Following consultation with major shareholders, the Board of Aberdeen Frontier Markets Investment Company Limited (the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it intends to commence making half yearly distributions by way of a dividend. It is currently anticipated that a maiden dividend will be declared in respect of the six month period ending 30 June […]
Sequoia Economic Infrastructure has published its first set of accounts since its initial IPO – covering the period from incorporation on 30 December 2014, through its initial flotation on 3 March 2015 through to the end of March 2016. The company’s NAV rose moderately from 98.0p per ordinary share to 98.2p. Since the IPO and […]
Electra Private Equity has announced that its board has decided to cancel its existing £275m multi-currency revolving credit facility. The trust says that the facility is currently undrawn and therefore no repayment is required as a result of the cancellation. This follows the trust’s announcement, on 26 May 2016, that its board has served its […]
BlackRock Income Strategies says the six months to 31 March proved to be a challenging period for it and its resulting investment performance has been disappointing. The NAV fell by 0.9% over the period under review and the share price fell by 4.8%. Since the period end, the Company’s cum income NAV (with debt at fair value) […]
Vietnam Infrastructure Limited has announced that it is divesting its entire stake in the Vina-CPK Limited Company (“Vina-CPK”). The company is located in Vinh Phuc, Vietnam, and operates industrial park and infrastructure projects with an investment license of up to 49 years which was acquired by VNI in 2009. VNI will dispose of its entire […]
Schroder Real Estate has published results for the year ended 31 March 2016. Over this period the asset value increased to GBP322.6 million or 62.2p per share, from GBP299.2 million or 57.7p. This reflects an NAV increase of 7.8% and a total NAV return, including dividends, of 12.3%. Dividends of GBP12.8 million or 2.48p were paid during the year which, based on […]
Gabelli Value Plus+ has published its first Annual Report to shareholders since it listed on the London Stock Exchange on 19 February 2015. The company delivered a net asset value total return of +3.9% from the starting net asset value level of 99p per share over the year to the end of February 2016. This […]
In the year to 31 March 2016, the NAV of Montanaro UK Smaller Companies (excluding current period revenue) rose by 0.7% to 558.4p in comparison with a gain of 1.4% by the Numis Smaller Companies Index. During the same period, the company’s share price fell by 0.4% to 461.0p reflecting the widening of the discount which […]
JPMorgan Japan Smaller Companies’ undiluted total return on net assets, net of fees and expenses (or portfolio return) for the year ended 31st March 2016, was 13.9%, versus 6.9% for the benchmark. The company’s diluted return on net assets, which assumes that all of the subscription shares in issue were exercised at the rate of […]
Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust has published results for the six months to 30 April 2016. Over the six month period the company’s net asset value per share increased by 0.9% while the comparative index (the S&P Global Smaller Companies Index) increased by 5.6%. The share price rose by 1.2%. Revenue losses per share were 0.35p (six months […]
