Investment Company News

10 Mar 2017

BlackRock Latin wants to extend measurement period for tender

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 […]

09 Mar 2017

Capital & Regional earnings rise as portfolio recycling continues

Capital & Regional has announced results for the year ended 30 December 2016. EPRA NAV fell to 68p from 71p while adjusted earnings per share rose by 11.7% to 3.8p (based on earnings of £26.8m, also up 11.7%), allowing them to fully fund a dividend of 3.39p, up 8.7% on the previous year. The chairman says […]

09 Mar 2017

Target Healthcare buys two care homes in Dorset

Target Healthcare REIT has completed the acquisition of two purpose built care homes in the village of Three Legged Cross near Wimborne, Dorset for an undisclosed price. The two homes are adjacent to each other and comprise a total of 70 bedrooms.  Acorn Lodge was built in 2012 and has a total of 26 bedrooms with […]

09 Mar 2017

Brexit, stock selection and momentum driven markets blamed for 16% underperformance at European Assets

European Assets delivered a 7.4% return on NAV for the year ended 31 December 2016 compared to a 23.3% return on the Euromoney Smaller European Companies Index. The Board has already announced a total dividend for 2017 of Euro 0.7884 per share (2016: Euro 0.912 per share, net of Dutch withholding tax) will be paid.  This […]

08 Mar 2017

GCP Student Living buys in Bloomsbury

GCP Student Living plc has exchanged contracts to secure the acquisition of Woburn Place, a private student accommodation asset located at a prime central London position in Bloomsbury, WC1. Woburn Place, which is currently owned and operated by Unite Students, is within short walking distance of University College London (c.38,000 students from 150 countries), SOAS […]

08 Mar 2017

SME Loan Fund stock all placed

SME Loan Fund says that demand from investors to participate in the secondary placing of the 25,270,763 shares in SMEF held by GLI Finance Limited has significantly exceeded the number of SMEF shares available and, accordingly, investor participations are being scaled back. The secondary placing will be completed today. GLI Finance has agreed to acquire for cash the loans […]

08 Mar 2017

Dunedin Enterprise invests in Forensic Risk Alliance

Dunedin Enterprise Investment Trust has, through the Dunedin Buyout Fund III, invested GBP5.9 million in Forensic Risk Alliance. Dunedin Enterprise will have an interest of 6.5% in the company. Forensic Risk Alliance is an international consultancy business that provides forensic accounting, data analytics and e-discovery expertise to help businesses manage risk in an increasingly regulated global […]

07 Mar 2017

Apax Global Alpha sterling NAV benefits from strong exposure to US

Apax Global Alpha (APAX) has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 December 2016. The company says that performance was largely flat during the first six months but improved during H2 2016 resulting in a NAV total return of 6.6% (after expenses) for the year as a whole. The Private Equity and Derived […]

07 Mar 2017

FastForward invests in Nuuvera

FastForward Innovations Limited, has today subscribed C$3 million for an approximate 4.7 per cent. equity interest in Nuuvera Corp., a Canadian incorporated private company focused on medicinal marijuana opportunities. FFWD has subscribed as part of a C$43.65 million fundraise that Nuuvera has now closed. Nuuvera is a newly incorporated Canadian company that has been incorporated […]