Investment Company News

09 Oct 2017

Henderson EuroTrust celebrates 25 years with a fee cut

Henderson EuroTrust celebrates 25 years with a fee cut – Henderson EuroTrust says that, for the year ended 31 July 2017, its NAV total return just failed to match its benchmark, producing a return of 24.3% compared to a total return from the benchmark index, the World Europe (ex UK) Index of 24.6%. Shareholders benefitted from […]

09 Oct 2017

JPMorgan Emerging Markets underperforms, bailed out by discount narrowing

JPMorgan Emerging Markets underperforms, bailed out by discount narrowing – JPMorgan Emerging Markets says that the year to 30th June 2017 was another positive one for investors in emerging markets, with the benchmark index, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index with net dividends reinvested, in sterling terms, returning +27.4%. The return on net assets, whilst positive […]

09 Oct 2017

Civitas expands portfolio

Civitas expands portfolio – Civitas Social Housing PLC has completed the purchase of two specialist supported living and residential care investments for a total consideration of £8.5 million, comprising the freehold interest in 5 properties, with 43 tenancies. The properties are immediately income generating with an initial net yield in line with the Company’s expectations and both […]

09 Oct 2017

Primary Health invests in Falkirk

Primary Health invests in Falkirk – Primary Health Properties has contracted to acquire a standing let investment property situated in Stenhousemuir, Falkirk, Scotland.  A wholly owned subsidiary of PHP has agreed to acquire Stenhousemuir Medical Centre for £8.65 million (net assets acquired of £8.65 million).  The property comprises of 2,450 m2 and is fully let to […]

09 Oct 2017

Schroder Japan Growth hits new highs

Schroder Japan Growth hits new highs – Schroder Japan Growth says that the year to 31 July 2017 has been an excellent one for its shareholders, with the NAV and share price reaching the highest levels in the company’s history. The NAV outperformed the TSE First Section Total Return Index, producing a total return of 20.4%, […]

05 Oct 2017

SQN Asset Finance reveals more problems in its portfolio

SQN Asset Finance reveals more problems in its portfolio – SQN Asset Finance Income Fund has published accounts for the year ended 30 June 2017. The chairman points out that the fund is now three years old and has ben paying dividends consistently on a monthly basis (these totalled 7.25p for the year under review, up […]

04 Oct 2017

LondonMetric buys logistics site in Bedford

LondonMetric buys logistics site in Bedford – LondonMetric Property Plc has unconditionally acquired the 40 acre Bedford Link site from the local authority. The site has planning consent for up to 670,000 sq. ft. of logistics space and all other conditions relating to the purchase have now been satisfied. Bedford Link is situated on the A421, […]

04 Oct 2017

Globalworth Real Estate expands into Poland with Griffin Premium investment

Globalworth Real Estate (GWI) has announced that it has entered into a conditional investment agreement to acquire a minimum of 50.01% and up to 67.90% of Warsaw listed Griffin Premium (GPRE). GPRE is a pure-play Polish real estate platform that primarily owns high-quality office and mixed-use assets located in Warsaw and across a number of […]

03 Oct 2017

GCP Student Living funding another building for Queen Mary

GCP Student Living funding another building for Queen Mary – GCP Student Living says that its operational property portfolio is now fully occupied with respect to the 2017/18 academic year. The average rental growth as compared with the 2016/17 academic year is 4.1%. New building for Queen Mary University GCP Student Living has entered into a […]

03 Oct 2017

Phenomenal year for TR European Growth shareholders

Phenomenal year for TR European Growth shareholders – TR European Growth says that, for the year ended 30 June 2017, its net asset value total return was 54.0% compared to a total return from the benchmark index of 35.8%.  The share price total return was 75.5%. They are proposing an increased final dividend of 11.5p and also […]