Over the six months ended 31 July 2015, Mercantile managed to generate a return on net assets of 15.0%, 3.9% more than the 11.1% return posted by the FTSE All-Share ex FTSE100 and Investment Companies Index that the fund uses as a benchmark. the return to shareholders was 15.6%. They have paid 20p in dividends so far […]
SVG Capital has published interim results covering the six months ended 31 July 2015. Over that period the fund’s net asset value rose by 3% to 606p on the back of a 4% return on the investment portfolio. £101m was returned to shareholders during the period They say the portfolio is now broadly split between […]
Merchants Trust reports a 2.8% return on net assets for the six months ended 31 July 2015 and a -1.1% return to shareholders as the discount widened from 0.4% to 4.3%. The return on the FTSE100 Index for the period was 1.2%. Dividends for the first half totalled 12p, 1.7% higher than the pervious year. […]
Macau Property Opportunities has published results for the year ended 30 June 2015. The adjusted NAV per share fell by 18.7% over the year as the portfolio value fell by 14% to $463.7m. The discount widened from 11% to 17% over the year and has widened further since – to 39% today. Assuming a full drawdown […]
Pacific Assets’ interim results for the six months ended 31 July 2015 show the total return on net assets was -3.9% which was better than the -7.1% return posted by The MSCI AC Asia ex Japan Index for the period and the best performing fund in its peer group. Shareholders will be pleased that the share […]
Foresight Solar Fund has announced the completion of its acquisition of the 16MW Membury asset, located in Hungerford, Berkshire. The solar farm was connected to the Grid in March 2015 and has received Renewable Obligation Certificate (“ROC”) accreditation at the rate of 1.4ROCs/MWh. The deal has been funded using the Company’s existing £150m acquisition facility. […]
Gresham House has sold a large part of its site at Newton le Willows, Merseyside and announced interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2015. 25.8 acres of the site at Newton-le-Willows has been sold to Persimmon Homes Ltd. The transaction will realise a total of £7.25m net. A deposit and initial payment of £944,610 has been […]
The Cayenne Trust has released its interim results for the six-months ended 31 July 2015 during which its NAV per share increased by 1.6% (4.2% on a fully diluted basis). In comparison, the FTSE All Share Equity Investment Instruments Index increased by 3.39% during the period. A dividend of 3.8p was paid on 21st August. […]
Hansteen Holdings has announced the acquisition of two assets in Derbyshire for a total price of £41.1m. West Hallam Industrial Estate (Ilkeston, South Derbyshire) is being acquired for £27.3m, which reflects a net initial yield of 6.2%. Completion is due on 24 September. Belasis Business Park (pictured) is located in Billingham, Teesside. It is being acquired […]
Dexion Absolute has announced the results of its 2015 redemption and with it the closure of both the US$ and Euro share classes. Now only the sterling share class remains although Euro and US$ shareholders were given the option to switch into the Sterling share class. Under the terms of the redemption offer, 25% of the […]
