Investment Company News

01 Aug 2017

Polar Capital Global Financials gets subscription shares exercised

Polar Capital Global Financials gets subscription shares exercised – it has announced that it has applied for the listing of 24,952,723 new ordinary shares of 5p each. It is expected that admission to trading will take place on 2 August 2017. Applications have been made following the exercise of the rights represented by 24,952,723 subscription shares to subscribe in […]

01 Aug 2017

Invesco Perpetual Select equity portfolios lag benchmarks

Invesco Perpetual Select Trust has published its accounts for the year ended 31 May 2017. The UK equity portfolio returned 22% (22.5% in share price terms), underperforming the All-Share index which returned 24.5%. The Global equity income portfolio returned 29.2% (31.1% in share price terms), underperforming the MSCI World Index which returned 31.3%. The balanced risk […]

01 Aug 2017

Large cap underweight holds back Atlantis Japan

Large cap underweight holds back Atlantis Japan – Atlantis Japan Growth has published its Annual Results for the year ended 30th April 2017. The year ended 30th April 2017 marked the first anniversary of the appointment of Taeko Setaishi as the lead fund adviser in succession to Ed Merner – although the team approach continues at […]

01 Aug 2017

LXi REIT fully invested looks to gear up

LXi REIT fully invested looks to gear up – The Board of LXi REIT has announced that the company has now fully deployed the net proceeds of its GBP138 million IPO since listing on 27 February 2017. They are also in solicitors’ hands on additional acquisitions which will fully absorb the GBP55 million debt finance to […]

31 Jul 2017

Aberdeen Emerging new dividend policy new fee

Aberdeen Emerging new dividend policy new fee – these measures are being implemented by the Board in recognition of current trends within the sector and to enhance and broaden the appeal of the Company to investors. Background The Board is pleased with the progress made by the Company in recent years with regard to revised management […]

31 Jul 2017

ICG Enterprise sells Standard Brands

ICG Enterprise sells Standard Brands – announces the sale of its investment in Standard Brands (UK) Limited, a manufacturer of domestic fire lighting products including Zip, the leading brand in the UK and Ireland. Standard Brands was the Company’s fifth largest underlying investment at 30 April 2017. The sale to SHS Group is subject to […]

31 Jul 2017

Marwyn investment Zegona sells Telecable

Marwyn investment Zegona sells Telecable – Directors of Marwyn Value Investors Limited welcome the announcement made yesterday by its investee company, Zegona Communications plc (“Zegona”) confirming the completion of the sale of Zegona’s Spanish cable business, Telecable to Euskaltel, S.A. The transaction has generated significant upfront cash proceeds and Zegona intends promptly to return up to […]

31 Jul 2017

Oakley Capital Investments Inspired wins backing from TA Associates

Oakley Capital Investments Inspired wins backing from TA Associates – Inspired, a leading group of premium schools in Europe, Africa, Latin America and Australia and a portfolio company of Oakley Funds, has received a significant strategic growth investment from TA Associates, a leading global growth private equity firm, comprising both primary and secondary investment. OCL […]

31 Jul 2017

Custodian REIT buys Salisbury health and fitness centre

Custodian REIT buys Salisbury health and fitness centre – the company has acquired a 24,230 sq ft health and fitness centre in Salisbury, located less than two miles from the city centre and prominently fronting on to the A30, the main arterial road into the city from the North. Adjacent businesses include Premier Inn, Handelsbanken, […]

31 Jul 2017