Over the year to the end of November 2013 DIL2’s NAV rose by 2.82%. The portfolio was over 50% invested in cash at the end of the period. Shareholders on the register on 28 January 2014 will have the option to redeem up to 15% of their shareholding at NAV less 2.5%. Cheques will be […]
GCP Infrastructure has invested just shy of £5m in loan notes with a yield of 9.3% at 20 year maturity. The borrower is GCP Rooftop Solar 4 Limited – a portfolio of domestic solar panel installations installed by A Shade Greener. The loan will be serviced from income derived from the Government’s Feed-in-tariff scheme. The […]
Like for like occupancy up 30bps to 97.1% 525,000 sq ft of lettings or renewals in Q3 with rent 5.3% ahead of ERV – split 386,000 sq ft retail and 139,000 sq ft offices. £405m of disposals including Eastgate in Basildon and a further £200m in the pipeline. £196m of acquisitions including £83m of Sainsbury’s […]
The EDIN Board has appointed Mark Barnett as manager of the fund with immediate effect, keeping the management contract at Invesco Perpetual. EDIN has also cut its fee to 0.55% of the market capitalisation and no performance fee. In addition any performance fee payable for this year will be capped at £7.5m.
Over the six months to the end of December 2013, AGIT’s ordinary share NAV rose by 41% and the share p[rice by 41.2%. The zero dividend preference share NAV rose by 3.3% and its share price by 0.8%. The FTSE All-Share rose by 11.4% over the period while the Numis Small cap Index excluding investment […]
ND Distressed Debt is proposing to create a new class of shares. This new “Global” portfolio will invest in the global distressed debt market with a particular focus on Europe and North America. The manager will have until 31 March 2017 to invest the issue proceeds and after this date all capital and profit from […]
HICL has invested in two new investments – Holdfast Training Services (a 30 year concession to design, build, refurbish and maintain 32 buildings, 21 refurbishments and five training areas across the UK for the Royal School of Military Engineering) and the Sheffield BSF Schools Project (a 27 year PFI deal to build, finance, maintain and […]
VNH has announced interim results covering the six month period ended 31 December 2013. During this period the benchmark index, the VNI, rose by 5.4% in US dollar terms, by contrast, VNI’s net asset value rose by 13.2%. VNH’s discount widened however, its share price rose by just 3.4% .
BlackRock Commodities Income’s full year results for the 12 months to the end of November 2013 reflect a difficult period for investors in commodity related assets but were well ahead of its benchmark. The net asset value total return was a decline of 5.9%. the share price return was negative 6.0%. By contrast the Euromoney Global Mining […]
DREF has announced today that the master fund has realised three of its mezzanine loan investments (numbered one, three and eight – DREF does not report who it lends money to but these borrowers were against a retail property in Denmark, against eight hotels in Germany and against an office and light industrial park in France). […]
