Investment Company News

08 Apr 2015

Riverstone invests in Three Rivers III

Riverstone Energy is contributing up to $167m towards what could be a $500m investment in Three Rivers Natural Resource Holdings III LLC, a newly-formed, Austin (Texas) -based oil and gas company. Three Rivers III is the third partnership between funds managed or advised by Riverstone and Three Rivers III’s management team. The first two have sold substantially […]

07 Apr 2015

David Marshall retiring from John Laing Infrastructure

John Laing Infrastructure has announced that David Marshall, who heads up the team at John Laing Capital Management alongside Andrew Charlesworth, the investment adviser to the Company, has decided to retire and will therefore be leaving JLCM with effect from 1 July 2015. Andrew Charlesworth is staying on.   JLIF : David Marshall retiring from […]

07 Apr 2015

City Merchants cautious

City Merchants High Yield generated a 5% return in net assets and an 8.5% return to shareholders over 2014. The dividend was maintained at 10p. The shares moved from trading at a 0.1% discount to a 3.2% premium. The portfolio has a weighting in subordinated debt issued by European banks. This fell in value over […]

07 Apr 2015

Fair Oaks generates positive returns despite poor backdrop

Fair Oaks Income has announced results for the period ended 31 December 2014. The company listed in June 2014. Over the period from launch to the end of the year, the NAV return was 4.2% and the share price return 4.3%. They paid a first dividend of 4.25 cents per share and have switched since to paying […]

07 Apr 2015

LXB selling up at Biggleswade and Rushden

LXB Retail Properties has been hinting at an imminent disposal of two other large assets following on from the sale of their investment in Sutton. today they have announced the sale of their investments at Biggleswade and Rushden. They’ll get £58.5m for Biggleswade now, a further £10.2m when phase one of that development is completed (on […]

02 Apr 2015

Golden Prospect has poor 2014

Golden Prospect Precious Metals published its annual report for the year ended 31 December 2014 yesterday. it says much about the fund’s performance that it doesn’t get a mention in the Chairman’s statement and is a throw away last line in the manager’s report “The fund NAV ended the year at 31p, a decline of […]

02 Apr 2015

Split Structure works against Acorn in 2014

Acorn Income Fund released results for the year ended 31 December 2014 yesterday. Over 2014 the total return on gross assets was -0.4%. This compares to a -1.8% return on the Numis Smaller Companies ex Investment Companies Index, a -2.7% return on the FTSE Small Cap. ex Investment Companies Index and a 1.2% return on the […]

01 Apr 2015

Mirland restructures debt

Mirland has announced that it is proposing a restructuring of its series A-F bonds. Any definitive agreement between the Company and the Trustees of the bonds requires approval by the board and shareholders of the Company and will be subject to sanction by the Cypriot Court and bondholders approval. Under the proposals: Payments of principal are […]

01 Apr 2015

Standard Life Property Income beats IPD over 2014

Standard Life Investments Property Income has published results for the year ended 31 December 2014. Over the period the fund produced a total return on net assets of 23.2% and a share price total return of 18.8%. The EPRA net asset value rose by 16.8% to 76.6p and, at the end of 2014, the share […]

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