Shaftesbury has released its interim results for the six months ended 31 March 2014. Over this time its EPRA NAV rose by 5.1% to 596p. The interim dividend has been increased by 4% to 6.5p. Altogether the total return on net assets was 6.2%. The capital return on the portfolio was 5.4% – in line […]
Strategic Equity Capital has reviewed its management arrangements following the departure of Adam Steiner and Jonathan Morgan from GVOIM (the company’s managers). It has decided to retain GVOIM and has reinstated the 4% tender it suspended when the resignations were announced. Strategic Equity Capital’s portfolio management team now comprises Stuart Widdowson and Jeff Harris.
Ground Rents Income’s net asset value rose from 97.5p to 101.8p over the six months ended 31 March 2014. The percentage of the portfolio invested passed the 70% mark during the period and the statement says a further £2.4m (just under 3%) was committed to new investments at the end of March. The Chairman says […]
Target Healthcare REIT has bought three new, purpose-built care homes located in Wigan, Stockport and Coventry and let to Ideal Carehomes Group. The acquisition cost was £13.9m and for that Target Healthcare REIT gets 169 en-suite bedrooms, generating an initial yield of 7% with 35 year, inflation adjusted leases.
Land Securities has released results for the year ended 31 March 2014. The net asset value was up – adjusted / diluted up 12.2% to £10.13. Overall they underperformed the IPD quarterly universe – the ungeared total property return was 12.8% vs. 13.6% for the index. They increased the dividend to 30.7p (up 3%). At 20 Fenchurch […]
NewRiver Retail has released results for the 12 months ended 31 March 2014. The EPRA net asset value was unchanged on the year at 240p but this excludes the payment of a 10p special dividend. NewRiver Retail also say there were one-off costs of 11p during the year. The return to shareholders was 55% as […]
MedicX is buying a new health centre with an integral pharmacy for an anticipated £6.7m. The building, located in Peterborough, is due to be completed in June 2015. With this deal, MedicX has now committed over £500 million to its portfolio and has 134 primary healthcare facilities, five of which are under construction.
Baring Emerging Europe had a difficult six months to end March 2014 – the net asset value total return was -13.3%, behind the return on the MSCI 10/40 Index of -10.3%. Its discount narrowed a little however so the return on the share price was -12.1%. The Chairman places the underperformance squarely on the Ukrainian […]
GCP Sovereign Infrastructure Debt has released its IMS covering the period from 19 December 2013 to 15 May 2014. Normally we don’t bother to comment on these but in this case it is interesting that GCP Sovereign Infrastructure Debt has failed to conclude any investments since launch – they say down to an unfamiliarity of […]
Investors Capital, managed by Rodger McNair (pictured), has released its annual results for the year ended 31 March 2014. The fund outperformed – generating a total return on the net asset value of 9.7% vs. a 9.1% return on the FTSE All-Share capped 5% Index (its benchmark). The fund, which is managed with two portfolios – one […]
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