Investment Company News

29 Jul 2016

BlackRock Commodities Income targeting 5p dividend

During the six month period ended 31 May 2016 BlackRock Commodities Income’s net asset value returned 8.8% and the share price returned 9.2%. Since the period end and up until close of business on 22 July 2016 the Company’s NAV has increased by 21.8% and the share price has risen by 13.2% (with income reinvested).The disparity between […]

29 Jul 2016

Nimrod Sea Assets says Swiber Holdings in liquidation

Nimrod Sea Assets has been informed that a winding-up application has been filed in Singapore in respect of Swiber Holdings Limited.  The application was filed by the Board of Directors of Swiber Holdings Limited on 27 July 2016 and provisional liquidators have been appointed. The Company owns a 26% share in Bukit Timah Offshore DIS which […]

29 Jul 2016

Greencoat generation below budget on low wind resource

Greencoat UK Wind has announced results for the six months ended 30 June 2016. During the period, portfolio generation was 451.4GWh, 3 per cent. below budget. Net cash generated by the Group and wind farm SPVs was GBP30.9 million. Dividend cover was 1.9x. The Company’s aim is to provide investors with an attractive and sustainable dividend that increases […]

29 Jul 2016

Aberforth Smallers underperforms in H1

For the six months to 30 June 2016, the net asset value total return of Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust was -11.3%, which compares with a total return of -5.6% from the Company’s investment benchmark, the Numis Smaller Companies Index excluding Investment Companies (NSCI (XIC)).  The FTSE All-Share Index, which is dominated by larger companies, generated a […]

28 Jul 2016

JZ Capital invests in Oncology Services International

JZ Capital Partners Limited has closed an investment in Oncology Services International, Inc., its third investment through the Jordan Health Products platform. Jordan Health Products was formed in 2015 by Jordan Industries International, LLC and JZ Capital Partners to develop and execute a strategic build-up in the highly fragmented US healthcare equipment market. JZ Capital Partners invested $4.529 million in […]

28 Jul 2016

Gresham House to take on LMS Capital

LMS Capital  has announced proposals to change its investment policy and to return up to GBP6 million to Shareholders through a tender offer and repurchase of up to 7.72% of the issued share capital of the Company at a 5 per cent. discount to its net asset value per share as at 30 June 2016. If the […]

28 Jul 2016

Seneca Global Income & Growth gets debt facility for DCM

Seneca Global Income & Growth has announced that it has put in place an extension of GBP4 million to its existing rolling debt facility making the total facility available GBP11 million. This extension to the facility is on similar commercial terms to the facility announced on 2 November 2015 and the margin on the total […]

28 Jul 2016

Hg sells SFC Koenig

HgCapital, the Manager of HgCapital Trust, has announced that it has agreed the sale of SFC KOENIG, a Switzerland-based, leading provider of high-quality, sealing and flow control technology, to IDEX, a producer of highly engineered fluidics systems and components in the USA. Completion is subject to, amongst other things, regulatory approval. The Trust will realise […]

28 Jul 2016