Investment Company News

09 Mar 2016

Atlantis Japan shakes up manager line-up

Following a review of the management of Atlantis Japan Growth’s portfolio, the Board, the Company’s investment manager, Tiburon Partners LLP, and its investment adviser, Atlantis Investment Research Corporation, have agreed a number of changes which the Board believes will enhance investment performance and improve communication with existing and potential new investors.  In particular: Ed Merner […]

09 Mar 2016

Pantheon let down by discount widening

Pantheon International’s NAV per share rose by 8.2% over the course of 2015, outperforming the FTSE All-Share, which fell by 2.0%, and the MSCI World, which rose by 3.3%. However, they say share price performance was disappointing (-4.1%) as it was impacted by a sector-wide increase in discounts which have been driven by uncertainty in financial […]

09 Mar 2016

EP Global posts 2.9% return for 2015

EP Global Opportunities returned 2.9% on net assets over the course of 2015. The Company has no official benchmark, this was ahead of the total return for the FTSE All-Share Index of 1.0%, but slightly behind the total return from the FTSE All-World Index of 4.0%. They plan to pay a dividend of 3.1p at […]

09 Mar 2016

New City High Yield NAV return flat in H2 2015

CQS New City High Yield’s net asset value fell by 3.0% to 56.9 pence per share during the six months ended 31 December 2015.  Adjusted for the payment of dividends totalling 1.94 pence per share for the period the net asset value total return was essentially flat at -0.1%. The share price total return for the same […]

09 Mar 2016

Princess Private Equity returns 17% in 2015

Princess Private Equity’s results for 2015 show the fund delivering a return on net assets of 17.5%. The dividend was €0.54 (a 5.7% yield on NAV at 31 December 2015 / 6.9% yield on the shares). The Board say they plan to continue to pay a dividend of 5% to 8% per annum of the NAV. The […]

09 Mar 2016

BlackRock Latin matches benchmark, no tender planned

BlackRock Latin American’s results for the year ended 31 December 2015 show a 30.9% fall in net assets on a total return basis in dollars (-27.0% in Sterling) and a -30.6% return to shareholders in dollars which translates as -26.6% in Sterling. These returns are pretty much in line with the fund’s benchmark which returned -30.8% […]

08 Mar 2016

DW Catalyst broadening its portfolio

DW Catalyst Fund is proposing to reinvest part of its existing portfolio from the DW Catalyst Offshore Fund into the DW Value Offshore Fund, with the potential also to invest a portion of the Company’s assets in other strategies pursued by DW Partners, LP, the Company’s investment manager. DW Value invests across the spectrum of […]

08 Mar 2016

Custodian REIT acquires St. Catherine’s Leisure Park in Perth for £4.5m

Custodian REIT has announced that it has acquired St. Catherine’s Leisure Park in Perth (pictured), which comprises three units let to Bannatyne Fitness Limited, Scotco (Eastern) Limited (trading as KFC) and The Restaurant Group (UK) Limited (trading as Frankie and Benny’s). The 34,121 square foot park is within walking distance of the town centre and […]

08 Mar 2016

Longbow sees student loan repaid

ICG Longbow Senior Secured UK Property Debt Investments says the borrower under the Company’s Mansion loan has now completed the disposal of the two student accommodation properties which provided security for the Company’s loan. As a result of this disposal the £18.07m loan has been repaid in full, together with exit and prepayment fees of […]