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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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
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 […]