Investment Company News

27 Feb 2014

Jupiter Primadona Growth : JPG – discount control

Jupiter Primadona Growth has announced that “it will use share buy backs and new issues of shares with the intention of ensuring that, in normal market conditions, the market price of the Company’s shares will track their underlying net asset value”. The effect of this should be that JPG’s discount will be eliminated and its Board […]

27 Feb 2014

Ecofin Water & Power Opportunities : 2016 plans

With both its zero dividend preference shares and its 6% convertible unsecured loan stock due for maturity in 2016, the Board of Ecofin Water & Power Opportunities has decided that it makes sense to hold a continuation vote early in 2016 at which ordinary shareholders will have a say in the future of the company.

27 Feb 2014

Law Debenture : LWDB – Anual report

Law Debenture generated a net asset value return of 28.6% over 2013, well ahead of the return on the FTSE All-Share Index which returned 20.8%. The share price more or less kept pace with the asset value, returning 28.3%. Revenue from the fiduciary services business rose by 4.3%. The full year dividend rises to 15p […]

27 Feb 2014

Cambria Africa : CMB – full year results

Cambria Africa has just released its results for the year ended 31 August 2013 – ancient history really. Cambria Africa now holds just two core assets, Payserve Africa and Milchem Holdings and is selling off its remaining holdings – diversifying its focus away from Zimbabwe. Over the year it lost $5m on continuing operations and […]

27 Feb 2014

JP Morgan Private Equity : JPEL – interim results

JP Morgan Private Equity’s net asset value rose by 2.8% over the second half of 2013. The share price rose by 0.2% so the discount widened a little over the period. NAV gains were derived in part from disposals – JPEL received $41.5m and invested $3.3m during the six months. Since the start of 2014 […]

27 Feb 2014

Prosperity Voskhod : PVF – proposed delisting

Subject to the outcome of an EGM to be held on Thursday 29 May 2014, Prosperity Voskhod intends to delist its shares. PVF has been selling off its portfolio and returning cash to shareholders.

27 Feb 2014

The Investment Company : INV – interim results

The Investment Company, managed by Gervais Williams and Martin Turner at Miton and invested in a range of preference shares, loan stocks, debentures and notes, saw a 15,5% increase in its net asset value and a 16.0% increase in its share price over the second half of 2013. Two dividends of 5p per share were declared […]

27 Feb 2014

Strategic Equity Capital : SEC – half year report

Strategic Equity Capital’s net asset value rose by 29.4% over the second half of 2013, 4.6% more than the return on the FTSE Smaller Companies ex Investment Companies Index. The manager’s reports notes five stocks that made a significant contribution to SEC’s performance during the period – E2V technologies, Wilmington, 4imprint, Andor Technology (recently highlighted […]

27 Feb 2014

Derwent London : DLN – Full year results

Derwent London has released results for the year ended 31 December 2013. Over the year its EPRA NAV rose by 20% to £22.64 and EPRA earnings per share rose by 7% to 53.9p. The dividend was hiked by 8.3% to 36.5p. Almost 250,000 sq. ft of projects were completed in 2013 and Derwent have another […]