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16 Jun 2017

Alpha Real Trust posts NAV growth of 15.2% during year

Alpha Real Trust (ARTL) has published its annual results for the year ended 31 March 2017. During the period, the trust’s NAV per share grew by 15.2% to 158.9p. It also paid a quarterly dividend of 0.6p (2.4p in total for the year). Its chairman, David Jeffreys, describes the period as a, “very active year […]

16 Jun 2017

LMS Capital assessing tender proposals in light of YesTo realisation

LMS Capital has announced that it has been informed by the general partner of the San Francisco Equity Partners Funds (SFEP Funds) that the funds have received cash proceeds from a partial realisation of holdings in YesTo and that the general partner intends shortly, to make a distribution. LMS Capital says that, whilst it not […]

16 Jun 2017

Adamas Finance Asia receives circa US$8.6m in relation to put option

Adamas Finance Asia has announced that, further to its previous announcement on 24 February 2017 in relation to the proposed disposal of its interest in the Tian Tong Shan Villa Project, the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Lead Winner Limited, has received a payment of HKD$52,353,176 (approximately US$6.8 million) in final settlement of the amount due […]

16 Jun 2017

NewRiver REIT raises £225m at 335p per share

NewRiver REIT has announced the results of its capital raising, which was conducted as an accelerated book build. It says that subject to the necessary resolutions being passed at the General Meeting ,which is expected to be convened to be held on or around 4 July 2017, in aggregate, 67,164,179 New Ordinary Shares are to […]

14 Jun 2017

Aberdeen New India NAV returns 35%, mildly underperforming benchmark

Aberdeen New India Invest Trust (ANII) has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 March 2017. During the period, the company’s NAV per share rose by 34.7% to reach 487.9p. The ordinary share price rose by 40.9% to 441.5p. This reflected a narrowing of the discount to net asset value from 13.5% to […]

14 Jun 2017

Seneca Global Income & Growth outperforms strongly and proposes new benchmark

Seneca Global Income & Growth outperforms strongly Seneca Global Income & Growth Trust (SIGT) has announced its annual results for the year ended 30 April 2017. During the period, the trust provided an NAV total return of +19.6% and share price total return of +20.7%, both of which significantly outperformed its Libor+3% benchmark. The chairman’s […]

13 Jun 2017

GCP Student living targeting £70m fund raise

GCP Student Living (DIGS) is seeking to raise £70m through a placing of new ordinary shares under its 2017 Placing Programme. The company says that the placing price will be 142 pence per share, which represents a 6.75 pence discount to the closing mid-price per ordinary share on 12 June 2017 of 148.75 pence. It […]

08 Jun 2017

Montanaro UK Smaller Companies to benefit from reduced management fee

Montanaro UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust, managed by Anna Lunden and chaired Kathryn Matthews (pictured), has announced that it is to benefit from a reduced management fee. The investment management fee, paid to Montanaro Asset Management Limited, has been reduced to 0.5% per annum of gross assets (previously 0.85% p.a.). This change is effective retrospectively […]

08 Jun 2017

Workspace responds to media speculation

Workspace has announced that, having noted media speculation regarding the potential acquisition of Salisbury House at 28-31 Finsbury Circus, EC2 for around £158 million, it can confirm, “that it is in discussions for the asset in question”. Workspace says that there can be no certainty that any transaction will proceed and a further announcement will […]