Investment Company News

20 Aug 2014

Custodian REIT acquires ‘Staples’ retail warehouse in Milton Keynes for £5.7m

CREI : Custodian REIT acquires ‘Staples’ retail warehouse in Milton Keynes for £5.7m Custodian REIT  has acquired a freehold retail warehouse, currently let to leading UK stationary and office supplies company ‘Staples’, at 1 Grafton Gate East, Milton Keynes (pictured). The lease runs until September 2020 and has a current passing rent is £419k per […]

19 Aug 2014

Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust to acquire Stacey Bushes industrial estate for £9.2m

SREI : Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust to acquire Stacey Bushes industrial estate for £9.2m Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust has exchanged contracts to acquire Stacey Bushes Industrial Estate, Milton Keynes, for £9.2m. The freehold property is a 213,536 square foot multi-let industrial estate, constructed in the 1980’s and recently refurbished, let to 12 tenants with an […]

19 Aug 2014

JP Morgan US Smaller Companies in line with a lacklustre market during H1

JUSC  : JP Morgan US Smaller Companies in line with a lacklustre market during H1 JP Morgan US Smaller Companies results, for the first half of 2014, report a fall in JUSC’s NAV of 0.4% versus a fall of 0.2% in the Russell 2000 (all in sterling terms). JUSC’s share price saw a sharper fall (8.1%) as […]

19 Aug 2014

AFI Development reports strong growth in rental income during H1

AFRB : AFI Development reports strong growth in rental income during H1 AFI Development has released its interim results for the first half of 2014. Rental and hotel operating income has grown by 9% year-on-year to US$74.8m, whilst the contribution from AFIMALL City (pictured) grew 18% year-on-year to US$56.6m (H1 2013: US$48.0m). The gross value of portfolio of […]

18 Aug 2014

Aberdeen Asian Income Fund – performing in line with benchmark

AAIF : Aberdeen Asian Income Fund – performing in line with benchmark Aberdeen Asian Income Fund’s interim results show AAIF’s NAV returned 3.8% in sterling terms, in line with the MSCI AC Asia Pacific ex Japan Index, which returned 3.9%. The return on the share price was 5.4% reflecting an expansion of the trusts premium to NAV […]

18 Aug 2014

Max Property portfolio sale completed, delisting tomorrow (19 August 2014)

MAX : Max Property Portfolio sale completed, delisting tomorrow (19 August 2014) Max Property has announced that the sale of its entire issued share capital to Marina Topco (Jersey) Limited , approved by shareholders at the EGM on 11 August 2014 , has completed today (18 August 2014). The cancellation of the admission to trading on AIM and […]

18 Aug 2014

Kennedy Wilson Europe Real Estate Acquiring Fairmount Hotel, St. Andrews, for £32.4m

KWE : Kennedy Wilson Europe Real Estate Acquiring Fairmount Hotel, St. Andrews, for £32.4m Kennedy Wilson Europe Real Estate has announced that it is to acquire the Fairmount Hotel, St. Andrew’s, Scotland (pictured) for £32.4m. The iconic property is managed and operated by Fairmont Hotels and Resorts under an agreement that lasts until 2031. The transaction […]

18 Aug 2014

Japan Residential Investment Company Sells Branche Kanamecho IV for £3.2m

JRIC : Japan Residential Investment Company Sells Branche Kanamecho IV for £3.2m Japan Residential Investment Company has sold its Branche Kanamecho IV property (a 20 unit apartment building in Toshima Ward, Tokyo) for Yen 550m (£3.2m) excluding taxes and sale costs. This represents a 34.1% premium to the 31 May 2014 valuation, of Yen 240m, and  is a […]

15 Aug 2014

RIT Capital struggling to find attractive investments

RCP : RIT Capital struggling to find attractive investments RIT Capital Partners has published its interim figures covering the first half of 2014. The net asset value total return was 2.4% for the period. This compares to a 4.1% return on the MSCI All Countries World Index and a 2.6% return on a benchmark of […]

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