Investment Company News

29 Feb 2016

Jupiter US Smaller Companies reports slight underperformance

Jupiter US Smaller Companies reports that its NAV per share fell 4.8% in the six month period to 31 December 2015, compared to a drop of 3.3% in the Company’s benchmark, the sterling-adjusted Russell 2000. The worst performing sector in the six month period was energy, falling 41% as oil prices collapsed once again, after […]

29 Feb 2016

Macau Property results reflect weak gambling market

Macau Property Opportunities Fund has published its results for the six month period ended 31 December 2015. MPO’s portfolio value declined 12.3% over the period to US$405.7 million amid the slowdown in Macau’s economy driven by a weak gambling market which affected the property market. The adjusted NAV was US$245.5 million, translating to a per share value of […]

26 Feb 2016

New Star benefits from dollar exposure

Over the second half of 2015 New Star Investment Trust delivered a 2.5% return on net assets which compares favourably to a -0.5% return on the IA Mixed Investment 40-85% Shares sector, a 1.7% return on the MSCI AC World Index and a -3.3% return on the MSCI UK Index. The report says US equities […]

26 Feb 2016

Ottoman handing back 2p per share

Ottoman Fund is to return approximately £2.7m of capital, or 2 pence per share, to shareholders on the register as at 4 March 2016, with the shares expected to trade ex-entitlement on 3 March 2016 and payment expected to be made on 6 April 2016 or as soon as practicable thereafter.  This return of capital represents proceeds […]

26 Feb 2016

Candover results show effects of Expro write down

Candover has published results for the year ended 31 December 2015. Its NAV per share was 243p at 31st December 2015, a 55% decrease over the year. Most of the fall in the NAV is down to a write down in the value of Expro International – this took £43.6m or 199p of the NAV and […]

26 Feb 2016

intu reports rising rental income

intu properties is reporting a 7 per cent increase in both its NAV per share (adjusted, diluted) and its underlying earnings per share from 13.3p to 14.2p and a 4 per cent revaluation surplus taking the value of investment properties to £9.6bn. The total return for the year was 10%. They see like-for-like net rental income in the […]

26 Feb 2016

Allianz Technology outperforms increasingly concentrated benchmark

Allianz Technology Trust says its NAV increased by 10.3% over the year to 30 November 2015, finishing at 675.1p  compared with 612.2p as at 30 November 2014. They outperformed their benchmark index, the Dow Jones World Technology Index, by 3.3% over this period. The market price of the Company’s shares also outperformed the benchmark finishing […]

26 Feb 2016

Small drop in NAV for Riverstone Energy

As of 31 December 2015, Riverstone Energy had a NAV per share of $15.95. This implies a year-on-year decrease of 36 cents per share. However, the strengthening of the U.S. dollar resulted in the Sterling NAV per share increasing by 36 pence when compared with the previous year, from 1047p to 1083p. Part of the decrease […]

26 Feb 2016

Kennedy Wilson Europe had a busy and profitable year

Kennedy Wilson Europe’s results for the year ended 31 December 2015 show its adjusted NAV climbing from 1025.2p to 1174.5p over the year. Adjusted EPS rose sharply from 25.9p to 47.9p as the portfolio became more established and the effects of gearing kicked in. They paid dividends of 35p during the year and have announced […]