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09 Mar 2016

Pantheon let down by discount widening

Pantheon International’s NAV per share rose by 8.2% over the course of 2015, outperforming the FTSE All-Share, which fell by 2.0%, and the MSCI World, which rose by 3.3%. However, they say share price performance was disappointing (-4.1%) as it was impacted by a sector-wide increase in discounts which have been driven by uncertainty in financial […]

09 Mar 2016

Princess Private Equity returns 17% in 2015

Princess Private Equity’s results for 2015 show the fund delivering a return on net assets of 17.5%. The dividend was €0.54 (a 5.7% yield on NAV at 31 December 2015 / 6.9% yield on the shares). The Board say they plan to continue to pay a dividend of 5% to 8% per annum of the NAV. The […]

09 Mar 2016

BlackRock Latin matches benchmark, no tender planned

BlackRock Latin American’s results for the year ended 31 December 2015 show a 30.9% fall in net assets on a total return basis in dollars (-27.0% in Sterling) and a -30.6% return to shareholders in dollars which translates as -26.6% in Sterling. These returns are pretty much in line with the fund’s benchmark which returned -30.8% […]

08 Mar 2016

Foreign & Colonial planning new private equity investments

Foreign & Colonial has published its results for the year ended 31 December 2015. Their net asset value total return of 7.5% was above the 4.0% delivered by the FTSE All World Index over the year. FRCL delivered a total shareholder return of 9.0% for the year. The net asset value per share with debt at market […]

08 Mar 2016

Highbridge Multi Strategy trading suspended

It appears that when BlueCrest AllBlue’s US dollar shares were converted into Sterling shares in advance of the switch of the fund to become Highbridge Multi Strategy Fund, they made a mistake calculating the conversion ratio. The company has asked that trading in its shares be suspended while they sort out the mess. HMSF : Highbridge […]

08 Mar 2016

Longbow sees student loan repaid

ICG Longbow Senior Secured UK Property Debt Investments says the borrower under the Company’s Mansion loan has now completed the disposal of the two student accommodation properties which provided security for the Company’s loan. As a result of this disposal the £18.07m loan has been repaid in full, together with exit and prepayment fees of […]

07 Mar 2016

Northern Investors sells Control Risks

Northern Investors Company has announced the sale of its investment in Control Risks Group Holdings Limited for £7.3m in cash.  The directors’ valuation of the investment in Control Risks for the purposes of calculating Northern Investors’ unaudited net asset value as at 31 December 2015, which was announced on 17 February 2016, was also £7.3m. […]

07 Mar 2016

JPM Senior Secured Loan paves way for liquidation, removes credit facility

Following consultations with shareholders JPMorgan Senior Secured Loan’s Board announced last month that it would seek approval to place the Company into voluntary liquidation, affording all Shareholders the opportunity of a full cash exit at net asset value less costs. In late March 2016 the Board will publish a circular which will provide notice of two […]

04 Mar 2016

Capital & Regional announces big hike in dividend

Capital & Regional has announced its full year results to 30 December 2015 together with the £10.5m acquisition of a further property in Hemel Hempstead and the selection of Barratt London as the preferred development partner for the proposed extension of The Mall, Walthamstow to provide 92,000 sq ft of new retail space and over […]