Investment Company News

02 Feb 2015

JZ Capital buys property in Miami

JZ Capital Partners has announced three property deals this morning – two in Williamsburg to complement their existing portfolio and a third, their first property venture outside New York state, in Miami, Florida. The deals were done alongside its property joint venture partner, Red Sky Capital LLC, and comprise, in New York, 184-186 and 204-206 Bedford Avenue, […]

30 Jan 2015

Invista European NAV still sliding

Invista European Real Estate has published its results for the year ended 30 September 2014. The net asset value fell again, from 15p to 12p, as property values fell and sales were struck at prices below last valuations. The property valuation fell from €325.6m to €281.8m (partly the result of sales but also a 7.39% […]

30 Jan 2015

Aurora Russia sells Superstroy stake

Aurora Russia has announced the sale of its 24.3% stake in Superstroy for £680,000. This is quite a bit more than its valuation in Aurora Russia’s last accounts when it was valued at £280,000 but this is a company that Aurora Russia invested £16.6m into and it is supposed to be one of the leading […]

30 Jan 2015

JZ Capital Partners proposes changes to investment policy

JZ Capital Partners has a history of adapting its investment focus to suit market conditions. The Board has decided to ask shareholders to approve a relaxation of the investment policy for the fund to permit it to shift assets to the regions and sectors that its managers think look most attractive. At present they say that US microcaps […]

29 Jan 2015

Aberforth Geared Income’s portfolio outperforms modestly

Aberforth Geared Income’s interims for the six months ended 31 December show a fall in total assets of 1% over the period which translated (adjusting for the gearing effect of the company’s zero dividend preference shares) into a fall in the ordinary share NAV of 3% – the share price came off 2.3%.  By comparison, […]

29 Jan 2015

Henderson Smaller delivers positive return to shareholders

Henderson Smaller Companies published its interim report yesterday. This covers the six month period that ended on 30 November 2014, a period that saw the Numis Smaller Companies ex Investment Companies Index fall by 4.6% in total return terms. Henderson Smaller Companies did well then to manage a fall of 1.2% in NAV total return and […]

29 Jan 2015

LXB Retail announces substantial disposal

LXB Retail Properties has given more information about one of the disposals it highlighted in its announcement on 18 December. It is selling land earmarked for residential development and a Sainsbury’s foodstore in Sutton for £47.8m and expects to get the first £23m of this in cash by May 2015. The Sutton investments comprise a […]

29 Jan 2015

Alpha Real Trust wins arbitration

Alpha Real Trust has been awarded the equivalent of £9.2m by the International Chamber of Commerce in its dispute with its joint venture partner, Logix Group, over Galaxia – the development that they were supposed to be working on together in an 11.2 acre Special Economic Zone, in NOIDA, the National Capital Region, India. The […]

29 Jan 2015

Tritax building new facility for Ocado

Tritax Big Box REIT is investing £98.8m to build a new distribution warehouse facility for Ocado. The facility will be located inside the M25 at Crossdox, Bronze Age Way, Erith, on the south side of the River Thames and A2016, with Central London approximately 12 miles to the West and Tilbury Docks and DP World […]