Baker Steel Resources Trust says that, during the first six months of the year, the unaudited net asset value per share rose 15.7% to 38.8p in a recovering market for mining shares, with the Euromoney Global Mining 100 Index rising 58.9% in Sterling terms. The most significant factor in the recovery of the Euromoney Global […]
LXB Retail Properties Plc reports that it has exchanged contracts for the unconditional sale of its investment at Kingsmead Stafford to Triple Jersey Limited, a private investment vehicle. The Group has previously exchanged an agreement with WM Morrison Supermarkets plc to surrender its leasehold interest in the Kingsmead site and completion of the surrender will […]
UK Commercial Property reports that its NAV per share at the end of the period was 86.5p, just 0.2p lower than the level at 31 December 2015 resulting in a NAV total return of 1.9% for the six month period to 30 June 2016. On an EPRA basis, adjusting for the effect of their interest rate swap transaction, […]
In the six month period ended 30 June 2016, Threadneedle UK Select’s net asset value total return was 1.4%, compared with the 4.3 % total return from the FTSE All-Share Index, the benchmark against which the Investment Manager’s performance is measured. Earnings per share for the half year amounted to 4.16p (30 June 2015: 8.21p). The Board […]
Aberdeen Asian Income’s net asset value returned 16.9% in sterling terms over the six months to 30 June 2016, outperforming the MSCI AC Asia Pacific ex Japan Index, which returned 13.0%. Against this backdrop, the Ordinary Share price total return rose by 16.6% and the discount over NAV per Ordinary share widened from 6.8% at […]
Apax Global Alpha’s investment performance was broadly flat in H1 2016. Against a backdrop of volatile markets, Total Return for the period was -0.6% and on a constant currency basis the Total Return was +0.6%. In the year since 30 June 2015, adjusted NAV per share has grown 2.3% to EUR1.82. In Sterling terms, adjusted […]
City Merchants High Yield says that, in the six months to 30 June 2016, its net asset value total return was +2.2% which compares with an average total return of +3.6% from the funds in the Investment Association Sterling Strategic Bond sector. The Board believe that the action the portfolio managers took which successfully protected the NAV […]
Murray International says its net asset value total return, with net income reinvested, for the six months to 30 June 2016 increased by 30.1% compared with a total return of 10.0% on the Company’s benchmark (40% FTSE World UK and 60% FTSE World ex UK). Over the six month period the share price total return increased […]
Empiric Student Property has acquired the freeholds of three operating properties, two in London and one in Exeter, with a total of 213 beds, for an aggregate cash consideration of GBP21.5 million (excluding acquisition costs) from CBRE Global Investors. Isca Lofts, Exeter – GBP4.73 million Isca Lofts, Longbrook Street, Exeter, is a direct-let student accommodation […]
NB Global Floating Rate Income reports that for the six months ended 30 June 2016 its total return per share was 3.62% for the Sterling Ordinary Shares and 3.54% for the U.S. Dollar Ordinary Shares. During the same period the share price return was -0.76% per Sterling Ordinary Share and -1.08% per U.S. Dollar Share reflecting […]
