Hansa Trust has announced its interim results for the six-months ended 30 September 2015. During the period, the trusts NAV fell 4.1% on a total return basis. The company says that, excluding the Brazil-focused Ocean Wilsons Holdings, the Company’s NAV fell 3.6%. This compares to a return of 1.7% for the benchmark, which is absolute […]
MedicX fund grows post 8.3% NAV growth during the year MedicX Fund has announced its interim results for the year ended 30 September 2015. During the period, the company’s EPRA NAV increased by 5.4p to 70.8p per share, an increase of 8.3%. The company’s EPRA earnings were £13.4m. This is an increase of £4.7m or […]
Japan Residential Investment Company has announced that the third party, with which it has been in discussion with, regarding a potential bid has advised that it is no longer interested in making an offer for the company. On 13 November 2015, Nikko III Pte. Ltd. and Japan Residential Investment Company announced that they had reached […]
A new Japan focused investment trust, CC Japan Income & Growth Trust, has announced that it has raised gross proceeds of £66.5m from its first placing, offer for subscription and intermediaries offer. The net proceeds of this first issue are expected to be approximately £65.3m. The shares, which were issued at a price of 100p […]
Ground Rents Income Fund has announced its annual results for the year ended 30 September 2015. The NAV per share at 30 September 2015 was 114.2p (2014: 104.3p), an increase of 9.5%. Profit before tax (including a £9.19m valuation gain) was £12.5m for the period (FY 2014: £4.7m (which included a £2.62m valuation gain). Basic […]
Lowland, managed by James Henderson (pictured), has released its annual results for the year ended 30 September 2015. In what the board describe as a difficult year, the company’s NAV total return rose 0.8%, beating its FTSE All-Share benchmark, which fell 2.3%. The share price opened the year at a small premium, but closed at a […]
K&C REIT, which was admitted to AIM on 3 July 2015, has released its annual results for the year ended 30 June 2015. On its admission to AIM, the Group issued 43,035,622 ordinary shares, including 35,663,400 shares issued at 10 pence per share pursuant to a fundraising, generating gross cash proceeds of £3,566,340. Shortly after […]
JPMorgan Private Equity has announced that, further to its announcement on 27 October 2015 (regarding the spin-out of the company’s investment management team from J.P. Morgan Asset Management to an affiliate of Fortress Investment Group LLC) the company has now been advised that a definitive agreement in relation to the transfer has been signed. As […]
Derwent London has announced the sale of old Wedge House, 40 Blackfriars Road SE1, a 38,700 sq ft vacant freehold office building, for £33.5m before costs to Ennismore. Derwent, in collaboration with Ennismore, obtained planning permission this summer for a 110,000 sq ft hotel and office scheme at the site. Ennismore will now undertake the […]
Small Companies Dividend Trust has announced its interim results for the six-months ended 31 October 2015. During the period, the NAV per ordinary share rose 11.6% beating the MSCI Small Cap Index, which fell 2.02%. The ordinary share price increased by 17.1% during the period and the discount narrowed from 16.99% to 12.90%. A second […]