Investment Company News

24 Mar 2016

JPMorgan American suffers from lack of FANG exposure

JPMorgan American has published results for the year ended 31 December 2015. In 2015, the US equity market, as measured by the S&P 500 total return Index in sterling terms, provided a return of 6.9%. In local currency terms, the market was more or less flat, and the gain to investors arose largely from the […]

24 Mar 2016

JPMorgan Smaller Companies invests in resurgent UK consumer

JPMorgan Smaller Companies’ interim results covering the six months ended 31 January 2016 show a  total return on net assets before dilution was -3.6% (-2.9% after dilution), which compares with -5.9% for the benchmark index. The return to ordinary shareholders was +0.6%. The manager says the outperformance of the fund over the period was due mainly […]

23 Mar 2016

BH Macro NAV slips as ECB bet fails to pay off

BH Macro reports a marginal fall in its Sterling NAV over the year ended 31 December 2015 of just under 1% (0.86%). The statement says stronger performance in the first quarter reflected the more active market conditions prevailing at the start of the year: NAV gains were made from the ECB’s move to quantitative easing while avoiding losses […]

23 Mar 2016

BH Global reports fall in NAV

Over the twelve months to 31 December 2015, the Net Asset Value both classes of the shares of BH Global Limited declined modestly over a calendar year for the first time since the company was launched in May 2008. The US Dollar is the functional currency of the company and the NAV per share of the US […]

23 Mar 2016

Alternative Liquidity planning first distribution

Alternative Liquidity Fund has published its first set of figures – interims covering the period from incorporation to the end of December 21015. The company’s NAV has declined and is approximately down 13% since it was listed, with 90% of that decline due to currency mark to market. Assets fell from US$143.7m to $124.5m. Since listing the […]

23 Mar 2016

Highcroft reports 11% NAV uplift

Highcroft Investments reports for the year ended 31 December 2015 its net asset value per share was up 11% to 1026p and its total property income distribution was up 8% to 38.8p per share. Gross property rental income rose 12% to £3,435,000. This growth includes the effect of a full year’s income from the Ash Vale […]

22 Mar 2016

Baillie Gifford Japan reports flat NAV

In the six months to 29 February 2016, The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust’s net asset value per share (after deducting borrowings at fair value) increased by 0.1% compared to a 1.0% increase in the TOPIX total return (in sterling terms). In yen terms though the TOPIX was weak, falling around 15% whilst the yen gained […]

22 Mar 2016

Woodford Patient Capital suspends fund raising

Woodford Patient Capital has published its first set of results covering the period from incorporation through its launch in April last year and finishing on 31 December 2015. The net asset value of Woodford Patient Capital Trust ended the period at 97.38p per share (cum income), slightly below the issue price of 100p per share. […]

22 Mar 2016

SVG Capital makes 9% in 2015 on strong exits

SVG Capital has announced its results for the year ended 31 December 2015. Net assets per share increased by 11% over the 12 months to 654p with the performance driven by a 9% total return on the investment portfolio and further augmented by accretive share buybacks and tenders. 2015 was a good year for exits […]