Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust, which has a tiered fee structure, has announced that, with effect from 1 September 2016, a third stepped tier has been introduced at £250m of net assets. Under the revised arrangements, the annual management fee payable to the Company’s Investment Managers and Secretaries, Baillie Gifford & Co Limited, will be as […]
With effect from 8.00am on 1 September 2016, the fund formerly known as GLI Alternative Finance plc has changed its name to The SME Loan Fund plc. It is now trading under the ticker ‘SMEF’. The Company’s website has also changed from www.glialternativefinance.com to www.thesmeloanfund.com. The company says that all other details remain unchanged. Separately, […]
TLI Alternative Asset Opportunities has announced that it has received notification of a policy maturity on one life with a face value of US$1.2m. The company say that the maturity is in the process of being verified and, assuming it is certified, will add approximately 0.5p to the company’s NAV per share. TLI Alternative Asset Opportunities […]
Acorn Income Fund has announced its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2016. During the period, Acorn’s gross assets provided a total return of -8.13%, whilst its NAV total return was -13.95%. Reflecting an increase in the premium to NAV at which the company’s shares traded, the share price total return was […]
Starwood European Real Estate Finance has announced proposals for a new placing programme to issue up to 250m shares and/or c shares. The company’s existing placement programme expires on 6 September 2016 and the board says that it is now considering a new replacement programme at a point later in 2016 or in 2017. The […]
Altin AG has announced its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2016. The company says that, the portfolio generated negative returns in the first half of 2016. However, for the YTD to end July 2016, the company says that the portfolio recovered a part of the losses to post an NAV return […]
BBGI SICAV has announced its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2016. During the period, the company’s NAV increased by 8.7% to £521.78m, whilst its NAV per share increased by 8.3% t0 120.8p. The company’s final dividend of 3.0p per share for 2015 resulted in a total payment for the year of […]
Picton Property Income (Picton) has announced that the disposal of one of its City of London office assets, Boundary House, Jewry Street, EC3 completed on 30 August 2016. The disposal proceeds were £27.8m, which the company says is in line with the June 2016 valuation, and will be used to reduce its debt (Picton’s zero […]
EP Global Opportunities Trust, managed by Dr . Sandy Nairn (pictured), has announced its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2016. During the period, which the trust’s chairman, Teddy Tulloch, describes as being a volatile one for global equity markets, the trust’s NAV per share increased by 5.6%, whilst its share price increased […]
AcenciA Debt Strategies has announced its interim results for the six month ended 30 June 2016. During the period, the company provided an NAV total return of 1.1% but, reflecting a widening of the discount during the period (from 9.3% to 13.9%) its price total return was -3.7%. The company’s chairman, William Scott, says that […]
