Investment Company News

29 Jun 2016

New City Energy weathers oil price falls well

New City Energy reports that, over the six months ended 31 March 2016, its net asset value in total return terms was slightly down at -1.0% (they say, as the portfolio was defensively positioned). The ordinary share price (total return) was down by 0.1%, ending the period at a discount of 28.1%. The chairman says, […]

29 Jun 2016

Lazard World Trust Fund to hike dividend

Lazard World Trust Fund announced two years ago that it intended to commence paying dividends, for the first time in the Fund’s history.  The Fund was one of the few funds in the global growth sector which did not pay any dividend and a number of potential investors questioned why this was the case.  While the […]

29 Jun 2016

Infrastructure India completes sale of toll road stake

Infrastructure India has announced that it has completed the sale of its entire 26 per cent interest in Western MP Infrastructure & Toll Roads Private Limited. The transaction was originally announced on 8 April 2016 and completed on 28 June 2016. Western MP Infrastructure & Toll Roads operates a 125km toll road in the central […]

29 Jun 2016

BlackRock Income & Growth misses bounce in mining sector

For the six month period ended 30 April 2016, BlackRock Income & Growth’s net asset value per share returned -2.8% and the share price returned -2.3%. By comparison, the FTSE All-Share Index was unchanged over the period. Since the period end and up to 27 June 2016, the Company’s NAV per share has fallen by […]

29 Jun 2016

Schroder European Real Estate buys two French hypermarkets

The Board of Schroder European Real Estate Investment Trust has announced the completion of the acquisition of two grocery anchored retail investments located in Rennes and Anglet (near Biarritz), France. The freehold properties are located in established retail parks which benefit from strong local catchments. The acquisition has been made in a joint venture with […]

29 Jun 2016

INPP tops up Wolverhampton schools investment

International Public Partnerships Limited has announced that it has acquired an additional interest in the Wolverhampton Building Schools for the Future (“BSF”) project. INPP will commit a further GBP7.2 million to acquire Carillion Private Finance’s 72% direct investment, growing the Company’s existing 10% investment in the Project to 82%. The opportunity to acquire the additional […]

28 Jun 2016

Amedeo’s first results published

Amedeo Air Four Plus has published its first set of accounts covering the period from incorporation to 31 March 2016. The Company’s shares were first listed on 13 May 2015 upon the admission of 202,000,000 redeemable ordinary shares (“Shares”) at an issue price of 100 pence per Share. On 15 December 2015, pursuant to an […]

28 Jun 2016

Global Resources gets cash injection from manager

Global Resources Investment Trust says it has entered into a legally binding subscription agreement with RDP Fund Management LLP under which RDP has agreed conditionally to subscribe (subject to having the right to assign some or all of the right to subscribe) for a total of 40,000,000 new ordinary shares of GBP0.01 in GRIT  (plus warrants) at […]

28 Jun 2016

NextEnergy Solar returns held back by power prices

NextEnergy Solar reports that, at 31 March 2016, the company’s NAV was GBP273.8m, equivalent to 98.5p per share (March 2015: NAV of GBP248.4m, 103.3p per share) mainly affected by reductions in power price forecasts and removal of LECs (which had a combined negative impact on NAV of 14.6p per share). As experienced during the previous reporting […]