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 […]
Duke Royalty (DUKE) has announced proposals for a conditional placing to raise up to £15.0 million, before expenses, by way of a fundraising. This to comprise a placing and subscription of up to 37.5 million New Shares at a price of 40 pence per share. DUKE says that the net proceeds of the fundraising, which […]
Funding Circle SME Income Fund (FCIF) has announced that it is launching a placing of C Shares under its share issuance programme. This is the company’s first potential share issuance, under its share issuance programme, which was established to raise funds over a twelve month period. The C Share placing is expected to close on […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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%. […]
