Investment Company News

06 Oct 2015

Drum makes first investments

Drum Income Plus REIT has announced three acquisitions, for a total consideration of £19.7m. These are the Company’s first acquisitions since it was listed on the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and admitted to trading on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange on 29 May 2015, raising gross proceeds of £31.9m. The Company […]

06 Oct 2015

Cambium Global Timberland to focus on harvesting

Cambium Global Timberland is supposed to be selling off its assets and winding itself up but that process is proving hard to achieve. The Board now say: “Global reduction in demand for wood supplies has led to lower wood prices and presented challenges. In preparing the Company’s assets for sale the Board has discovered complications […]

05 Oct 2015

INPP makes first US investment

International Public Partnerships Limited has announced its first investment in the US.  The Company has invested approximately US$48m (£32m) into a series of fully yielding mezzanine debt instruments with a remaining average life of 37 years. The mezzanine debt is being acquired by the Company from the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac”) and […]

05 Oct 2015

European Real Estate sells Kaiserslautern property

The Board of European Real Estate Investment Trust has announced that, following the extension of the ground lease interest to a 99 year fixed term, the sale of the retail property located in Kaiserslautern, Germany has been notarised at a price of EUR24.0 million. The sale price of EUR24.0 million represents a 12% premium to […]

02 Oct 2015

Tritax Big Box REIT Secures new £500m debt facility

Tritax Big Box REIT has announced that it has agreed a £500m secured debt facility, with a syndicate of four lenders, for five years. The facility comprises a £320m term loan which the company says will be drawn in full immediately, a further £80m term loan available to draw up until the first anniversary of […]

02 Oct 2015

The Investment Company hit by holding in Gable Group

The Investment Company’s annual report for the year ended 30 June says the NAV of the Company fell slightly from 394.41p to 389.34p, a reduction of 1.3%. The return to shareholders, including the dividends paid during the year, totalled 16.9p. The FTSE All-Share Index generated a total return of 2.6% over the twelve months to […]

02 Oct 2015

Target Healthcare REIT matching dividend growth to inflation

Target Healthcare REIT reports 3.4% growth in its EPRA NAV for the year to the end of June 2015. EPRA earnings per share were 5.7p, 36% higher than the previous year. The dividend for the year is 6.12p – an increase of 2%. This works out at an NAV total return of 10.3% which is […]

02 Oct 2015

Schroder Japan benefits from stock selection and gearing

Schroder Japan Growth had a great year for the twelve months ended 31 July 2015, generating a total return on net assets of 24% while its benchmark delivered a return of 17.7%. The Directors have declared a final dividend of 2.00p per share for the year, an increase of 11.1% over the 1.80p per share […]

01 Oct 2015

Pantheon benefits from uptick in distributions

Pantheon International Participations reports a 12% increase in NAV per share for the year to the end of June 2015 which compares favourably to a 3% return on the FTSE All-Share Index and an 11% return on the MSCI World Index. The ordinary share discount widened slightly from 16% to 17% but the discount on the redeemable shares […]