CATCo Reinsurance Opportunities Fund has published its Annual Report. For the year ended 31 December 2015, it achieved a net NAV return for shareholders of 11.58%, exceeding the target annual net return of LIBOR plus 9 to 12% per annum. CATCo also outperformed the industry benchmark, the Eurekahedge ILS Advisors Index, by 7.31%. They say […]
Dunedin Enterprise Investment Trust says its largest investment, CitySprint, has been realised with a portion of the proceeds being rolled over into a new company (“New CitySprint”). The realisation of CitySprint values the company at £175m and generates proceeds of £26.1m for Dunedin Enterprise. This compares to a valuation at 30 September 2015 of £23.2m. […]
The Board of JPMorgan Senior Secured Loan has considered the future prospects of the Company, particularly in light of the commitment under its Articles of Incorporation to make a redemption offer for 50 per cent. of its shares, triggered by the Company’s shares trading at an average discount in excess of five per cent during […]
Strategic Equity Capital’s interim figures, covering the six months ended 31 December 2015, show the NAV per share and the NAV total return per share decreased by 2.3% and 2.0% respectively. The Chairman’s statement says that aside from the exceptionally disappointing returns from one investment, Tribal Group, the vast majority of the remaining portfolio performed […]
GLI Finance has updated its NAV and given some information on the progress of the review of its business post the departure of its previous chief executive. There’s a lot in the announcement so we reproduce it in full below. “Confirmation of permanent CEO, Strategic Review and NAV Update The Executive team The Board of […]
Hammerson announced its results yesterday. The highlights were an 11.3% uplift in its EPRA NAV, a 12.6% increase in its adjusted earnings per share to 23.9p on the back of a 4.3% improvement in net rental income (2.3% like for like). Overall occupancy rose from 97.5% to 97.7%. Retail sales at their centres rose by […]
Alliance Trust has announced that Katherine Garrett-Cox (pictured) will stand down as chief executive of its management company, Alliance Trust Investments Limited (also a subsidiary of Alliance Trust ), and will be leaving the company on 11 March 2016. The company says that this follows discussions between the Board and Katherine about the future requirement […]
BlackRock Throgmorton Trust beat its benchmark by more than 10% over the year that ended on 30 November 2015. The Company’s net asset value per share returned 23.2% compared with a return of 11.9% for the Numis Smaller Companies excluding AIM (excluding Investment Companies) Index. Shareholders did even better – the share price return was […]
Alpha Real Trust announces it has entered into a purchase agreement to acquire the long leasehold interest in a central Scotland land development site. Alpha Real Trust has entered into a 40 year, long leasehold interest with full planning consent and secure grid connection for the installation of a wood fired Combined Heat and Power (“CHP”) plant […]
GCP Student Living has raised £19m in a placing of its shares and has used the proceeds to buy a student accommodation block in Bristol. The Placing was significantly oversubscribed and the placing price was 135 pence. GCP Student Living has exchanged contracts to acquire Water Lane Apartments, a modern, private student accommodation residence located in a […]
