Investment Company News

18 Apr 2016
International Biotech making 15x its money on Convergence

International Biotechnology Trust held back by Chimerix

During the six months to 29 February 2016, International Biotechnology’s NAV fell by 17.7% from 585.1p to 481.7p. Over the same period, the share price fell by 22.9% from 551.5p to 425.0p. This compares with a decline in the NASDAQ Biotechnology Index (NBI) of 18.0% and a fall in the FTSE All-Share Index of 1.2%. The discount closed […]

18 Apr 2016

Aberdeen Latin American Income reports small underperformance

Aberdeen Latin American Income says, in the six month period ended 29 February 2016, the NAV total return (capital return plus dividends reinvested) in sterling terms fell by 0.2% which underperformed the composite benchmark’s total return of 0.9% for the same period. The shares delivered a share price total return of -6.2% for the six months. They […]

18 Apr 2016

Custodian buys retail property in Chester

Custodian REIT has acquired a high street retail unit in Chester, let to TSB Limited and Ciel (Concessions) Limited (trading as Chesca).  The property is located in the city centre on the pedestrianised Eastgate Street near Cath Kidston, Jack Wills, Kuoni Travel, H Samuel, Fat Face and Jaeger. The tenants’ leases expire between September 2019 […]

18 Apr 2016

Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller posts decent outperformance

Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller Companies says, for the year ended 31 January 2016 the net asset value rose by 10.9%, on a total return basis, an outperformance of 7.1% versus the benchmark index of the Company, the Numis Smaller Companies Index (excluding Investment Companies), which returned a lesser 3.8%. When compared to the wider UK stock […]

18 Apr 2016

Henderson International Income gets 61% of Global’s assets

In accordance with the proposals for the reconstruction, voluntary winding-up and rollover of Henderson Global Trust into Henderson International Income Trust and/or The Bankers Investment Trust, Henderson Global’s Board has announced that the special resolutions put forward at the Ordinary Share Class Meeting and the First General Meeting, both held on Friday 15 April, have been approved by […]

18 Apr 2016

Middlefield Canadian’s foray into US pays off

Middlefield Canadian has just published its results for 2015. In 2015, the Fund outperformed the S&P/TSX Composite High Dividend Index by over 12%, with a total return (in GBP) of -11.8% versus the benchmark total return of -24.1% (in GBP) over the same period. Having got permission to increase the fund’s exposure to the US, […]

15 Apr 2016

GCP Student Living to forward fund new ‘Royal Holloway’ residence

GCP Student Living has announced that it has entered into a conditional forward purchase agreement to acquire, what it describes as, a high specification, purpose-built, private student accommodation residence adjacent to Royal Holloway, University of London. The property is expected to be completed for the 2017/18 academic year providing approximately 170 beds. The purchase price […]

15 Apr 2016

ICG Enterprise performance driven by realisations and profit growth

ICG Enterprise Trust, formerly Graphite Enterprise Trust, has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 January 2016. During the year, the trust’s NAV per share increased by 8.2% to 731p, whilst its share price fell by 1.9% reflecting a widening of the discount during the period. This compares against a 4.6% fall in […]

14 Apr 2016

Oakley Capital NAV increase offset by short-term impact of fund raising

Oakley Capital Investments Limited (OCL) has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 December 2015. During the second half of the year, the company’s NAV per share increased by 9.9% to £2.00 (30 June 2015: £1.82) but the company says that this fair value increase was countered by the expected short-term dilutive impact […]

14 Apr 2016

Greencoat UK Wind announces proposals for a share issuance programme

Greencoat UK Wind has announced proposals to launch a programme to issue up to 300m new shares. The company says that the proceeds of the programme will be used,” to pay down the company’s revolving facility agreement enabling the company to pursue further attractive investment opportunities”. and that it plans to issue the shares, over the next […]