Investment Company News

26 Nov 2015

Worldwide Healthcare hit by sector sell off

Worldwide Healthcare has published interim results covering the six months to the end of September 2015. Over this period the pharmaceutical and biotech sectors experienced a sell off as US politicians waded into price gouging allegations at some forms. Worldwide Healthcare’s benchmark index (MSCI World Health Care Index) fell by 9.7%. the total return on net […]

25 Nov 2015

Japan Residential received new approach at 73.5p

Japan Residential Investment Company (JRIC) has announced today that, following the announcement, on 13 November 2015, that Nikko III Pte. Ltd. and JRIC had reached agreement on the terms of a recommended cash offer by Nikko III Pte, for the entire issued and to be issued share capital of JRIC (at 72p in cash per […]

25 Nov 2015

Greencoat UK Wind raises £50m through institutional placing

Greencoat UK Wind has announced that its placing, by way of tap issuance to institutional investors, has raised Gross Placing Proceeds of £50m. As a result 46,115,906 new ordinary shares are to be issued at a price of 107.5p per share taking the total number of shares in issue to 507,967,051. The new shares are […]

25 Nov 2015

Primary Health Properties to fund Swindon medical centre

Primary Health Properties has announced that it has contracted to fund and acquire a purpose built medical centre to be developed in Swindon Town centre. The net consideration for the property will be £10.0m. The property comprises of circa 2,500m2 to be fully let to NHS Property Services Limited for a 20 year term from […]

25 Nov 2015

Pantheon International drops the participations

Pantheon International Participations Plc has announced that it has changed its registered name to Pantheon International Plc. The Company’s tickers for its Ordinary and Redeemable shares remain the same. PIN for the ordinary shares and PINR for the redeemable shares. Pantheon International drops the participations : PIN and PINR  

25 Nov 2015

TR Property revenues bolstered by lower refinancing costs

TR Property Trust, managed by Marcus Phayre-Mudge (pictured), has announced its interim results for the half year ended 30 September 2015. During the period, the company’s NAV rose by 0.6% on a total return basis, ahead of the company’s benchmark , which fell 2.0%, whilst the share price fell by 4.1% and the discount to NAV increased […]

25 Nov 2015

Better Capital’s 2012 Cell posts 22.1% NAV decline during half-year

Better Capital PCC has announced its interim results for the six-months ended 30 September 2015 for both the 2009 Cell and the 2012 Cell. During the period the NAV for the 2009 Cell has increased by 0.7% to £264.2m whilst the NAV for the 2012 cell has fallen by 22.1% to £263.3m. The decline in […]

24 Nov 2015

BACIT backed Woodford fund

BACIT Limited has announced interim results for the six months ended 30 September 2015. The return on net assets for the period was -3.28% which compares to -7.19% for the FTSE All-Share Index and -6.78% for the HFRI Fund of Funds Strategic Index. Looking at the portfolio: Equity Funds (24.9% at 30 September 2015 vs. […]

24 Nov 2015

Chenavari Capital Solutions seeks to extend investment period

Chenavari Capital Solutions has announced that it intends to seek shareholder approval for the extension of its investment period for up to 12 months to 31 December 2016 at an EGM scheduled for the 18 December 2015. In the Company’s prospectus, published in connection with its IPO, the Company stated that, following 31 December 2015, […]

24 Nov 2015

Management fee cut for MedicX

The Board of MedicX Fund Limited has agreed to give Octopus Healthcare Adviser an extension to its notice period in exchange for a cut in fees. The announcement says the alteration to the fee structure, which applies to any fees payable on or after 1 October 2015, is designed to enhance shareholder value as the portfolio of […]