Investment Company News

26 Feb 2015

SQN passes half way mark on investing IPO proceeds

SQN Asset Finance Income has published its first set of figures since listing in the middle of last year. by the end of December 2014 the fund had invested about half the £150m it raised in July 2014 in 22 investments. The net asset value at the end of the year was 98.92p and the […]

26 Feb 2015

Kennedy Wilson Europe spends £1.5bn in ten months

Kennedy Wilson Europe has published its first set of accounts covering the period from its launch until the end of December 2014. They raised £1,315m of equity during the period. The EPRA NAV at the end of the period was £1,382m or £10.27 per share. They had properties in the portfolio valued at £1,489m and […]

26 Feb 2015

Sherborne reports disappointing results

Sherborne Investors results for the year ended 31 December 2014 show the fund generating a return of 11.16% on net assets over the year. This is a lot better than the return on the FTSE All-Share Index but Sherborne Investors has just one investment – Electra Private Equity. Electra’s share price rose by 27% over […]

26 Feb 2015

Ruffer benefits from index-linked gilt exposure

Ruffer syas that over the six months from 1 July 2014 to 31 December 2014, the net asset value per share of the Company rose by +3.9% after allowing for the dividend of 1.7p paid during the period. The Company’s share price performed better still (+6.8%) as the shares moved from a discount to a premium. […]

26 Feb 2015

Jupiter Primadona interims

Jupiter Primadona Growth is reporting a 1.4% increase in its NAV for the second half of 2014 and a 2.8% total return (including dividends) – ahead of the return on the FTSE All-Share Index which fell by 0.4% but well behind the FTSE World ex UK Index which rose by 8.6% – their benchmark, a combination […]

26 Feb 2015

Ottoman Fund reacts after share price plunge

Ottoman Fund has made a statement after its share price took a nose dive – releasing its Chairman’s statement early, in advance of figures due out tomorrow. The statement summarises disposals made in the portfolio to date, highlights the chance that they may have to sell their Alanya holiday units for less than their reported […]

25 Feb 2015

Renewables Infrastructure in line with expectations

The Renewables Infrastructure Group has announced results for the year ended 31 December 2014. Over the period the net asset value rose slightly from 99p to 99.3p, the company paid total dividends for the year of 6.08p and the total return to shareholders was 7.5% – well ahead of the 1.2% return on the FTSE […]

25 Feb 2015

Boardroom shake up at Dolphin Capital

Dolphin Capital has announced this morning that “Following consultation with the majority of the Company’s shareholders, the Investment Manager, its Nominated Adviser and the existing Board, the new members of the Board and their respective roles will be as follows: Laurence Geller, Independent Non-executive Chairman; Robert Heller, Independent Non-executive Director; Graham Warner, Non-executive Director; Mark […]