Investment Company News

27 May 2016

Chenavari Capital Solutions announces new primary investment

Chenavari Capital Solutions has announced that it has re-invested approximately £3.5m in a repeat transaction replacing an exposure that recently matured in its portfolio. The transaction is a first loss exposure to SME and corporate loans extended by a large Swiss bank. The company says that this loan portfolio is “very granular” with over 1,500 […]

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 […]

26 May 2016

Widening discount hits Toro’s returns

Toro has published its first set of accounts. The company’s shares were admitted for trading on the 8 May 2015. The share price was 83 cents as of 31 March 2016, trading then at a discount to NAV of 13.82%. Over the period the company generated a loss of EUR4.5 million or a loss of 1.23 […]

26 May 2016