Investment Company News

03 Jun 2014

Henderson Diversified Income : HDIV – interims

Henderson Diversified Income has published its interim accounts covering the six months to the end of April 2014. Over that period the fund generated a total return on net assets of 4.7%. The share price did not keep pace with the net asset value so the return to shareholders was 3.5%. The fund targets returns of 1.25% over LIBOR […]

03 Jun 2014

Dragon Ukrainian Properties & Development : DUPD – results

Dragon Ukrainian Properties & Development has published results for the year ended 31 December 2013. These show its net asset value falling from $1.65 to $1.48 as they were hit by falling property valuations, notably in the value of their land bank, and also by the fall in value of the Hryvnya, the Ukrainian currency. […]

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

MedicX Fund : MXF – interim results

MedicX Fund has published its interim results covering the six months ended 31 March 2014. Over the period its net asset value, calculated with debt at fair value, fell from 69.4p to 68.6p. The quarterly dividend is now running at 1.45p per share, implying a full year dividend of 5.8p – marginally up from 5.7p […]

30 May 2014

Chenavari Capital Solutions : CCSL – initial results

Chenavari Capital Solutions has published its first set of results. These cover the period from 12 July 2013 to 31 March 2014. Chenavari Capital Solutions was admitted to listing on 7 October 2013, raising £130m. The net asset value at the end of the period was 100.91p – a 3.0% increase on the initial value […]

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. […]