Hg Capital is investing in Eucon which they describe as a leading provider of automotive parts pricing data & services to vehicle and parts manufacturers globally. The business is also a leading provider of highly automated claims management services to insurers in Germany. In the automotive data business, Eucon collects, processes and supplies crucial data […]
BlackRock Greater European’s interim results for the six months ended 28 February 2015 show that, during the six month period, the Company’s undiluted net asset value (NAV) per share returned +8.1%, compared with a return of +6.0% in the FTSE World Europe ex UK Index. At the same time, the discount widened somewhat, with the result […]
The Cayenne Trust’s results for the year ended 31 January 2015 have been published. The company’s net asset value total return and share price total return were both 12.1% for the period. This compares to an 11.6% return on the FTSE All-Share Equity Investments Index. The dividend has been increased from 1.2p to 3.8p. The […]
Fidelity Special Values has announced interim figures covering the six months ended 28 February 2015. Over the period the company’s net asset value total return was 5% – ahead of the 4.1% breturn generated by the FTSE All-Share Index. unfortunately the company’s discount widened from 4.7% to 9.6% and this left the return to shareholders […]
Henderson Far East Income’s performance lagged that of comparable indices a little over the six months to the end of February 2015. The net asset value total return was 3.3% as compared to 3.9% for the FTSE All-World Asia Pacific ex Japan Index and 7.7% for the FTSE All-World Asia Pacific Index. The discount narrowed a […]
JPMorgan Elect interims for the six months ended 28 February 2015 are out. The Managed Growth pool beat its bench mark by 3.2% over the period. The pool generated a return on net assets of 9.7% while their 50:50 FTSE All-Share : FTSE All-World ex UK benchmark returned 6.5%. They declared two quarterly dividends totalling 3.9p […]
Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies’ net asset value returned 4.5% over the six months to the end of February 2015, ahead of the MSCI AC Asia ex Japan Small Cap Index which returned 2.4%. Smaller companies lagged larger ones during the period – the MSCI AC Asia ex Japan Index returned 5.9%. The discount widened a […]
ICG Longbow results for the year ended 31 January 2015 show that the net asset value rose from 98.79p to 99.99p and the company declared dividends totalling 6p per share. The shares were trading at 105p at the year end. As at 31 January 2015 the Group’s loan portfolio had a weighted average unexpired term […]
Hammerson is selling the Drakehouse Retail Park in Sheffield to 90 North Real Estate for £61.7m. The sale price is equivalent to a net initial yield of 6.4% and is ahead of the valuation they had in their books as at 31 December 2014 (though they don’t say by how much). At 21,000 m(2) Drakehouse […]
Witan Pacific’s net asset value total return was 17.6% over the year to the end of January 2015, just ahead of the 17.1% return on the benchmark (MSCI All Country Asia Pacific Free Index). The share price return was 16.6% as the discount widened from 11.7% to 12.7%. The dividend was increased from 4.45p to […]
