Investment Company News

20 Feb 2017

BP Marsh buys stake in CBC

B.P. Marsh and Partners has acquired, through a newly established company Paladin NewCo Limited, an effective 35% shareholding in CBC UK Limited. CBC is a Retail and Wholesale Lloyd’s Insurance Broker, offering a wide range of services to commercial and personal clients as well as broking solutions to intermediaries. For the year ending 31(st) December […]

20 Feb 2017

Hammerson experienced a robust operational performance during 2016

Hammerson has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 December 2016. The company describes the period as being one of, “robust operational performance across all parts of the portfolio”. During the period, net rental income increased by 8.8% to £346.5m and adjusted net profit increased by 9.9% to £230.7m (IFRS profit fell by […]

20 Feb 2017

Temple Bar hails return of form for value investing

The total return on the net assets of Temple Bar in 2016 was 20.4% which compares with a total return of the UK market of 16.8%. There have been three interim dividend payments during the year each of 8.09p per share and the directors are now recommending a final dividend payment for the year ended […]

20 Feb 2017

SEGRO eyes £1.2bn of potential developments

SEGRO says its EPRA NAV per share up was 8.0 per cent to 500 pence over the course of 2016. They say this was driven by a 4.8 per cent like-for-like increase in the value of the portfolio, reflecting development gains, UK rental growth and asset management activities. The 4.8% increase comprises a 4.5 per […]

20 Feb 2017

Alpha Real Trust unhappy about Industrial Multi Property bid

Alpha Real Trust holds 18.7% of the share capital of Industrial Multi Property Trust (IMPT), and also holds GBP10.3 million of unsecured subordinated debt (value as of 30 September 2016). The directors of Alpha Real Trust wish to inform shareholders that they have not been consulted regarding the offer for IMPT by Hansteen and believe it […]

18 Feb 2017

Witan appoints new emerging markets manager

Witan Investment Trust has announced the appointment of GQG Partners, LLC as a manager of a segregated emerging markets portfolio for Witan, with an initial allocation of GBP70m, approximately 4% of the Company’s net assets. GQG Partners LLC is an independent, employee-owned investment boutique formed in June of 2016 by Rajiv Jain. As of 31st […]

18 Feb 2017

Epiris announces sale of OAG

Epiris is pleased to announce that its portfolio company AXIO Group has sold OAG, the global leader in aviation information and intelligence, to funds managed by Vitruvian Partners for approximately $215 million. This is the fifth major realisation from AXIO’s portfolio. Electra Private Equity PLC has received proceeds from AXIO of GBP104 million*, an uplift […]

18 Feb 2017

Infrastructure India reveals problems with logistics investment

Infrastructure India says that Distribution Logistics Infrastructure Limited (“DLI”) has, along with the wider logistics sector in India, experienced a dramatic deceleration of cargo movements in the immediate aftermath of the Government of India’s announcement of demonetisation and official withdrawal of certain high value currency denomination notes from circulation. India is an overwhelmingly cash economy […]

17 Feb 2017

Herald benefits from sterling depreciation and modestly beats comparative index

Herald Investment Trust has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 December 2016. During the year, the Trust’s NAV increased by 22.8% to 1,083.2p per share, whilst the share price increased by 18.4%. This reflected a widening of the discount, over the year, from 15.5% to 18.5%. The Trust says that during the […]