Investment Company News

07 May 2015

JZ Capital adds another Williamsburg property

JZ Capital Partners and its property partner, Red Sky Capital, are buying 192 Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg, New York. The property features frontage of 20 ft. on Bedford Avenue and offers up to 6,000 sq. ft. of build-to-suit multi-level retail space with only one short term lease (Mizu, a Japanese restaurant) encumbering the property. JZ […]

05 May 2015

GLI Finance invests in Funding Options

GLI Finance is investing £1.25m in ordinary shares and £0.75m in preference shares issued by Funding Options. They’ll get a 28.9% stake in the company. Funding Options uses proprietary online technology to scan the alternative finance market for the most suitable funding options available. Mixing sophisticated matchmaking tools, accessible expert support and practical education materials, […]

05 May 2015

Kennedy Wilson buys Pioneer Point debt

Kennedy Wilson Europe has paid £68.5m to acquire a loan secured against the freehold interest in Pioneer Point, Ilford. The loan is non-performing and the unpaid principal balance of the loan is £149m. Kennedy Wilson reckon that the purchase price of the loan is materially below the replacement cost of the property. Pioneer Point is […]

05 May 2015

MedicX issues loan notes to Standard Life

MedicX Fund has issued £50m worth of loan notes to Standard Life Investments. The loan notes mature on 30 September 2028. £25m has been drawn down now and the balance will be drawn down in September 2015. The interest rate on the notes is 3.838% per annum and this brings the weighted average cost of debt […]

05 May 2015

Tritax invests in New Look distribution centre

Tritax Big Box REIT is spending £30m to buy one of New Look Retailers Ltd’s two adjoining national and European distribution centres in Newcastle-under-Lyme. the purchase price works out at a net initial yield of 5.9%. Constructed in 2007 and extended in 2011 to satisfy New Look’s expansion requirements, the property comprises a gross internal […]

05 May 2015

Troy Income and Growth’s ongoing charges are falling

Troy Income & Growth has published interim results for the six months ended 31 March 2015. This was a good period for the fund which returned 10.3% on net assets – almost twice the 5.3% return posted by the FTSE All-Share Index. Shareholders did even better as the fund moved to trade on a higher […]

01 May 2015

Ukraine Opportunities considering change of strategy

Ukraine Opportunity results reflect the turmoil that that country has been through over the course of 2014. Over the year the net asset value fell by 45%. The share price move wasn’t quite so bad however – it fell by 19.5% to end the year on a discount of 13.2% rather than the 40% it […]

01 May 2015

Schroder Income Growth stock selection adds value

Schroder Income Growth interims for the six months ended 28 February 2015 were published last night. The fund outperformed the FTSE All-Share Index, achieving a net asset value total return of 7.9% versus the 4.1% recorded by the Index. At the same time, the Company’s share price produced a total return of 6.0%, with the […]

01 May 2015

Strong year for entertainment One not fully reflected in Marwyn results

Marwyn Value Investors’ 2014 results show the NAV rose by 14.5% over the year. The bulk of Marwyn’s net asset value is invested in Entertainment One (ETO). During the twelve month period to 31 December 2014, ETO’s share price increased from 259.2p to 322.4p, an increase of 24.38%. It is hard to tell from the accounts […]