Global Resources Investment Trust announced on the 2 November that, as a result of its NAV falling to 34.58p per share, its total assets equated to 3.94x the value of its convertible. One of the covenants that GRIT has been obliged to abide by, since the convertibles were issued, is that the asset cover on the convertibles should […]
Martin Currie Asia Unconstrained (formerly Martin Currie Pacific) has announced its interim results for the half-year ended 30 September 2015. During the period the trust, managed by Andrew Graham (pictured), has reportedly given up most of the gains made in the previous financial year to 31 March 2015. On a total return basis, the trust’s NAV […]
Schroder Oriental Income Fund, chaired by Robert Sinclair (pictured), has announced its results for the year ended 31 August 2015, during which the company’s NAV fell by 5.8% and its share price by 6.1%. However these are both appreciably ahead of the performance of the Company’s reference index, the MSCI AC Pacific (ex Japan) Index, […]
Northern Investors has released its interim report for the half-year ended 30 September 2015. The company continues to follow its realisation strategy and, during the period, the number of holdings in the portfolio was reduced further from 15 to 12. Investment sales during the period generated total cash proceeds of £2.5m. The NAV per share […]
JPMorgan Japanese, managed by Nicholas Weindling (Pictured), has announced its final results for the year ended 30 September 2015 during which the companies NAV rose 14.7% (total return in sterling terms), outperforming its benchmark TOPIX index, which returned 6.0%. The share price performance was stronger returning 19.5% during the year. Over three years the Company’s […]
Gabelli Value Plus+ Trust has announced its first set of interim results for the period between 19 February and 30 September 2015. During the period the trust’s NAV fell 6.4% in total return terms underperforming the S&P 500 which fell 5.5% during the period (in Sterling adjusted terms). Share price total return during the period […]
F&C UK Real Estate, managed by Ian McBryde (pictured), announced in its interim results, released on 29 September, that the Board had been considering refinancing the company’s existing loan facility with Lloyds Bank, which is due for repayment in January 2017, and had agreed terms to refinance this through a new long-term term loan facility with Canada […]
Great Portland Estates has announced its interim results for the six-months ended 30 September 2015. During this period, the company’s EPRA NAV per share has increased 14% to £8.08. The company’s EPRA profit before tax of £24.3m for the period is up 15.7% year-on-year whilst its EPRA EPS of 6.9p is an increase of 16.9%. […]
Workspace Group has announced its interim results for the six-months ended 30 September 2015. During the period the company’s EPRA NAV per share increased by 12.7% to £ 7.92 (from £7.03 as at 31 March 2015). Within this, the underlying property valuation has increased by 9.6% £1,6312m (31 March 2015: £1,423m). Profit before tax for […]
JPMorgan Overseas, managed by Jeroen Huysinga (pictured), has announced that shareholders have approved the sub-division of the company’s 25p ordinary shares, on a five for one basis, into 5p ordinary shares. The sub-division is to take place following admission of any new shares to be issued in connection with the final exercise of the Company’s subscription […]
