Investment Company News

16 Apr 2015

Henderson International Income re-rated on demand for income

Henderson International Income’s net asset value returned 9.6% over the six months to the end of February 2015 while the MSCI World (ex UK) Index returned 10.7%. The company’s share price did much better however, returning 18.7%. They have declared two dividends of 1.1p each for the period and say they aim to maintain the same level […]

16 Apr 2015

Henderson Global lags benchmark

Over the year that ended on 31 January 2015, Henderson Global Trust’s net asset value total return lagged its benchmark index by 3% – returning 14.5% as compared to 17.5% for the MSCI All Country World Index. The share price return was closer however, the return to shareholders was 17.3%. The report says the NAV performance […]

15 Apr 2015

Baker Steel hit hardest by iron ore price falls

Over the year to the end of December 2015 Baker Steel Resources net asset value fell by 27.6% – somewhat more than comparative indices such as the Euromoney Global Mining 100 Index which fell by 15.4% and the FTSE Gold Mines Index which fell by 9.8% over the same period. The statement says that some of […]

15 Apr 2015

Pacific Alliance Asia benefits from discount narrowing

Over 2014 Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity’s net asset value rose by 9% to $1,729 per share. The share price did much better however, increasing by 21.8% to $1.59. The underlying master fund in which the company invests generated a return of 9.5% for the year. The portfolio is invested in a number of strategies – […]

15 Apr 2015

Third Point flat in H2 2014 but better start to current year

Third Point Investors has announced results for the year ended 31 December 2014. Over the year the NAV total return was 6.5% for the US dollar share class and 6.8% for the Sterling share class (all of the Euro class was merged in with the dollar class during the year). Most of that return was […]

15 Apr 2015

BlueCrest All Blue passes 100% return mark

BlueCrest All Blue generated a 6.9% return on net assets over the course of 2014 to make a 100% return since the launch of the fund in 2006. They added one new fund to the mix during the year, BlueCrest Equity Strategies Fund, which the directors say is managed close to market neutral and appears […]

15 Apr 2015

JPMorgan Asia losing manager

Ted Pulling, manager of JPMorgan Asia for the last three years, is moving back to the US from Hong Kong and relinquishing responsibility for the management of the fund. The Board says, to ensure an orderly transition of his responsibilities, Mr Pulling will remain in Hong Kong until the end of 2015, continuing to manage […]

14 Apr 2015

Merchants Trust held back by rising debt value

Merchants Trust has published results for the year ended 31 January 2015. Over that period the fund delivered a return on net assets of 4.7% which is about 2% behind the return generated by the FTSE100 Index over the same period. They say that most of this underperformance relates to changes in the market value […]

14 Apr 2015

British Land buys 1 Sheldon Square

British Land is paying £210m to buy 1 Sheldon Square, extending its investments in the offices springing up around Paddington Station. They say the deal brings their total investment at Paddington Central to 800,000 sq ft with a further 146,000 sq ft currently under construction at 4 Kingdom Street and 210,000 sq ft of consented […]

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