HSL : 70% increase in dividend tops another good year for Henderson Smaller Henderson Smaller Companies Trust beat its benchmark, the Numis Smaller Companies Index excluding investment companies, over the year that finished on 31 May 2014 – generating a total return on net assets of 19.9% vs. 19.1% for the index. Shareholders have done […]
TCF : Terra Catalyst NAV dramatically higher and plans distribution Terra Catalyst published its results for the year ended 31 March 2014 on 26 August. These showed its net asset value rising from 76p to 208p over the year. The board also said it would distribute £2.3m to shareholders. A dramatic reassessment in the value […]
AVR : Avarae benefits from sale of Roman gold coins Avarae Global Coins’ results for the year ended 31 March 2014 show an increase in its asset value from 14.4p to 14.5p. The dividend fell from 0.18p to 0.15p. They sold £900,000 worth of Roman gold coins in the USA during the year – a […]
FCPT : F&C Commercial Property Trust reports strong growth in the first half of 2014 F&C Commercial Property Trust’s recent interims report an NAV total return of 12.2% whilst share price total return was 1.9% reflecting a narrowing of the premium to NAV during the period (4.1% as at the 30 June 2014). Performance compares favourably against […]
BBOX : Tritax Big Box REIT acquires Wolseley’s distribution centre in Ripon for £12.2m Tritax Big Box REIT has acquired Wolseley’s Regional Distribution Centre at Ripon, North Yorkshire for £12.24m (net of acquisition costs). The high specification property was constructed in 2001 and has ancillary offices and substantial parking over approximately 10.9 acres. The rentalised area is approximately 222k square […]
FPEO : F&C Private Equity sees discount narrow in first half F&C Private Equity‘s recent interims report a share price total return for the first of 2014 of 9.1% whilst NAV total return was -0.3% (including an adverse currency movement) reflecting a narrowing of the discount during the period. Co-investments were increased to 17.5 per cent […]
BHUE : BlackRock Hedge Selector – UK Emerging Companies Share Class, reports a 7.7% fall in NAV during the first half of 2014 BlackRock Hedge Selector‘s recent interims report a 7.7% fall in NAV for the UK Emerging share class during the first half of 2014, whilst the share price fell by 5.4%. The backdrop to […]
DNE : Dunedin Enterprise reports modest fall in NAV during the first half of 2014 Dunedin Enterprise Investment Trusts recent interims report a fall in NAV during the first half of 2014 of 4.6%. However, once dividends are included, DNE’s total return was -1.7% (this compares with a fall in the FTSE Small Cap index […]
INPP : International Public Partnerships Targeting a dividend of 6.45p for 2014 International Public Partnerships recent interims report underlying NAV growth of 1.8% during the six months to 30 June 2014, with a fully covered cash interim dividend declared at 3.15p per share (up c.2.5% year-on-year from 3.075p for the interim dividend for 2013). The target […]
BBOX : Tritax Big Box REIT reports 3.9% increase in NAV since December launch Tritax Big Box REIT has posted its first interim results since raising £200m at its IPO in December 2013. Since launch Tritax has seen its NAV per share increase from 98p to 101.85 as at 30 June, a 3.9% increase. In addition, […]