Investment Company News

04 Sep 2015

Ediston buys three leisure properties

Ediston Property Investment Company has acquired three leisure properties for £10m (net of acquisition costs), reflecting a net initial yield of 8.60%.  The acquisition was funded from existing cash resources. The properties comprise two units in Liverpool and Hartlepool, which are let to Mecca Bingo, and a third unit in Telford, part of the Southwater […]

04 Sep 2015

Weiss Korea reports outperformance in H1

Weiss Korea reports an increase in its NAV from 120.4p to 125.27p over the first half of 2015. Including dividends, the Company’s NAV increased by 5.4%, outperforming the reference MSCI Korea 25/50 Capped Index, which returned -0.03%. They paid a dividend of 1.858p during the period. There is no performance attribution information in the announcement. […]

04 Sep 2015

JZ Capital in dilutive share issue

JZ Capital has announced  an open offer and placing to raise $150m and a rollover offer of new 2022 ZDPs to replace their existing 2016 ZDPs. The new share capital is being issued on a 9 new shares for every 25 held basis at 419.19p, a 39.7% discount. If shareholders don’t take up shares under the […]

04 Sep 2015

Vinaland sells HAS project

Vinaland has sold its stake in the company that owns the HAS Project located in the central region of Quang Nam Province, Vietnam to Gold Yield Enterprises Limited, an entity of Chow Tai Fook, who will inject both equity and expertise into developing and operating the large scale hospitality and entertainment development. Since Genting’s withdrawal […]

04 Sep 2015

Treveria sells assets and proposes wind up

Treveria has sold its two wholly owned subsidiaries – Treveria Asset Management Limited and Treveria Holdings Limited – to Haflinger Invest Limited and Phylira NV. Haflinger is a company owned by a group of investors, among them Richmond Invest GmbH and Richmond Invest BV, in which David Malpica, a director of the Company, holds a beneficial interest. […]

02 Sep 2015

CEB Resources makes Tuba Obi concession agreement

CEB Resources has announced that it has agreed with PT Akar Golindo (PTAG) to assess the technical and commercial opportunities for monetising gas in and around the Tuba Obi East oil and gas concession in the South Sumatran Basin. Under the terms of the agreement CEB and PTAG will undertake a technical evaluation of the gas […]

02 Sep 2015

JZ Capital commits €75m to its new EuroMicrocap fund

JZ Capital Partners says it has committed €75m to JZI Fund III, the successor fund to its EuroMicrocap 2010 fund. In total the new fund raised €237m, €25m of which came from David Zalaznick and Jay Jordan, along with the European management team. JZI Fund III will invest principally in lower middle market companies in Western Europe, focusing on […]

02 Sep 2015

INPP consortium wins Victorian schools project

International Public Partnerships (INPP) says a consortium that it is a member of has won the right to design, build, finance and maintain 15 schools across 12 sites in Victoria, Australia. The Learning Communities Victoria Consortium is sponsored by Amber Infrastructure and other consortium members include:  Watpac Construction: Design-Builder; Spotless: Facilities Manager. Spotless also provides facilities management services […]

01 Sep 2015

Standard Life UK Smallers – ‘steady if unspectacular out-performance’

Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust, managed by Harry Nimmo (pictured), has announced its results for the year ended 30 June 2015 during which, the Company’s diluted net asset value total return was 14.2%, beating a total return of 10.4% for the Company’s benchmark. The manager describes the year as being characterised by steady if […]

01 Sep 2015

Sequoia to raise up to £200m through a c-share issue

Sequoia Economic Infrastructure Income Fund  has confirmed its intention to raise up to £200m in new capital through a c-share issue. The issue is expected to complete in or around late October 2015 and further details of the transaction, including the availability of a pre-emptive offer in respect of a significant part of the fund […]