Investment Company News

18 Aug 2015

Taliesin intends to return capital as first privatisation sales complete

  Taliesin Property Fund has reported results for the six months to June 30 2015. Its portfolio is now valued at €228.2m, an increase of €16.1m. The adjusted NAV per share increased by 10.0% to €26.40 (from €24.00 on 31 December 2014). On an EPRA basis the NAV increased to €26.16 (€23.88). the valuation per […]

17 Aug 2015

RAB Special Situations prepares for wind up vote

RAB Special Situations has prepared its interim accounts as though it is no longer a going concern as it prepares  itself for a wind up vote due at the end of 2015. Its NAV improved nevertheless from 11.43p to 12.61p as the underlying master fund recorded a 9.36% gain in NAV. However, since 30 June 2015, the […]

17 Aug 2015

CatCo sees no losses in H1 from de-risked portfolio

CatCo Reinsurance Opportunities has published its interim accounts for the period ending 30 June 2015. The Net Asset Value return was 4.47%, the share price total return 4.86%. these figires compare well to the Eurekahedge Insurance-Linked Securities Advisers Index return of 1.26%. In January they announced the return of c$35m (roughly 10% of the Company’s market capitalisation as at […]

17 Aug 2015

NB Global Floating Rate interims OK

The asset values of NB Global Floating Rate Loan’s Sterling and Dollar share classes both edged up over the first half of 2015 – the Sterling NAV rose from 97.7p to 98.75p and the dollar NAV from $0.9862 to $0.9954. The total NAV returns on these two classes were 2.97% and 2.81% respectively. The shares moved […]

17 Aug 2015

Canadian & General beats benchmark in H1

Over the first half of 2015 Canada’s S&P/TSX Composite Index returned just 0.9%, weighed down by the poor environment for resources stocks. Canadian & General did better than this however, returning 3.5% on net assets. The manager says the leading sector, by a wide margin, was Health Care, dominated by Valeant Pharmaceuticals International and Catamaran Corporation. The latter […]

17 Aug 2015

EP Global reports modest outperformance

EP Global Opportunities has reported a 4.2% return on net assets for the first six months of 2015 which compares favourably to a 2% return ion the FTSE All-Share Index. The shares moved from trading at a small discount to trading on a 0.1% premium. They say their performance benefited from the emphasis on Japan […]

17 Aug 2015

Murray International struggles on stock selection and Japan underweight

Murray International’s interims for the first half of 2015 show the fund underperforming its benchmark – the net asset value total return declined by 2.6% compared with a positive total return of 2.0% on the Company’s benchmark (40% the FTSE World UK and 60% FTSE World ex UK).  Over the six month period the share price total […]

17 Aug 2015

Kennedy Wilson Europe buys Spanish supermarkets

Kennedy Wilson Europe has bought a portfolio of 16 Spanish supermarkets. The portfolio, which comprises 11 Carrefour supermarkets and five Dia supermarkets, was acquired from a joint venture between French institutional investors managed by AEW Europe. The purchase price of the portfolio was €85.5m, reflecting a yield on cost of 6.9%. The acquisition was funded […]

17 Aug 2015

Empiric buys student block in Falmouth

Empiric Student Property is buying the freehold of a high quality purpose-built student accommodation scheme on Pendennis Rise, in Falmouth, for £8.1m (excluding costs). The property is located next to the Falmouth Docks, within a few minutes’ walk to the Woodlane campus of Falmouth University and the marine School, and with good public transport links […]