Investment Company News

18 May 2016

TwentyFour Select Monthly hit by challenging market conditions

Over the six months ended 31 March 2016, TwentyFour Select Monthly Income’s net asset value fell from 92.59p to 85.97p and the share price fell from 96.625p to 88.75p. The dividend was maintained at 0.5p per month. The Chairman says challenging market conditions resulted in a period of high price volatility for the Company’s portfolio […]

18 May 2016

Blue Capital Global Reinsurance secures new credit facility

Blue Capital Global Reinsurance Fund has announced that it has entered into a credit facility with Endurance Investments Holdings Ltd.(a wholly-owned subsidiary of Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. , which holds indirectly 25.1% of the Company’s issued ordinary shares and is the ultimate parent company of the Company’s investment manager). The Credit Facility provides the Company […]

18 May 2016

Assura has £134m investment pipeline

Assura has announced its preliminary results for the year ended 31 March 2016. It saw a 3.9% growth in diluted EPRA NAV per share to 45.8 pence. Profit before tax fell to GBP28.8 million from GBP36.6 million after GBP34.1 million debt early repayment costs. The enlarged property portfolio delivered a Total Property Return of 8.9%. Assura raised […]

18 May 2016

Eastern European Property hit by discount widening

Eastern European Property has just published results for the year ended 31 December 2015. Eastern European Property’s consolidated net asset value (“NAV”) at 31 December 2015 was GBP15.8 million, equivalent to 101.46p per Ordinary Share (2014: GBP16.4 million; 105.36p per Ordinary Share). The Company’s share price decreased by 14.375p during the year to 50.75p at 31 December 2015, with the discount […]

18 May 2016

Land Securities reports 10% NAV growth

Land Securities has announced results for the year ended 31 March 2016. Over that period its NAV rose by 10.3% to 1482p and its adjusted, diluted NAV rose by 10.9% to 1434p. Revenue profit rose by 10% to £362.1m and this pushed adjusted, diluted EPS up 10.1% to 45.7p. From this they declared dividends totalling […]

18 May 2016

River & Mercantile UK Micro Cap boosted by takeovers

River & Mercantile UK Micro Cap’s NAV return for the six months ended 31 March 2016 was 8.3%, well ahead of the benchmark’s return of +0.9%. The manager’s report analyses the largest contributions to the fund’s performance over the period. The largest positive contributions came from KBC Advanced Technologies, IS Solutions, Trakm8, Blue Prism and Sigma Capital. […]

17 May 2016

Invesco Perpetual Enhanced sees income drive returns

Invesco Perpetual Enhanced Income has announced its interim results for the Six Months to 31 March 2016. During the period, which the managers describe as a volatile period for high yield bond markets, the company provided an NAV total return of 3.8% and a share price total return of 4.7% (the share price premium to […]

17 May 2016

Empiric Student Property signs nomination agreement for Maritime Studios in Falmouth

Empiric Student Property has announced that it has entered into a nomination agreement with Falmouth Exeter Plus, which delivers all shared services, including accommodation, to the students of Penryn Campus, in respect of the Group’s existing 137 bed operating property in Falmouth, Maritime Studios (pictured). The duration of the Nomination Agreement is for three years […]

17 May 2016

Raven Russia announced a minimum £105.5m fundraising

Raven Russia has announced proposals for a fundraising, for a minimum of £105.5m, by way of a placing of new convertible redeemable preference shares. The company says that it has secured firm commitments from existing institutional investors and the EBT to subscribe for an aggregate amount of approximately £105.5m convertible preference shares and is in […]

17 May 2016

BlackRock Frontiers benefits from sterling weakness

BlackRock Frontiers, managed by Sam Vecht (pictured) and Emily Fletcher, has announced its interim report for the six months ended 31 March 2016. During the period, the trust provided an NAV total return of -0.1% and share price total return of 0.1%, thereby outperforming the MSCI Frontier markets index which returned -2.2% but underperforming the MSCI […]