Investment Company News

31 Aug 2015

fx movements hit John Laing Infrastructure

John Laing Infrastructure has reported a 1.4% fall in its NAV for the first half of 2015 to 107.8p which is almost entirely down to adverse exchange rate movements although they also mention below forecast inflation in the UK cost them about 0.4%. They paid a dividend of 3.375p (up 3.8% on the previous dividend) and the NAV […]

31 Aug 2015

Renewables Infrastructure power production beats expectations

The Renewables Infrastructure Group delivered a 10.9% return to shareholders over the first half of 2015, including a dividend of 3.08p which they say was well covered by cash earnings. This results in a dividend target of 6.19p in aggregate per share in respect of the year to 31 December 2015. Looking further ahead, the […]

28 Aug 2015

27 August interim results roundup

A quick summary of interim results for periods ended 30 June 2015 announced on 27 August 2015 Ashmore Global Opportunities The Company’s Net Asset Values (“NAVs”) per share have fallen slightly from $5.28 and 521p at the end of 2014 to $5.20 and 511p  as at 30 June 2015.  The US$ and GBP share prices […]

27 Aug 2015

Foresight Solar completes Wiltshire solar deal

Foresight Solar has announced the completion of its acquisition of the 34.7MW Port Farm asset, located in Wiltshire. 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 acquisition has increased the Company’s net portfolio of assets to 322MW. The deal has […]

27 Aug 2015

Ukraine Opportunities will delist

Ukraine Opportunities reports that its NAV fell from $3.567 to $3.20 over the first half of 2015. The share price move was more dramatic – a fall from $3.10 to $2.20 – as the discount moved from 13.2% to 33.5%. The Board made the following statement: “Having consulted with its major shareholders, and taking into […]

27 Aug 2015

Starwood European to trim dividend

Starwood European Real Estate Finance has published its interim results covering the six month period to the end of June 2015. As at 30 June 2015, the Net Asset Value was 99.94 pence per Ordinary Share and the share price was 107.25 pence. The Board believes that competition to provide loans is increasing and Starwood […]

27 Aug 2015

26 August interim results roundup

A quick summary of interim results for periods ended 30 June 2015 announced on 26 August 2015 APAX Global Alpha reported its first set of results since listing. Its NAV was up 8% over H1 2015 t0 €1.79. BH Global said at the six month stage on 30 June 2015 the Net Asset Value per […]

27 Aug 2015

Hansteen raising cash to fund acquisition

Hansteen is raising £40m at 110p per share to help fund the acquisition of a further £103.7m of units (35.7% of the fund) in the Ashtenne Industrial Fund. They say the deal represents an acquisition of £156.8m of UK industrial property valued at a yield of 8.3 per cent. The price is an effective c.5% discount […]

27 Aug 2015

F&C Commercial Property outperforming in 2015

F&C Commercial Property Trust says it returned 8.2% on net assets over the first half of 2015. The return to shareholders was 5.7%. Shareholders got six, monthly dividends of 0.5p – keeping them on rack for their 6p target dividend for the year. The return on the property portfolio was 7.4%, ahead of the total […]

27 Aug 2015

VPC Speciality Lending releases first results

VPC Speciality Lending has published its first set of figures covering the period from launch to 30 June 2015. The net asset value at the end of the period was 99.62p and the share price was 102p. The first interim dividend of 0.9p was declared in August. The proceeds of the IPO had been fully […]