Investment Company News

12 Jul 2016

Aberdeen New Dawn’s performance hurt by commodity price collapse

Aberdeen New Dawn has announced its annual results for the year ended 30 April 2016. During the year, the trust’s NAV fell by 15.4% to 179.4p per share (2015 saw an increase of 17.1%) while the share price fell by 15.1% to 156.0p (2015 saw a rise of 14.3%), all in total return terms. The share […]

12 Jul 2016

Redefine International updates on progress with the Aegon UK portfolio

Redefine International has provided an update on the progress it is making on asset management initiatives on its recently acquired Aegon UK (AUK) portfolio. The company says that it is making good progress that is ahead of initial expectations. In summary, since the EU referendum result, the company has completed two leases totalling £0.6m, which […]

12 Jul 2016

Aberdeen Private Equity performance driven by underlying investments and currency movements

Aberdeen Private Equity has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 March 2016. During the year the fund’s NAV per share increased by 4.6% to 133.33p and, including the 2.2p dividend paid in September 2015, shareholders received a NAV total return of 6.6% (2015: 18.2%). The company says that NAV performance was driven […]

11 Jul 2016

K&C REIT gives options to former chief exec

K&C REIT plc, the residential real estate investment trust group, announces that the Board has agreed to grant options over ordinary shares of 1p each, as detailed below, to George Rolls, the former non-executive director and then chief executive who left the Board in December 2015. The Board has also agreed to make a payment […]

11 Jul 2016

JPMorgan Overseas targets 4% distribution

The Board of JPMorgan Overseas Investment Trust has announced a change in its distribution policy and change of name. The Company’s objective is to achieve capital growth from world stock markets and aims to achieve this objective by holding a diversified portfolio of investments in which the portfolio manager has a high degree of conviction. […]

11 Jul 2016

Renewables Infrastructure buys Provencal solar plant

The Renewables Infrastructure Group has entered into a binding sale and purchase agreement to acquire a 51.0% interest in a 12MW ground-mounted solar photovoltaic plant, in the South of France, increasing the aggregate net generating capacity of TRIG’s portfolio to 686MW. The Board of TRIG is pleased to announce the acquisition of a 51.0% interest in […]

11 Jul 2016

AEW UK REIT publishes first accounts

AEW UK REIT has published its first set of accounts covering the period from 1 April 2015 to 30 April 2016. The net asset value was GBP116.38 million or 99.03 pence per share as at 30 April 2016. Total dividends of 5.5 pence per share have been declared for the period from the IPO to 30 April 2016. […]

08 Jul 2016

IT exposure benefits Schroder UK Growth

Schroder UK Growth’s results for the year ended 30 April 2016 show that the Company’s NAV returned -4.4%, while the share price returned -4.9%. This compares with an equivalent return of -5.7% by the FTSE All-Share Index over the same period. The Directors have declared a second interim dividend of 2.60p per share, making a total […]

08 Jul 2016

UK Mortgages agrees second transaction

The Board of UK Mortgages Limited has announced that the second transaction for UKML has been agreed. Since UKML’s launch, TwentyFour has sought a mortgage origination partner to facilitate an ongoing flow of mortgage loans that fit the investment policy. Over the past few months, the team has worked with The Mortgage Lender Limited (“TML”) to develop […]

08 Jul 2016

British Land sells Debenhams Oxford Street

British Land announces that it has exchanged contracts for the sale of 334-348 Oxford Street, London to a private investor for GBP400 million. The asset is a seven storey building located near Bond Street Underground Station in London’s core West End shopping district. The building is let in its entirety to Debenhams until 2039. In […]