News

14 Aug 2015

Camper & Nicholsons Marina sees Abu Dhabi contract terminated

Camper & Nicholsons Marina (CNMI) have announced that Miral Asset Management LLC, the owners of Yas Marina in Abu Dhabi, have exercised their no-fault option to terminate the management contract with the company. The contract generated operating revenue and net profit of €1.4m & €0.4m respectively for CNMI in 2014. Miral will be absorbing the business and staff associated […]

14 Aug 2015

Threadneedle UK Select outperforms rising UK market in H1

Threadneedle UK Select beat the FTSE All-Share index over the first half of 2015 delivering a total return on net assets of 4.5% against 3% for the index. The discount narrowed slightly from 6.5% to 6.2%. The dividend was upped from 1.85p to 1.9p. The investment manager says Crest Nicholson climbed after delivering an encouraging […]

14 Aug 2015

BlackRock World Mining outperforms falling market

The continued slump in commodity markets weighed on the performance of BlackRock World Mining over the first half of 2015. the total return on net assets was -7.0% for the period and the return to shareholders was -2.8%. These figures are better than the return on the Euromoney Global mining Index however – this returned […]

14 Aug 2015

Middlefield Canadian interims ahead of benchmark but hit by currency

Middlefield Canadian has reported interim results for the first six months of 2015. The return was well ahead of its benchmark, recording outperformance of 6.3% in Canadian dollar terms – In Canadian dollars, the Company’s net asset value is up 4.4% for the six month period ending 30 June, well ahead of the S&P/TSX Composite High […]

06 Aug 2015

Kennedy Wilson Europe Real Estate announces 25% increase in quarterly dividend

Kennedy Wilson Real Estate Europe, in releasing its interim results for half year ended 30 June 2015, have announced that the quarterly dividend is increasing by 25%, over the previous quarter, to 10p per share. The company say that this will be 40p per share annualised, which the board advise is a sustainable dividend level […]

05 Aug 2015

Miton Worldwide Growth – Sink or swim? Realisation opportunity in 2018

Miton Worldwide Growth, managed by Nick greenwood (pictured), has announced its annual results for the year ended 30 April 2015. During the year, the trust’s NAV per share grew by 8.5% to 181.63p whilst its share price grew by 8.9% beating the FTSE All-Share Index, which rose 7.5% during the same period. The discount narrowed marginally […]

05 Aug 2015

Foresight Solar on track to pay a 6.1p dividend for the current year

Foresight Solar Fund has announced its interim results for the half year ended 30 June 2015. The fund’s NAV increased from £209.8m to £277.9m (24.5%) although NAV per share fell 2.3% from 100.9p to 98.6p. Reported profit for the period was £5.38m and earnings per share was 2.32p. A second quarterly dividend of 1.52p is […]

05 Aug 2015

Electra agrees the sale of Nuaire for £145m

Electra Private Equity has announced that it has agreed to sell its interest in ventilation systems manufacturer Nuaire to Polypipe Group in a deal valued at approximately £145m. On completion of the transaction, which is expected during August, Electra is to receive proceeds of approximately £72m. This represents an uplift of £24 million, or 50% on the […]

31 Jul 2015

Martin Currie Pacific name change takes effect

The trust formerly known as Martin Currie Pacific has announced today that, following shareholder approval at the AGM on 6 July 2015, the company’s name has now changed to Martin Currie Asia Unconstrained Trust. The Company’s ticker code “MCP” and ISIN will both remain unchanged. Martin Currie Pacific name change takes effect : MCP

31 Jul 2015

Fidelity European Values beats benchmark during first half

Fidelity European Values, managed by Sam Morse (pictured) has announced its results for the six months ended 30 June 2015. During the period, the trust’s NAV total return was 6.1%, which was ahead of that of the FTSE World Europe (ex UK) Index of 4.1%. The share price total was even further ahead at 9.8% reflecting […]