Lindsell Train has announced results for the year ended 31 March 2016. In a year when the company’s net asset value total return per share increased by 11.9%, the share price (adjusted to include dividends) was up by 35.6%. This resulted in a significant increase in the share price premium to NAV, up from 5.9% […]
Oakley Capital Investments Limited has announced the successful completion of the Initial Public Offering of Time Out Group plc raising GBP90 million (gross). Oakley Capital Private Equity LP invested in Time Out to support the transformation from traditional print based media such as magazines and guidebooks to digital and mobile platforms. Since OCPE’s initial investment, Time […]
JPMorgan Asian says that, over the six months ended 31st March 2016, the company’s return on net assets was 9.0% and the return to shareholders 8.3%, reflecting a widening of the discount over the period. The company underperformed its benchmark, the MSCI Asia ex Japan Index, which returned 11.4%. The managers’ report says JPMorgan Asian’s […]
Global Fixed Income Realisation says Chris Hawkins has informed the Directors of the Company that he has tendered his resignation from Gottex Asset Management (UK) Ltd, the company’s investment advisor. Amy Lai, who heads up Gottex’s illiquid investments team, will take over as portfolio manager. Amy is based in New York and has considerable experience […]
JPMorgan Russian has announced interim results covering the six months ended 30 April 2016. The company’s net asset value on a total return basis was a positive 17.3% and the company’s return to shareholders on a total return basis was positive 16.9% over the period. The Company’s discount to net asset value experienced little change […]
The Establishment Investment Trust has published results for the year ended 31 March 2016. Measured by total return, the Net Asset Value (NAV) fell by 4.5% while the share price declined by 10.9% for the financial year to 31st March 2016. For comparative purposes, the FTSE WMA Stock Market Balanced Index declined 0.5%, the FTSE100 […]
Seneca Global Income & Growth Trust generated a net asset value total return for the year ended 30 April 2016, of +0.8% which was less than the benchmark return of +3.7%, being 3-month LIBOR plus 3%. Nevertheless, SIGT’s NAV performance over the year compared well with its AIC sector and most of the comparator indices, whose returns […]
Polo Resources Limited has announced that its subsidiary Polo Investments Limited has given notice of its intention to exercise its right to purchase a further 49 per cent of Perfectus Management Ltd for A$3.0 million to be satisfied by the issue of 9,832,358 new ordinary shares in Polo at the price agreed in 2014 of 15p per […]
Sirius Real Estate has announced proposals for a private placing to raise up to €20m, which they say is to be used for further acquisitions. The company has also announced that it is refinancing an existing credit facility and is proposing a secondary placement of up to 27m shares. The Private Placement is conditional upon […]
Schroder AsiaPacific Fund has published its Half Year Report for the period ended 31 March 2016 The company’s net asset value produced a total return of 11.0% and the share price produced a total return of 12.1% during the six month period to 31 March 2016, compared with a total return of 11.4% for the MSCI […]
