Investment Company News

26 Aug 2016

Welcome increase in disclosure by NB Distressed Debt

NB Distressed Debt has published interim results covering the six months to the end of June 2016. By that point, the NBDD Share Class had returned, through capital distributions, $108.4m or 87% of investors’ original capital of $125.0m by the end of the period. This, when added to the NAV of $40.3m, brings the ratio […]

26 Aug 2016

Industrial Multi Property Trust makes progress on occupancy

Industrial Multi Property Trust says its adjusted NAV per ordinary share at 30 June 2016 is 296.2 pence (31 December 2015: 260.6 pence).  This increase is mainly due to an increase in the fair value of investment properties which is partly offset by an operating loss due to finance costs.  The results for the period […]

26 Aug 2016

F&C Private Equity posts 8% return for H1

F&C Private Equity says that, as at 30 June 2016 the Company’s net asset value was GBP232.2 million giving a NAV per share of 314.08p. Taking into account last year’s final dividend of 5.83p per share paid on 31 May 2016 the NAV total return for the first half of the year was 8.2 per […]

25 Aug 2016

Acencia Debt Strategies chairman believes a continuation is in shareholder’s interests

AcenciA Debt Strategies has announced its interim results for the six month ended 30 June 2016. During the period, the company provided an NAV total return of 1.1% but, reflecting a widening of the discount during the period (from 9.3% to 13.9%) its price total return was -3.7%. The company’s chairman, William Scott, says that […]

25 Aug 2016

International Public Partnership closes on 10 Building Schools for the Future interests

International Public Partnership (INPP) has announced that it has reached financial close on ten Building Schools for the Future (BSF) interests from Balfour Beatty, investing £72.3m. INPP already held 10% interests in seven of the Balfour Beatty investments in question, and as a result of the transaction has increased its stake to 90% in each […]

25 Aug 2016

TwentyFour Income Fund’s placing raises £48m

TwentyFour Income Fund has announced the results of its placing, which raised £48m (before costs and expenses) through the issue of 43,743,734 new ordinary shares at a price of 109.73p per share. The company says that the placing price represents a premium of 2% to the unaudited NAV of 107.58 pence per share as at […]

24 Aug 2016

Starwood European has strong pipeline of new loans

At 30 June 2016, Starwood European Real Estate Finance’s NAV was 100.92p and its share price 105.75p. The fund continues to target a dividend at an annualised rate of 6.5 pence per Ordinary Share and has declared a dividend of 1.625 pence per Ordinary Share (6.5 pence annualised) for each of the first two quarters […]

24 Aug 2016

Rising vacancies hold back F&C Commercial Property

F&C Commercial Property’s net asset value total return for the six month period ended 30 June 2016 was 1.4 per cent and the ungeared total return from the property portfolio was 2.0 per cent. This compares with a total return of 2.6 per cent from the industry benchmark. The changes to Stamp Duty announced in […]

24 Aug 2016

Parques Reunidos responsible for big drop in Candover NAV

Candover’s net asset value fell by 39.1% over H1 2016 to 148p. In late April, Candover announced the partial realisation by Arle of its investments in Parques Reunidos and Technogym S.p.A, following the initial public offering of Parques in Spain and Technogym in Italy. In the IPO of Parques, Candover sold 7.7% of its interest […]