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 […]
Oakley Capital has published results for the year ended 31 December 2014 that show the net asset value has barely moved – up from 200p to 201p. Oakley Capital invests through two limited partnerships – Oakley Capital Private Equity and Oakley Capital Private Equity II. The first fund is now fully invested and is returning capital to […]
McKay Securities is spending £10.7m acquiring a freehold distribution unit – the 96,850 sq ft distribution facility is located at Junction 12 of the M4 motorway, adjacent to the Arlington Business Park at Theale in Berkshire, on the edge of Reading and 45 miles west of Central London. The unit is let to Kuehne & Nagel, […]
Middlefield Canadian’s results for 2014 reflect the effect of falling oil prices and subdued commodity prices on the Canadian economy – showing a share price return of 2.5% and a net asset value based return of 0.2% (2.8% on a currency adjusted basis), compared to returns of 2.4% and 1.2% for the Fund’s benchmark and […]
Threadneedle UK Select Trust has published its results for the year ended 31 December 2014. The fund managed to beat the FTSE All-Share Index over the year – generating a return on net assets of 3.5% vs. 1.2% for the benchmark. The dividend was upped from 4.25p to 4.35p. However the discount widened as the […]
The new board of ARC Capital has made an announcement today about the litigation that the fund is involved in. So we don’t inadvertently say the wrong thing, here is their announcement in full: “Independent Legal Review On 24 December 2014, Cielo Overseas Limited (“Cielo”), ARCH’s majority shareholder, released an announcement in which it confirmed […]
Ashmore Global’s accounts for the year ended 31 December 2014 show that the fund has now distributed around 50% of the end 2012 NAV to shareholders – in line with projections the Board made when the company adopted its realisation strategy. The Board now says that around half the remaining NAV will be realised and available […]
UK Commercial Property has announced results for 2014 that show the net asset value rose by 13.5% over the year to hit 83p. Adding in the income as well, the total return on net assets was 19.7% and, as the premium rose slightly, the return to shareholders was 20.4%. The total return on the property […]
LondonMetric Property has announced that it is selling its Travis Perkins distribution facility in Brackmills, Northamptonshire for £14.4m. The buyer is CBRE Global Investors. LondonMetric paid £9m for the property in November 2013 when there was just four months remaining on the lease. They agreed a new ten year term with Travis Perkins for a […]
