Investment Company News

08 Dec 2014

Ludgate Environmental writes off Eco Plastics stake

Ludgate Environmental has announced that it is writing off its investment in Eco Plastics. they says that there have been recent operational challenges at Eco Plastics and unfavourable market conditions. Unfortunately, this situation has not improved in recent months, and although they have been working with creditors to find a solvent solution, this is no longer […]

05 Dec 2014

Good six months for Polar Capital Technology

Over the six months that ended on 31 October 2014, Polar Capital Technology beat the Dow Jones World Technology Index by 2.4% in a strong period for the sector – the Index was up 16.3% in sterling terms and the NAV up 18.7%. The share price rose by 19.2%. The manager says the most significant positive […]

05 Dec 2014

Balfour Beatty rejects JLIF approach

Balfour Beatty has responded to the approach that John Laing Infrastructure Fund made for Balfour Beatty’s infrastructure assets. Balfour says the mooted £1bn price tag undervalues these assets – the Board “concluded that the proposal falls significantly short of its own view of the value of the portfolio” and therefore it has rejected the proposal. The […]

05 Dec 2014

Altus Resource Gold loses continuation vote

Altus Resource Gold held its AGM yesterday. the resolution that it continue as an investment company was rejected by shareholders 14.9m voting against to 13.4m voting for. The directors now have four months to come up with a plan for the future of the company which may result in it being liquidated. ARCL : Altus […]

05 Dec 2014

JPMorgan Chinese boosted by tech and healthcare

JPMorgan Chinese has published its results covering the year to the end of September 2014. Over this period the return on net assets was 7.8% – 1% more than the return on the MSCI Golden Dragon Index. the fund’s rating improved and so the return to shareholders was 12% – this includes a 1.6p dividend […]

05 Dec 2014

Tough period for Global Resources

Global Resources Investment Trust has published its first set of accounts. these cover the period from launch to the end of August 2014. Over that period the net asset value fell by 28.5% and the share price fell by 66% to 34p. Since then the falls have worsened so that, at the date of producing […]

05 Dec 2014

Starwood financing Centre Point refurbishment

Starwood European Real Estate Finance, alongside other Starwood funds, made a £220m loan to Almacantar, a property investment and development company specialising in London. They now plan to increase the size of this loan to £265m with this fund providing £5m of this. Almacantar plan to use this to fund the refurbishment of Centre Point, […]

04 Dec 2014

Ground Rents Income has a plan to get fully invested

GRIO : Ground Rents Income has a plan to get fully invested Ground Rents Income Fund has announced results for the year ended 30 September 2014. Its net asset value rose from 97.2p to 104.3p over the period, in response to demand for the underlying assets driving up their values. They say “the ground rents […]

03 Dec 2014

Monks too light in US

MNKS : Monks too light in US Monks has published its interim results covering the six month period to the end of October 2014. Over this time the fund generated a return on net assets of 4.9% and a return to shareholders of 5.3% – lagging the return on the FTSE World Index of 8.0% […]

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