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05 Apr 2017

The Ottoman Fund settles dispute with former CFO

The Ottoman Fund has announced that it has settled all claims with its former finance director, Ahmet Sinan Kalpakçıoğlu, who it says embezzled money from several of the Company’s Turkish subsidiaries. According to The Ottoman Fund, Ahmet Sinan Kalpakçıoğlu has transferred the shares in Mandalina registered in his name to the Company, discontinued all litigation […]

05 Apr 2017

FastForward Innovations sells entire holding in Blue Star

FastForward Innovations has announced that it has sold out its entire holding of 268,213,880 shares of Blue Star Capital PLC for a cash consideration (after costs) of £305,763. The shares of Blue Star were acquired as consideration for the sale of FastForward Innovations’s holding SatoshiPay Ltd (SatoshiPay), which was announced on 2nd March 2017. The […]

03 Apr 2017

Alliance Trust appoints Willis Towers Watson as manager & completes sale of Alliance Trust Investments

Alliance Trust has confirmed the appointment of Willis Towers Watson (WTW) to manage the Trust’s equity portfolio1, effective from 1 April 2017. As previously announced, WTW has, on behalf of the Trust, selected eight equity managers and the transition to these managers will be completed before the Trust’s AGM. Alliance Trust has also completed the […]

03 Apr 2017

Juridica Investments NAV reduced by 77.78% during 2016, still aiming to monetise all investments by the end of 2017

Juridica Investments has announced its results for the year ended 31 December 2016. During the year, the company’s NAV fell by US$0.8891 to US$0.2541 (a reduction of 77.78%). Dividends paid to investors during 2016 totalled 40 pence per share (bringing total life-to-date dividends to £1.036 per share). 2016 saw a total comprehensive loss of US$37.8 […]

03 Apr 2017

Reconstruction Capital II sells 93% interest in Top Factoring Group

Reconstruction Capital II has announced that it has conditionally disposed of 1) its 93% interest in Top Factoring SRL, a Romanian receivables collection company, and 2) the whole of the non-performing loan book held by the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary Glasro Holdings Limited (Glasro). Together these comprise the Top Factoring Group. The purchaser is Intrum […]

29 Mar 2017

BBGI looking to raise £58.5m through a placing

BBGI has announced results for the year ended 31 December 2016. Its VAV rose by 13.1% to 126.1p over the period. Dividends totalled 6.25p. 61% of the company’s assets are located outside the UK and denominated in major currencies other than sterling. Currency weakness was a big factor in the NAV move. The portfolio of […]

24 Mar 2017

Pershing Square to list in London in a bid to close discount

Pershing Square Holdings (PSH) has announced that it intends to apply for a Premium Main Market listing, for its ordinary shares, on the London Stock Exchange and that, following admission, it expects that its shares will be eligible for inclusion in the FTSE All-Share and FTSE 250 indices. PSH says that its listing on Euronext Amsterdam will […]

24 Mar 2017

Electra returning 49% of its capital through a special dividend of £26.12 per share

Electra Private Equity (Electra) has announce that it is declaring a special dividend of £1.0 billion, representing 2,612p per share, to be paid on 5 May 2017 to shareholders on the register of members at the close of business on 7 April 2017. Electra says that its estimated pro forma NAV per share, as at […]

23 Mar 2017

Hansteen’s offer for Industrial Multi Property Trust becomes unconditional

Hansteen Holdings has announced that its all-cash offer, of 300p per share, for Industrial Multi Property Trust (IMPT) has become unconditional. It says that, at 22 March 2017, it had received valid acceptances of its offer in respect of 2,500,657 IMPT shares, representing approximately 29.73% of IMPT’s issued share capital. In addition, Hansteen has acquired […]

23 Mar 2017

International Public Partnerships intends to raise new capital

International Public Partnerships (INPP) has announced that its current intention is to seek to raise additional capital following the publication of its annual results on 30 March 2017. It says that it expects to complete its investment in National Grid’s gas distribution network (announced on 8 December 2016) within the next few weeks and to […]