Investment Company News

16 Oct 2015

AEW UK REIT adds two properties

AEW UK REIT is spending £8.79m on two acquisitions: Barnstaple Retail Park was acquired for £6.79m reflecting a net initial yield and reversionary yield of 8.5%. It comprises a fully let retail warehouse scheme, extending to 50,950 sq ft. The Park is anchored by a 35,690 sq ft B&Q and includes a 9,605 sq ft […]

16 Oct 2015

JPMorgan Smaller Companies’ results ahead of benchmark

JPMorgan Smaller Companies has announced results for the year ended 31 July 2015. Over that period the total return on net assets was 13.4%, which compares with 10.5% for the benchmark index (the FTSE Small Cap Index excluding investment trusts). The return to Ordinary shareholders was 14.6% reflecting a slight narrowing of the share price discount […]

16 Oct 2015

BlueCrest BlueTrend proposes wind up

BlueCrest BlueTrend has announced that, following completion of the tender offer made in June 2014 by BlueCrest BlueTrend Limited (the “Company”), the Directors have continued to monitor the Company’s size against the provision in the Company’s articles of incorporation that requires a continuation vote to be put to shareholders if the average net asset value […]

15 Oct 2015

Alpha Pyrenees extends its borrowing facilities until April 2016

Alpha Pyrenees has announced a new extension of its loan facilities with Barclays Bank PLC to 15 April 2016. The maturity date for its borrowings (€257.8m) was 15 October 2015. The company says that current interest rates will continue to apply to the facilities during the new extension period. Arrangement fees (charged at 2% per […]

15 Oct 2015

VinaLand sells NPV project

On 14 October VinaLand announced it had sold its NPV project in Danang. The Project is a future development site and was acquired by VinaLand in 2007 for development into a dual purpose commercial and residential project.  The divestment of this project is consistent with the Company’s strategy to divest selected assets by the end […]

15 Oct 2015

Dexion Absolute avoids triggering a wind up

Back in July 2015, Dexion Absolute announced that, if any class of its then share classes (Sterling, Euro and US Dollar) traded at an average 5% discount or wider for the three months from 1 July 2015 to 30 September 2015 or from 1 January 2016 to 31 March 2016, the board would put forward […]

15 Oct 2015

Qatar Investment Fund proposes 14% tender offer

The Qatar Investment Fund has announced a proposed tender offer to purchase up to 14% of the company’s issued share capital. The tender price will be a 1% discount to the Formula Asset Value on the 2 December 2015 with the results of the tender offer announced on 7 December 2015. The board says that […]

12 Oct 2015

GLI Finance lends £5m to Verus 360

GLI Finance is backing a company, Verus 360, established by Bibby, which offers small and medium sized companies borrowing facilities. The initial focus of Verus360 is to support businesses with annual revenue of between £200,000 and £8 million by offering facilities up to £250,000. GLI Finance is supporting the business with a £5m convertible loan. This has […]

12 Oct 2015

Fee cut for JPMorgan Global Emerging Income

JPMorgan Global Emerging Markets Income, in a refreshingly direct way, reports that its last financial year (to end July 2015) has been tough, particularly in the second half. The Company recorded a total return on net assets of -7.8%. This compares with a return on the benchmark index, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index with net dividends reinvested (in […]

09 Oct 2015

Renewable Energy Generation gets bid from management for trading subsidiaries

The Board of Renewable Energy Generation Limited announces that it has received a non-binding approach for its trading subsidiaries. The assets would be acquired by a new company formed by the company’s executive management team. The Offer, which is subject to due diligence, would generate an estimated net cash distribution of around 60p per share representing […]