan Index, which returned +4.4% in sterling terms. The chairman, Bronwyn Curtis, says […]

12 Dec 2018

Henderson European Focus annual results show in-line performance

HEFT’s annual results – NAV provides an in-line performance Henderson European Focus Trust (HEFT) has announced its annual results for the year ended 30 September 2018. During the year, the trust produced a net asset value total return per ordinary share of 2.0% (2017: 21.7%), which is in line with the benchmark total return of […]