JPMorgan Asian has announced the appointment of Ayaz Ebrahim, as joint fund manager of the Company, alongside Richard Titherington. Ayaz, a Managing Director at JPMorgan Asset Management and based in Hong Kong, is a highly experienced portfolio manager who heads the Asia Pacific Core Team and chairs the Asset Allocation Committee within the Emerging Markets and […]
Following the acquisition of Amedeo Air Four Plus’ initial six A380 aircraft , and in line with its investment policy, the Company continues to seek further investments in widebody aircraft, which will be leased to one or more major airlines. The Board currently anticipates that it will consider, with the advice of Amedeo and Nimrod […]
John Laing Infrastructure has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire a 100% interest in Project Service LLC, the provider of 23 highway service areas in the State of Connecticut (USA), between New York and Boston. John Laing Infrastructure has purchased the interest from Carlyle Infrastructure Service Plazas, L.P. (an affiliate of The […]
Caledonia delivered a positive net asset value per share total return of 2.6% for the year ended 31 March 2016, compared with 14.2% for the previous year. Over the year, the FTSE All-Share Total Return fell by 3.9%, though the S&P 500 remained flat. The Chairman emphasises though that they do not seek to benchmark performance […]
Henderson Alternative Strategies delivered a NAV total return of -2.3% during the half-year to 31 March 2016 compared to a rise of 11.5% in its FTSE World Total Return Index global equity benchmark. The Chairman’s statement says that, whilst the company tends to outperform in testing markets (e.g. for the six-month period to 30 September 2015), […]
Land Securities has announced results for the year ended 31 March 2016. Over that period its NAV rose by 10.3% to 1482p and its adjusted, diluted NAV rose by 10.9% to 1434p. Revenue profit rose by 10% to £362.1m and this pushed adjusted, diluted EPS up 10.1% to 45.7p. From this they declared dividends totalling […]
River & Mercantile UK Micro Cap’s NAV return for the six months ended 31 March 2016 was 8.3%, well ahead of the benchmark’s return of +0.9%. The manager’s report analyses the largest contributions to the fund’s performance over the period. The largest positive contributions came from KBC Advanced Technologies, IS Solutions, Trakm8, Blue Prism and Sigma Capital. […]
HICL Infrastructure has announced results for the year ended 31 March 2016. The NAV per share was 142.2p at 31 March 2016 (2015: 136.7p), which was ahead of budget. Total shareholder return for the year was 9.6% on a net asset value (“NAV”) total return basis and 6.8% on a share price total return basis. […]
Starwood European Real Estate Finance Limited announced on 16 May that it has arranged GBP158.1 million loan facilities for certain affiliated companies of Värde Partners to refinance a portfolio of 141 retail, office and industrial assets located throughout the UK. With 393 tenants the Portfolio reflects very strong diversification in terms of tenant, geography and sector. […]
Invesco Perpetual Enhanced Income has announced its interim results for the Six Months to 31 March 2016. During the period, which the managers describe as a volatile period for high yield bond markets, the company provided an NAV total return of 3.8% and a share price total return of 4.7% (the share price premium to […]
