SEGRO plc and Hermes Property Unit Trust have completed a property swap transaction. SEGRO has acquired from Hermes a 9,800 sq m single-let, modern distribution warehouse in Hayes, West London for £21.9m. Hermes has purchased from SEGRO two multi-let industrial estates totalling 29,300 sq m, both situated close to Heathrow Airport for £47m. The balance of £25.1m […]
Enough of Premier Energy & Water’s existing ZDP holders have rolled over into its new issue to leave it oversubscribed. There will be no placing of new zeros. We talked about the new issue in this month’s warrants, subscription share and zeros roundup. the new zero (PEZ), issued by PEWT Securities 2020, will start trading on […]
Dunedin Smaller Companies has announced results for the year ended 31 October 2015. over this period the fund underperformed the FTSE Small cap (ex Investment Companies) Index, returning 10.7% on net assets against 13.1% for the benchmark, but a narrowing of the fund’s discount, from 16.9% to 15.0%, gave shareholders a 13.7% return. The dividend has […]
Empiric Student Property has announced that it has exchanged contracts to acquire Provincial House, a 107 bed forward funded development in Sheffield, for a total investment of £11m. Empiric is to acquire the freehold to the site, which is located in central Sheffield, immediately next to the University of Sheffield’s north campus. The existing property […]
JPMorgan Asian has published results for the year ended 30 September 2015 that show the fund managed to outperform its benchmark. During the year under review, JPMorgan Asian’s return on net assets was -2.9%, outperforming the MSCI AC Asia ex Japan Index, which delivered a -6.3% return. The Board had been warning JPMorgan that performance […]
AEW UK REIT’s shopping spree continues with the purchase of three more properties for £12.2m. The first comprises a prominent 49,764 sq ft town centre leisure investment in Southend-on-Sea, let to Odeon Cinemas Limited with a WAULT of approximately 7 years to expiry. The property was acquired for GBP5.7m (net of acquisition costs) reflecting a […]
Finsbury Growth & Income has published an impressive set of results for the year ended 30 September 2015. In a year when the total return on the FTSE All-Share Index was -2.3%, Finsbury Growth & Income delivered a 12.0% return on net assets and an 11.8% return to shareholders. The dividend has ben increased by 7.1% […]
Multi-commodity mining giant, Glencore, yesterday briefed investors on its preparedness for a lower price environment. The company has reduced 2015 capex from US$6 billion to US$5.7 billion, and expects to reduce 2016 capex to US$3.8 billion. For its main mineral products it expects low cost profiles of US$1.10/lb copper, US$0.33/lb zinc, US$2.95/lb nickel and US$39/t […]
Japan Residential Investment Company has announced that the third party, with which it has been in discussion with, regarding a potential bid has advised that it is no longer interested in making an offer for the company. On 13 November 2015, Nikko III Pte. Ltd. and Japan Residential Investment Company announced that they had reached […]
A new Japan focused investment trust, CC Japan Income & Growth Trust, has announced that it has raised gross proceeds of £66.5m from its first placing, offer for subscription and intermediaries offer. The net proceeds of this first issue are expected to be approximately £65.3m. The shares, which were issued at a price of 100p […]
