Investment Company News

22 Feb 2016

M&G High Income to offer rollover options next year

M&G High Income says, on a net asset value basis, each Package Unit  delivered a negative total return of 3.6% over the  six months to 30 November 2015. This was above the  returns of the FTSE 350 Higher Yield Index and the FTSE All-Share Index, which were a negative 9.4% and  6.4% respectively over the same period. Over the six months […]

22 Feb 2016

Brunner matches benchmark in 2015

Brunner says that over the course of 2015, on a total return basis, its NAV increased by 1.7%, slightly underperforming its benchmark which returned 1.8%. The total dividend payment for 2015 was 15.3p, an increase of 2.0% on last year. There was no report from the managers in the announcement but, looking at the full annual […]

22 Feb 2016

SQN on target as it prepares to deploy C share cash

SQN Asset Finance Income paid dividends totalling 6.26p during the second half of 2015 while its NAV edged off a little, falling from 99.93p to 99.84p. The share price rose by a quarter of a penny to 108p. the weighted average yield of the portfolio remains above 9.5% and the average term of their leases […]

20 Feb 2016

JPMorgan Senior Loans to wind up

The Board of JPMorgan Senior Secured Loan has considered the future prospects of the Company, particularly in light of the commitment under its Articles of Incorporation to make a redemption offer for 50 per cent. of its shares, triggered by the Company’s shares trading at an average discount in excess of five per cent during […]

19 Feb 2016

A strong year for SEGRO sees NAV growth of 21%

SEGRO has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 December 2015. The company describes the year as one of strong operating and portfolio performance and they say the results reflect the active management of their assets, positive market dynamics and the strategic repositioning of the company’s portfolio, which is now almost exclusively focused […]

18 Feb 2016

Strategic Equity Capital hurt by Tribal holding

Strategic Equity Capital’s interim figures, covering the six months ended 31 December 2015, show the NAV per share and the NAV total return per share decreased by 2.3% and 2.0% respectively. The Chairman’s statement says that aside from the exceptionally disappointing returns from one investment, Tribal Group, the vast majority of the remaining portfolio performed […]

18 Feb 2016

Disappointing period for Sanditon

Sanditon Investment Trust says the second half of 2015 was a disappointing period for the fund with the net asset value closing at 99.3p which, after including the 0.45p maiden dividend paid to shareholders in December, amounted to a loss of 3.25% over the period. The share price closed the year at 107.4p, up 0.8% […]

18 Feb 2016

SEGRO announces 10 year Big Box partnership with Roxhill

SEGRO has announced that it has entered into an exclusive partnership with Roxhill to potentially develop more than 10 million square feet of big box logistics warehousing, over 10 years, in the South East and Midlands. This will allow SEGRO to add significant scale to its UK big box logistics portfolio. SEGRO says that Roxhill is […]

17 Feb 2016

Redefine International raises £115m through a placing

Redefine International has announced the completion of the Placing, which has raised gross proceeds of approximately £115m (net proceeds approximately £109m). A total of 270,588,236 new Ordinary Shares are being issued under the placing. These shares, in aggregate, represent approximately 15.32% of the company’s issued ordinary share capital immediately following admission of the shares. The […]