Reconstruction Capital II has announced that it is selling its 25.4% fully-diluted interest in Albalact SA, a publicly quoted Romanian dairy company, to Lactalis. Lactalis is a dairy manufacturing world-leader company owning many successful international brands such as “President”, “Parmalat”, and “Galbani”. The Lactalis group now employs 75,000 people, and owns more than 200 plants, located in […]
Shaftesbury PLC, the West End-focused Real Estate Investment Trust, announces that Westminster City Council’s Planning Committee yesterday evening resolved to grant consent for the Group’s application to reconfigure and extend 57 Broadwick Street, Carnaby, a prominent building at the eastern gateway to Carnaby. Their scheme for the building, which was acquired in March 2014, provides […]
Ediston Property Investment Company, which listed on 28 October 2014, raising initial gross proceeds of £95m has announced its first set of full year results for the year ended 30 September 2015. During the period, the total return on the company’s EPRA NAV was 13.7% whilst its share price total return was 14.3%. Its NAV […]
Tritax Big Box REIT has announced that it is targeting a fundraising of £100m through a placing, open offer and offer for subscription, of new ordinary shares. Tritax says that it expects to use the net proceeds of the issue to acquire further investments. The issue price of 124p per ordinary share represents a discount of […]
Carador Income Fund has provided an update on its dividend strategy and outlook for 2016. The company says that, on the basis of current market conditions and the construction of the Company’s portfolio, the Directors anticipate that for 2016 the Company will achieve a target annual dividend of $0.090 per U.S. Dollar Share (distributed evenly […]
Green REIT has announced that it has signed leases with Fidelity International at George’s Quay, Dublin 2 (pictured). Fidelity International will take tenancy in February 2016 of 26,500 square feet in the former offices of Royal Bank of Canada, who have relocated to Georges Quay Plaza, a nearby office block also owned by Green REIT. […]
Aberforth Smaller Companies has published its results for the year ended 31 December 2015 (pretty fast!), over 2015 the net asset value total return was 10.2%, more or less matching the 10.6% return posted by the Numis Smaller Companies (excluding investment companies) Index that the fund uses as its benchmark. The share price return was […]
Better Capital’s 2012 pool has increased its investment in CAV Aerospace. They say CAV, working with its key stakeholders, has been able to take steps to release a significant amount of previously tied-up working capital and to make important operational changes which should lead to improved performance. In order to achieve the above, the General Partner […]
FastForward continues to build its portfolio, announcing today a $1m purchase of a 9.1% stake in Vested Finance Inc., an education technology provider trading under the brand “Schoold”. Vested Finance is the developer and owner of the “Schoold” mobile technology application, a big-data driven College & career counsellor App focused on higher education and career options […]
Advance Developing Markets has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 October 2015. During the year, the Company’s NAV declined by 8.1% compared thereby outperforming its MSCI Emerging Markets Index benchmark, which fell 11.4%. The share price fell by 9.5%, which reflects a modest widening in the discount. The average discount during the […]
