Raven Russia says that its diluted NAV per share rose to 71 cents from 70 cents over the course of 2016. Underlying earnings per share fell to 7.2 cents from 8.2 cents. They intend to distribute 2p by way of a tender offer buy back of 1 share in every 26 at 52p, making 2.5p […]
GCP Asset Backed Income has committed to two loans of up to GBP17.5 million aggregate which will be used to finance UK residential property. The first loan, of up to GBP15 million and with a term of c.three years, will be secured on a subordinated ranking basis against a portfolio of eight co-living properties. The […]
City Natural Resources High Yield Trust has announced its interim results for the six months ended 31 December 2016. During the period, the Trust provided an NAV total return of 19.4%, thereby outperforming its benchmark index, which the company says returned 18.8%. The Trust’s share price total return was 30.8% was better than the NAV […]
SEGRO is proposing to raise approximately GBP556 million (net proceeds) by way of a Rights Issue, the issue is fully underwritten. 1 for 5 rights issue of 166,033,133 ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the capital of the Company at a price of 345 pence per New Ordinary Share. The issue price of 345 pence per New […]
LXi REIT has exchanged contracts to acquire the Q-Park car park at Rockingham Street, Sheffield. The purchase price is GBP19.1 million (excluding purchaser’s costs), reflecting a blended net initial yield of 5.20% on the asset acquisition. The car park, which comprises 96% of the Property, is let to Q-Park Limited with a lease guarantee from […]
Witan made a 22.9% return on net assets over the year ended 31 December 29016, more or less matching the 123.0% return posted by its benchmark. The underlying managers struggled with just three of their ten third party managers, together with the direct holdings portfolio, outperforming their benchmarks. There were significant positive contributions from the […]
Green REIT has exchanged contracts for the sale of Parkway Retail Park in Limerick, with completion expected by the end of March 2017. The contract price of EUR24.3 million is payable in two tranches, with EUR1.3 million of the price subject to securing planning consent for a vacant unit in the property for which a tenant […]
Polar Capital Global Financials returned 22.2% over the year ended 30 November 2016 in NAV terms, a bit behind the benchmark (MSCI World Financials Index to 31 August 2016, and the MSCI World Financials Index + Real Estate, for the period 1 September to 30 November 2016) which returned 24.5%. Shareholders made 21.4% as the […]
EP Global Opportunities made 26.9% on net assets over the course of 2016. The dividend for the year was 5.3p. The return was a bit behind that of the All-World Index which returned 29.6%. The manger’s report says that US exploration and production company, Apache, was one of the best performing stocks in the portfolio in […]
BlackRock Latin American says it made a 25.2% return on net assets for the year ended 31 December 2016 – in US dollars. The weakness of sterling meant that, despite a widening of the discount, shareholders made a 45.9% return. The dividend for the year was 15 cents, a fall of 28.6% on the previous […]
