Investment Company News

27 Aug 2015

NB Distressed Debt suffers from difficult market environment

NB Distressed Debt said a difficult market environment led to falls in NAVs across its portfolios. It exited five investments during the first six months of 2015 which generated total returns of $9.3 million over the life of the investments. Over the first half of 2015, NB Distressed Debt distributed a further $30m to investors in the […]

27 Aug 2015

Dexion Absolute to shut Euro and Dollar classes

Dexion Absolute has decided to shut its US dollar and Euro share classes on the grounds that they have become too small – shareholders will get the chance to switch into the sterling class. In its interim report (covering the first half of 2015), Dexion said the NAV returns on its Sterling, Euro and Dollar classes […]

27 Aug 2015

INPP benefits from Angel Trains write up

International Public Partnerships reported growth of its assets of 1.5% to £1.08bn with NAV per share increasing 1.3% to 128.6 pence (31 December 2014: 127.0 pence) for the first half of 2015. similar assets. The portfolio delivered a return of 6.1%, reflecting the move in market pricing of these assets, notably an uplift in the value of Angel […]

25 Aug 2015

NB Private Equity NAV uplift driven by sales

NB Private Equity has announced interim results for the first half of 2015. It is reporting a 2.6% increase in Net Asset Value to $713.0 million (31 December 2014: $694.8 million). This was driven by unrealised gains on public and private equity holdings as well as cash and payment-in-kind (“PIK”) interest on its income investment portfolio. Of the $45.1m uplift […]

25 Aug 2015

Fair Oaks invests in Alcentra CLO

Fair Oaks Income Fund  says the Fair Oaks Income Fund LP (the “Master Fund”) has entered into binding contracts to acquire, in the primary market, $28.0 million notional of equity notes, representing 73% of the total equity, and $8.6m notional of Class F notes of Shackleton 2015-VIII CLO, a new CLO backed by a portfolio […]

25 Aug 2015

Industrial Multi Property NAV climbs in H1

Industrial Multi Property Trust says its adjusted net asset value rose to 237p as at 30 June 2015 from 220p at 31 December 2014. The adjusted earnings per ordinary share worked out as a loss of 7.9 pence for the six months to 30 June 2015 (loss of 7.7 pence for the six months to 30 […]

25 Aug 2015

CVC Credit sees more opportunities in distressed assets

CVC Credit Partners European Opportunities says its Euro and Sterling Ordinary shares have returned 4.8% and 5.0% respectively on a total return basis for the six months ended 30 June 2015. They have been managing the portfolio with the aim of paying an annual dividend yield of around 5%. A 2.5p / 2.5c semi-annual dividend was declared […]

24 Aug 2015

Bluefield Solar makes three small acquisitions

Bluefield Solar Fund is buying three solar assets: Bluefield EIS Solar Limited (“Solar EIS”), Bluefield Kite Limited (“Kite”) and Bluefield Peregrine Limited (“Peregrine”), which between them own and operate 28 solar photovoltaic (“PV”) plants (the “Plants”).  The Plants, each built and commissioned prior to the end of Q1 2012, have over three years of operational […]

24 Aug 2015

Baker Steel says Ivanhoe stake valued below cash

Baker Steel Resources Trust reports a 4% fall in its net asset value for the six months ended 30 June 2015, much better than the 10.9% fall reported for the Euromoney Global Mining 100 Index. The report says the fall in NAV can largely be attributed to a 11.8% fall in the share price of […]