Dunedin Smaller Companies has published its interim accounts. The company’s net asset value total return for the six month ended 30 April 2016 saw a small increase of 0.7%. This compares to a marginally higher total return of 1.3% from the benchmark index, the FTSE Small Cap Index (excluding investment companies). They say, although markets […]
The Board of Electra Private Equity PLC has announced the resignations of Dame Kate Barker and Francesca Barnes from the Board of Directors with immediate effect. Dame Kate joined the Board in 2010 and was Chairman of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee and Senior Independent Director. She served as interim Chairman from November 2015 until Neil […]
Bankers Investment Trust returned 0.4% over the six months to the end of April 2016, slightly better than the zero return posted by the FTSE All-Share Index. The return to shareholders was -3.8% however as the discount widened to 5.9%. The interim dividend was increased from 7.8p to 8.0p. There is no manager’s statement in […]
John Laing Environmental Assets has published results for the year ended 31 March 2016. Over the 12 month period to 31 March 2016 shareholders have seen a share price total return of –2.5% whilst over the same period the NAV total return per share was +3.1%. The discrepancy is largely due to the reduction in […]
Real Estate Credit Investments recorded net profit of GBP8.5 million and NAV total return of 7.2% over the year to the end of March 2016. The dividend has been maintained at 10.8p. During the year, RECI made four new loans with commitments of GBP17 million. Since 31 March 2016 RECI has invested a further GBP4.3m […]
Alpha Real Trust’s results for the year ended 31 March 2016 show its NAV climbing from 113.2p to 137.9p (up 21.8%), a small fall in adjusted earnings per share from 7.5p to 7.0p and an increase in the dividend from 2.1p to 2.4p. In September 2015 Alpha Real Trust acquired 20.5% of the share capital and […]
Terra Capital has, belatedly, published results for the year ended 31 December 2015. Its year end net asset value per share stood at $0.925 against $0.979 for 2014. This represents a decrease for the year of 5.5% and a net decrease of 1.7% for the year allowing for the dividend of 3.72 cents per share paid […]
Over the six months to the end of April 2016, Henderson Diversified Income achieved a return on net assets of 2.4% and a return to shareholders of 1.3%. this compares to a return on the company’s benchmark, the total return over three month sterling Libor plus 2.00%, of 1.3%. A first interim dividend of 1.25p […]
Invesco Income Growth outperformed the FTSE All-Share Index over the year to the end of March 2016, returning -2.6% against -3.9% for he Index. The discount widened however (from 5.3% to 11. 5%) and so the return to shareholders was -7.8%. The full year dividend was upped from 10.1p to 10.3p. The manager says that […]
CC Japan Income & Growth Trust has published inaugural results covering the period from its launch on 15 December 2015 to the end of April 2016. At the end of April the NAV was 103.92p and the share price 107.25p. On a total return basis the fund had outperformed the Topix Index, returning 3.9% against […]
