Investment Company News

03 Jun 2014

BP Marsh & Partners : BPM – final results

BP Marsh & Partners has published its results for the year ended 31 January 2014. The net asset value rose to 202p from 190p and the company declared an increased dividend for the year, and said it hoped to continue to pay a final dividend of at least 2.75p per share in the coming two years. BP […]

03 Jun 2014

British Land : BLND – disposal

British Land and the Crown Estate are selling Leamington Spa shopping park (held through a 50:50 joint venture) for £72m. The price is equivalent to an initial yield of 4.4%. The buyer is Ignis UK property Fund. Under British Land’s management the park has been refurbished and the tenant mix upgraded.

02 Jun 2014

British Empire : BTEM – interims

British Empire’s interim results for the six months that ended 31 March 2014 show the fund generating a total return on net assets of 4.8%, beating its benchmark (the MSCI All Country World ex US Index) which returned 2.4% but lagging the 5.6% return on the MSCI All Country World Index and the 5.5% return on […]

30 May 2014

BBGI : BBGI – acquisition

BBGI has bought the other 41.2% of the Norwegian E18 road project it acquired in December. The E18 runs for 38km between Grimstad and Kristiansand. The price was not disclosed

30 May 2014

Invista European Real Estate Trust : IERE – interims

Invista European Real Estate Trust has published its interim accounts. These cover the six months ended 31 March 2014. The net asset value fell from €0.25 to €0.20 over the period reflecting a 5.3% fall in the value of the company’s property portfolio. Four assets were sold during the period at a 15.6% discount to previous valuation […]

30 May 2014

Elephant Capital : ECAP – interims

Elephant Capital has released its interim figures for the six months ended 28 February 2014. Its net asset value rose from 33p to 34p over the period. They wrote down the value of Amar Chitra Katha Private (a children’s media company) during the period but gains in its listed investment, Nitco Limited (flooring and wall tiles), offset […]

30 May 2014

Capital Gearing Trust : CGT – annual results

Capital Gearing Trust, chaired by Tony Pattison (pictured), has released its annual results. These cover the year ended 5 April 2014. Over this time Capital Gearing Trust’s net asset value fell by 2.5%. This was the first time in more than thirty years that the fund’s net asset value had fallen over an accounting year. […]

30 May 2014

Montanaro European Smaller Companies : MTE – results

Montanaro European Smaller Companies has published its results for the year ended 31 March 2014. These show the net asset value rising by 6.0%, materially less than the 28.2% rise posted by the company’s benchmark. The discount widened over the year and so the share price appreciated by 4.0%. The Board is led by AR Irvine (pictured), his statement […]

30 May 2014

New India Investment Trust : NII – results

New India Investment Trust has released figures for the year ended 31 March 2014 showing a negative total return on net assets for the year of 1.9% which compares to a 2.8% fall in its benchmark and a negative 5.1% return on its share price. In Rupee terms returns were not too bad but a 21% […]

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