Investment Company News

05 Jul 2018

UK Commercial Property REIT swaps Bristol office for Reading

UK Commercial Property REIT swaps Bristol office for Reading – UK Commercial Property REIT has bought the White Building, a multi-let office asset on King’s Road in Reading and sold 1 Rivergate, an office building on Temple Quay in Bristol city centre. The White Building The White Building was acquired from Boultbee Brooks Real Estate […]

05 Jul 2018

Workspace sells Marshgate Business Centre

Workspace sells Marshgate Business Centre – Workspace Group has exchanged contracts for the disposal of a mixed-use redevelopment of Marshgate Business Centre in Stratford, E15. The redevelopment, comprising 200 residential units, has been sold for GBP15m in cash and the return of a new 33,000 sq. ft. business centre. The sale price is in line […]

05 Jul 2018

Empiric Student Property on track to cover dividend in 2019

Empiric Student Property on track to cover dividend in 2019 – Empiric Student Property has published update on trading ahead of the Company’s half year results for the six months ended 30 June 2018 (which will be announced on Tuesday, 21 August 2018). They says that they continue to make good progress on delivering financial and […]

05 Jul 2018

Invesco Income Growth is a new dividend hero

Invesco Income Growth is a new dividend hero – Invesco Income Growth says that its total return on net asset value for the year to 31 March 2018 was -3.9%, compared with an equivalent All-Share Index return of +1.2%. The Income Growth sector has been out of favour with investors, so that discounts in the sector have widened, […]

05 Jul 2018

TwentyFour Income says not enough opportunity to justify expanding the fund

TwentyFour Income says not enough opportunity to justify expanding the fund – TwentyFour Income Fund Limited says that, for the year ended 31 March 2018, its NAV per share rose 10.35% (including dividends). They declared three interim dividends of 1.5p and a final of 2.73p. The share price edged up to 119.5p from 119.25p, finishing […]

04 Jul 2018

Alcentra favouring Europe

Alcentra favouring Europe – Alcentra European Floating Rate Income Fund‘s results for the year ended 31 March 2018 show that it delivered an NAV uplift from 104.14p as at 31 March 2017 to 104.55p as at 31 March 2018. Including dividends, the fund delivered an NAV total return of 5.0% and a share price total return of 0.9%. The company […]

03 Jul 2018

Investment Trust Insider on Hadrian’s Wall Secured Lending

Investment Trust Insider on Hadrian’s Wall Secured Lending James Carthew: Can Hadrian’s Wall take on Funding Circle? Funding Circle SME Income Fund (FCIF)’s premium has taken a bit of a knock after its board indicated that its dividend will be cut later this year. The fund had paid quarterly dividends at a run rate of […]

03 Jul 2018

Middlefield Canadian Income celebrates Enbridge pipeline approval

Middlefield Canadian Income celebrates Enbridge pipeline approval – Middlefield Canadian Income PCC is highlighting a positive update on Enbridge Inc. (TSX: ENB, NYSE: ENB), which is currently the largest portfolio holding (approximately 5% of the fund). On 28 June 2018, Enbridge announced that it was granted approval from the State of Minnesota’s Public Utility Commission for Enbridge’s […]

03 Jul 2018

Phaunos receives cash offer from Stafford Capital Partners

Phaunos receives cash offer from Stafford Capital Partners – Further to the announcement by Stafford Capital Partners (click here to read more) on 5 June 2018 setting out the key financial terms of a possible offer for Phaunos Timber Fund Limited (PTF), Stafford has announced its proposed all-cash offer. Phaunos receives cash offer from Stafford Capital Partners The offer is […]

02 Jul 2018

LondonMetric Property swaps M&S for Lidl

LondonMetric Property swaps M&S for Lidl – LondonMetric Property has sold two M&S convenience stores for GBP10.7 million, reflecting a NIY of 4.5%, and purchased a convenience development in Durham pre-let to Lidl for GBP13.3 million, reflecting a yield on cost of 5.4%. The two M&S stores that have been sold were purchased by LondonMetric […]

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