Invesco Perpetual Enhanced Income has announced its interim results for the Six Months to 31 March 2016. During the period, which the managers describe as a volatile period for high yield bond markets, the company provided an NAV total return of 3.8% and a share price total return of 4.7% (the share price premium to […]
Empiric Student Property has announced that it has entered into a nomination agreement with Falmouth Exeter Plus, which delivers all shared services, including accommodation, to the students of Penryn Campus, in respect of the Group’s existing 137 bed operating property in Falmouth, Maritime Studios (pictured). The duration of the Nomination Agreement is for three years […]
Raven Russia has announced proposals for a fundraising, for a minimum of £105.5m, by way of a placing of new convertible redeemable preference shares. The company says that it has secured firm commitments from existing institutional investors and the EBT to subscribe for an aggregate amount of approximately £105.5m convertible preference shares and is in […]
BlackRock Frontiers, managed by Sam Vecht (pictured) and Emily Fletcher, has announced its interim report for the six months ended 31 March 2016. During the period, the trust provided an NAV total return of -0.1% and share price total return of 0.1%, thereby outperforming the MSCI Frontier markets index which returned -2.2% but underperforming the MSCI […]
Murray International Trust has announced that it has agreed a new £15m loan facility with The Royal Bank of Scotland. The new facility was drawn in full on 16 May 2016 and fixed for three years at an all-in rate of 1.467%. It has been used to repay a maturing £15m loan with RBS. The […]
British Land have announced their annual results for the year ended 31 March 2016. During the year, the company says that underlying profit increased by 16.0% to £363m, whilst the company’s EPRA NAV increased by 10.9% to 919p per share (or 932p pre the budget stamp duty increase). The company generated an IFRS profit before […]
Custodian REIT has announced that it has sold a purpose-built student residential building in Lenton, Nottingham for £1.2m, which is ahead of cost and the 31 March 2016 valuation. The property, which was part of the initial portfolio acquired on Custodian REIT’s admission to the London Stock Exchange in 2014, was fully let for the […]
North Atlantic Smaller Companies Investment Trust has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 January 2016. During the period, the company’s fully diluted NAV per share rose by 21.6% to an all-time high of 2,746p. This compares with a rise in the sterling adjusted Standard & Poor Composite Index of 2.8%, whilst the […]
Honeycomb Investment Trust has announced that it has completed the placing, announced yesterday, of 5 million new ordinary shares in the Company, raising gross proceeds of £50m. The placing shares are to be issued at a price of £10 per share, which represents a 1.5% to the trust’s estimated net asset value per share of […]
Schroder Oriental Income Fund has announced its interim results for the six months ended 29 February 2016. During the period, the company provided NAV and share price total returns of 8.6% and 4.5% both outperforming the company’s MSCI AC Pacific ex Japan Index, which rose by 4.3% (all in sterling terms). The company says that […]
