News

29 Mar 2016

Mithras announces fifth tender offer

Mithras has announced that, following what it describes as, “a strong start to 2016 in terms of exit proceeds received”, that it is currently preparing for its fifth tender offer. The trust says that this is expected to be for no less than £9.0m and should be completed, including obtaining approvals and receiving tender offer […]

24 Mar 2016

Tritax Big Box REIT acquires Brake Brothers distribution centre in Portbury, Bristol, for £25.2m

Tritax Big Box REIT has announced that it has acquired Brake Brothers distribution centre at Portbury Way, Portbury, in Bristol for £25.2m, which reflects a net initial yield of 5.15%. The company says that the purchase has been funded out of equity proceeds, with senior debt finance expected to be introduced in the near term. […]

18 Mar 2016

JPMorgan Global Convertible Income – not as defensive as they’d hoped for

JPMorgan Global Convertible Income Fund has released its interim results for the half-year ended 31 December 2015. During the period, the company’s NAV total return was -3.4% and the share price total return was -7.8%. The company says that whilst NAV performance was stronger than the broader convertibles market, the concurrence of declines in equity […]

18 Mar 2016

JPMorgan US Smaller – good stock selection and US dollar strength

JPMorgan US Smaller Companies has announced its final results for the year ended 31 December 2015. During the period, the company’s NAV increased by 4.0%, which the company says reflects both good stock selection and a rise in the US dollar against sterling. The Company’s share price rose by 6.8% over the year as the […]

18 Mar 2016

Dunedin to pay 16p interim dividend following CitySprint realisation

Dunedin Enterprise has announces its annual results for the year ended 31 December 2015. During the year the companies NAV total return was flat whilst it share price fell 7.5%; both underperforming the FTSE Small Cap Ex-Investment Trusts Index, which returned 13.0%. At the end of February, the trust announced that, following consultation with the […]

18 Mar 2016

Atlantis Japan Growth Fund under attack from LIM Asia Multi-Strategy Fund

Atlantis Japan Growth Fund has announced that, on 17 March 2016, it received from LIM Asia Multi-Strategy Fund Inc. (a registered holder of more than 10% of the issued share capital), a requisition to convene a general meeting of the company. The company says that the purpose of the requisitioned meeting is to consider a […]

18 Mar 2016

Funding Circle SME Income’s negotiations with the European Investment Bank are at an advanced stage

Funding Circle SME Income Fund has announced that, further to the statement made in the its prospectus relating to a possible participation in a financing project with the European Investment Bank, negotiations have reached an advance stage and they say they are working towards a completion of such an arrangement in the second quarter of […]

17 Mar 2016

GLI Finance announces a new £15m credit facility and repays the £30m Sancus loan

GLI Finance, headed up by CEO Andy Whelan (pictured), has confirmed that it has now entered entered into a new 1 year loan, for £14.86m, at an interest rate of 8.75%. The company say that it has repaid its existing £30m loan facility with Sancus, which had been incurring an interest rate of 11%. GLI Finance’s Board […]

17 Mar 2016

John Laing Environmetal acquires Pylle Southern Solar Park for £6.1m

John Laing Environmental Assets has announced the acquisition of Pylle Southern Solar Park, near Shepton Mallet in Somerset, for £6.1m (including working capital). The company has also extended its revolving credit facility from £50m to £65m. Commissioning of the solar park was completed in December 2015 and it has a total generating capacity of 4.99MW. […]