Land Securities reports on “an active and successful year” – In it’s annual report for the twelve months to 31 March 2018, Land Securities (LAND) reported a year of positive performance in its core activities, offset by the cost of refinancing the company’s bonds. During the year, the company completed and let major development projects at Nova, SW1 […]
Investment Trust Insider on Ranger Direct Lending James Carthew: Ranger board must give investors an exit A right royal row is underway about the future of Ranger Direct Lending (RDL). Letters are flying back and forth and PR companies are working overtime but Ranger’s shares continue to languish on the widest discount of any fund […]
Investment Trust Insider on Ecofin and Premier utilities and infrastructure funds James Carthew: knee-jerk rejection of utilities is wrong The lines between utilities and infrastructure have been blurred somewhat. The two investment companies that sit in the utilities sector, Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure (EGL) and Premier Global Infrastructure (PGIT), have (as their names suggest) […]
Investment Tust Insider on Latin America James Carthew: Latin volatility requires a long-term view Latin America has done surprisingly well since I last looked at BlackRock Latin American (BRLA) and Aberdeen Latin American Income (ALAI) two-and-a-half years ago. Its markets were very much out of favour as sabre rattling by Maduro in Venezuela, falling commodities […]
Investment Trust Insider on Seneca Global Income & Growth James Carthew: this trust swerved Conviviality crash The collapse of stock market darling, Conviviality (CVRC), has caught a few people by surprise. Quite a few UK small cap managers benefited from Conviviality’s rise. It came to the market in an initial public offering in 2013 at £1 […]
British Land submits planning application for Canada Water –British Land has entered into a Master Development Agreement with Southwark Council and submitted an outline planning application for the Canada Water Masterplan. Alongside the overall Masterplan the planning submission also includes a detailed planning application for the project’s first three buildings, which include workspace, homes (of […]
Scottish Mortgage took in £145m – Scottish Mortgage returned 25% in NAV terms over the year to 31 March 2018 and 21.6% in share price terms. These figures dwarf the return from the company’s benchmark, the All-World Index, which returned just 2.9% over the same period. The board is recommending a total distribution for the year of […]
Hg buys Financial Express and sells JLA – Hg, the manager of HgCapital Trust plc, has announced an investment in Financial Express, a leading data, analytics and software vendor focussed on the European retail investment funds market. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. HgCapital Trust plc will invest approximately GBP7.5 million in FE, with […]
Pershing Square says $300m tender is complete – Pershing Square Holdings has announced that the tender offer, for up to $300 million in value of its public shares, closed at 1:00 p.m. BST on 10 May 2018. The strike price for the tender offer was $13.47 per public share. A total of 22,271,714 public shares were acquired […]
Good year for North Atlantic Smaller Companies despite high liquidity – North Atlantic Smaller Companies says that, for the year ended 31 January 2018, its net asset value rose by 16.5%, to an all-time high of 3,458p. This compares with a rise in the sterling adjusted Standard & Poor’s Composite Index of 9.8%. There is no […]
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