Investors in Global Real Estate has announced that it has selected Schroder Property Investment Management Limited as its new manager (starting today!). The portfolio will be run by a new Global Property Securities team established by Schroder consisting of Tom Walker (from AMP where he was Deputy Head of Global Listed Real Estate), Hugo Machin (from AMP where […]
Empiric Student Property has made its first acquisition since listing on 30 June. It has announced that it spent £31m on three properties – College Green in Bristol (an 84 bed long leasehold property bought for £9.97m at a net initial yield of 6.4%); Picturehouse Apartments in Exeter (a 102 bed freehold property, pictured, acquired […]
International Public Partnerships has bought 72% of the second phase of Nottingham’s Building Schools for the Future portfolio. They already held 10% of this so this takes their stake to 82%. INPP is buying this form Carillion Private Finance for £2.75m. The project comprises the Farnborough School and Technology College and caters for over 1000 […]
Jupiter Second Split has announced its interim results. Over the six months to the end of April 2014, the value of its portfolio was barely changed – off by 0.1%. As the zero dividend preference share NAV grew, so the net asset value of the geared ordinary shares fell – by 8.3% during this six month […]
Target Healthcare REIT is acquiring a new, purpose-built, £6m care home in Hinckley, Leicestershire. The 72 bedroom home will be leased to Care Concern Group for 35 years on a lease that brings Target Healthcare REIT an initial 7% yield and increases in rent each year in line with RPI (subject to a cap and collar). […]
F&C Private Equity will replace its zero dividend preference share issue with a new debt facility. The ZDPs mature in December this year and the Board of F&C Private Equity has concluded that the most cost effective and flexible way of funding this and maintaining some modest level of gearing within the fund is to […]
Origo Partners has announced that Brooks MacDonald, through its lawyers in the Isle of Man (where Origo is incorporated), has raised a further complaint. Brooks MacDonald asserts that the resolution passed on 8 March 2011 to amend the Company’s Articles to reflect the creation of the Convertible Preference Shares was not validly passed. This assertion rests […]
Custodian REIT has added further to its property portfolio with the acquisition of two modern industrial units on the 100 acre Estuary Commerce Park, Speke, Liverpool (next to Liverpool John Lennon International Airport) for £3.1m, equivalent to a net initial yield of 7.7%. Unit C is let to Powder Systems Limited on a 20 year […]
Polar Capital Technology has published results for the year ended 30 April 2014 that show its net assets growing by 11.2% and its share price by 10.9% but both lagging the increase in the Dow jones World Technology Index of 13.1%. Very strong gains and outperformance of the index were given up in the last six […]
Aberdeen New Dawn has published figures for the year that ended 30 April 2014. Over the year the trust’s net asset value return was -8.9%, a bit worse than the benchmark (MSCI All Countries Asia Pacific ex Japan index) total return of -6.8%. Unfortunately the discount widened and the return to shareholders was -14.0%. The […]
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