Investment Company News

27 May 2016

Standard Life European Private Equity benefits from strong exit environment

Standard Life European Private Equity Trust has announced its interim results for the six-months ended 31 March 2016. During the period, the trust has provided an NAV total return of 11.3%, whilst the NAV per ordinary share rose 10.2% to 310.2p (30 September 2015 – 281.6p). The company says that the increase in NAV included […]

27 May 2016
27 May 2016

JPMorgan Indian provides modest NAV outperformance

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 […]

27 May 2016

K&C REIT completes the purchase of Osprey

K&C REIT has announced that it has completed the purchase of ‘The Osprey Management Company Limited’, from Ms Susan Hards, for an aggregate consideration valued at £1.6m. The company says that Osprey owns a portfolio of freehold interests in what it describes as, “a number of high quality retirement and residential properties in and around […]

27 May 2016

European IT’s managers say market’s focus on stable growth has driven underperformance

The European Investment Trust has announced its interim results for the year ended 31 March 2016. During the period, the trust provided an NAV total return of 2.2%, thereby underperforming FTSE All-World Europe ex UK Index, which returned 6.9% in sterling total return terms. The managers say that, in their view, the underperformance reflects a […]

27 May 2016

GCP infrastructure benefits from revaluations and accretive share issuance

GCP Infrastructure Investments has announced its interim results for the half year ended 31 March 2016. During the period, the company advanced loans totalling £46.4msecured against UK renewable energy, social housing and PFI projects, with a further £11.5 million advanced post period end. The company also made a profit of £21.9m and has paid a […]

27 May 2016

Custodian REIT acquires high bay distribution unit in Tamworth for £4.7m

Custodian REIT has announced that it has acquired a 55k square foot, high bay distribution unit on Relay Park, Tamworth for £4.7m. The unit is let to Schenker Limited (trading as DB Schenker), a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn, on a lease that expires on 27 September 2017. The unit is located at junction 10 of […]

26 May 2016
26 May 2016

UK Mortgages completes its inaugural securitisation

UK Mortgages Limited and its manager, TwentyFour Asset Management LLP, have announced that Malt Hill No.1 Plc (a public securitisation backed by buy-to-let mortgages originated by Coventry Building Society Group) has successfully completed the public sale of £263.3mm of AAA-rated bonds. As previously announced, the securitisation is backed by buy-to-let mortgages originated by Coventry Building […]