Investment Company News

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 […]

08 Mar 2016

A strong start for Apax Global Alpha

Apax Global Alpha has announced its final results to 31 December 2015. These are its first set of results since listing on the London Stock Exchange in June 2015. During the twelve months to 31 December 2015, the adjusted NAV (i.e. NAV excluding performance fee reserves), increased by €110.7m to €923.6m, which the company says […]

07 Mar 2016

Northern Investors sells Control Risks

Northern Investors Company has announced the sale of its investment in Control Risks Group Holdings Limited for £7.3m in cash.  The directors’ valuation of the investment in Control Risks for the purposes of calculating Northern Investors’ unaudited net asset value as at 31 December 2015, which was announced on 17 February 2016, was also £7.3m. […]

07 Mar 2016

HgCapital Trust – NAV growth driven by trading performance, realisations and comparable ratings

Hg Capital Trust has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 December 2015. During the year, it provided NAV and share price total returns of 14.1% and 8.6% respectively, both markedly outperforming the FTSE All-Share, which provided a total return of 1.0%. The manager say that, during the year, the portfolio provided revenue […]

07 Mar 2016

JPM Senior Secured Loan paves way for liquidation, removes credit facility

Following consultations with shareholders JPMorgan Senior Secured Loan’s Board announced last month that it would seek approval to place the Company into voluntary liquidation, affording all Shareholders the opportunity of a full cash exit at net asset value less costs. In late March 2016 the Board will publish a circular which will provide notice of two […]

04 Mar 2016

Hibernia REIT acquires Marine House, Dublin 2, for €26.5m

Hibernia REIT has announced that it has exchanged contracts to acquire Marine House, Dublin 2, for €26.5m. Marine House is a 1970s office building totalling 41,000 sq. ft. arranged over six floors above a double basement with 81 underground car parking spaces. The purchase price equates to a capital value of €640 per sq. ft. […]

04 Mar 2016

Capital & Regional announces big hike in dividend

Capital & Regional has announced its full year results to 30 December 2015 together with the £10.5m acquisition of a further property in Hemel Hempstead and the selection of Barratt London as the preferred development partner for the proposed extension of The Mall, Walthamstow to provide 92,000 sq ft of new retail space and over […]

04 Mar 2016

A good year for Athelney Trust

Athelney Trust has announced results for the year ended 31 December 2015. The NAV total return was 10.4 per cent (31 December 2014: 6.5 per cent) while the UK market fell by 3.8 per cent. The revenue return per ordinary share was 9.3p (31 December 2014: 7.8p) and, on the back of this, they have announced a […]