John Laing Infrastructure has announced that, following the satisfaction of certain conditions agreed between the parties, it has completed the acquisition of a 95% interest in the Oldham Social Housing PPP project. The project, located in the UK, has been fully operational since January 2015 and benefits from an availability-based payment mechanism. The acquisition was […]
Alliance Trust has made an announcement in response to the press speculation over the weekend. They say, as communicated to shareholders in October of last year and more recently at the time of the publication of the annual results in March this year, a number of significant changes to Alliance Trust have been implemented in […]
The Board of AEW UK REIT has announced the acquisition of two mixed use assets in Nottingham and Blackpool for a total of GBP13.2m, net of acquisition costs. With these two acquisitions the Company has now fully invested its equity capital and is geared to 20% of Gross Asset Value, in line with its investment […]
Scottish Investment Trust has announced results for the six months ended 30 April 2016. Over that period the net asset value per share total return was 4.0% (with borrowings at market value). The share price total return was 4.4%. The company does not have a formal benchmark but, by way of reference, over the review period the […]
The Board of Empiric Student Property has announced that the Group has acquired the freeholds of three operational, direct-let, premium student accommodation properties in Leicester, comprising a total of 106 beds, for a consideration of GBP8.8 million (excluding acquisition costs). Bede Park (completed in 2012) is a conversion of a 1900s two storey industrial unit, with […]
Harbourvest Global Private Equity has announced results for the year ended 31 January 2016. After reaching an all-time high in May 2015, the total return of the MSCI All Country World Index was negative at -6.3% for the twelve months. In contrast the net asset value per HVPE share increased by 5.6% (in US dollar terms). […]
At an EGM on 21 June, Altin’s shareholders will be asked to approve a reduction of ALTIN AG’s share capital from CHF 58’645’002 (divided into 3’449’706 registered shares with a nominal value of CHF 17 each) by CHF 58’541’510.82 to CHF 103’491.18 through the reduction of the nominal value per share, CHF 17, by CHF 16.97 […]
Ottoman Fund has made the following statement today: “The Company announces that trading in the Company’s ordinary shares on AIM will be suspended with immediate effect pending publication of the Company’s half-yearly report for the six months ended 29 February 2016. The board remains in negotiations seeking to recover shareholder funds that have been embezzled […]
Shires Income, managed by Ed Beal (pictured), has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 March 2016. During the year, the trust’s NAV fell by 7.0% on a total return basis, thereby underperforming its FTSE All-Share Index benchmark, which lost 3.9%. The company says that its NAV underperformance was due principally to stock […]
JPMorgan Indian Investment Trust has announced its interim results for the six-months ended 31 March 2016. During the period, the company provided an NAV total return of 2.2%, ahead of its MSCI India Index benchmark, which returned 1.8%. The share price total return was 0.6%, which reflects a widening of the discount over the six […]
