Investment Company News

28 Apr 2016

VPC Speciality Lending would consider share buy backs

VPC Speciality Lending declared cumulative dividends of 4.79 pence per ordinary share and 1.07 pence per C share, and generated a total NAV per share return of 5.80% over the period from its incorporation on 12 January 2015, through its launch on 17 March 2015 and ending on 31 December 2015 on its ordinary shares and 1.78% on the […]

28 Apr 2016

Good debut results from Phoenix Spree Deutschland

Phoenix Spree Deutschland has published results that cover the year ended 31 December 2015, incorporating the listing of the company on the LSE in June 2015. The statement says, the year to December 2015 demonstrated continuing operational strength. Growth in both rents and property values continued, enabling EPRA NAV to increase by 10.7% for the […]

28 Apr 2016

Acencia Debt Strategies has difficult year

AcenciA Debt Strategies Ltd, which invests in a highly focused portfolio of multi-strategy credit and event-driven funds, with a focus on distressed debt, has announced its audited results for the year ended 31 December 2015. The Net asset value per share at 31 December 2015 decreased by 6.1% to $1.57 and the share price by 9.2% to […]

28 Apr 2016

International Public Partnerships investing in Gold Coast Light Rail

International Public Partnerships Limited has announced that the GoldLinQ consortium will make a further investment into a 7.3km extension to the Gold Coast Light Rail project in Queensland, Australia. The original A$1.29 billion project delivered by the Queensland Government and GoldLinQ saw the development of a 13km light rail system between Gold Coast University Hospital and Broadbeach. […]

28 Apr 2016

Standard Life Investments Property Income refinances debt facility

Standard Life Investments Property Income Trust has announced that it has entered into an agreement to extend £145m of its existing £155m debt facility with The Royal Bank of Scotland. The debt facility consists of a £110m 7 year term loan and a £35 million 5 year revolving credit facility. The Revolving Credit Facility may, […]

28 Apr 2016

Candover announces partial realisation of Parques Reunidos

Candover Investments has announced the partial realisation of its investment in leisure park operator, Parques Reunidos, which is managed by Arle Capital Partners Limited. The company says that the partial realisation follows the initial public offering of Parques. In the IPO of Parques, Candover will sell 7.7% of its interest in the company for net […]

28 Apr 2016

Witan plans to buy back Aviva’s stake

The Board of Witan Investment Trust announces that it has agreed in principle with Aviva Investors Global Services Limited (“AIGSL”) as agent acting in its capacity as investment manager for and on behalf of Friends Life Limited, to purchase up to Friends Life’s entire holding of 31,636,753 shares (representing 15.8 per cent. of the issued share […]

27 Apr 2016

INPP commits another £5m to new schools programme

International Public Partnerships Limited  has announced that the Amber Consortium, of which INPP is part, has reached financial close on the last of the five privately financed batches of schools being delivered through the Priority Schools Building Programme (PSBP). The project uses an innovative financing model based upon the establishment of a funding vehicle known […]

27 Apr 2016

NextEnergy Solar Fund is moving to quarterly dividend payments

NextEnergy Solar Fund has provided an update for the year ended 31 March 2016, through which it has announced that it is moving to paying quarterly dividends. Going forward, the Company will now pay dividends to shareholders on a quarterly basis, starting from the first quarter of the Company’s current financial year (the year ending […]

27 Apr 2016

Empiric Student Property to forward fund Europa House development in Portsmouth

Empiric Student Property has announced that it has acquired a site, on a 199 year lease, and entered into a forward funding arrangement in relation to a development in Portsmouth, known as Europa House (pictured). The company say that the project comprises a 242 bed redevelopment to create a new premium student accommodation scheme, for […]