GLI Finance is backing a company, Verus 360, established by Bibby, which offers small and medium sized companies borrowing facilities. The initial focus of Verus360 is to support businesses with annual revenue of between £200,000 and £8 million by offering facilities up to £250,000. GLI Finance is supporting the business with a £5m convertible loan. This has […]
JPMorgan Global Emerging Markets Income, in a refreshingly direct way, reports that its last financial year (to end July 2015) has been tough, particularly in the second half. The Company recorded a total return on net assets of -7.8%. This compares with a return on the benchmark index, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index with net dividends reinvested (in […]
The Board of Renewable Energy Generation Limited announces that it has received a non-binding approach for its trading subsidiaries. The assets would be acquired by a new company formed by the company’s executive management team. The Offer, which is subject to due diligence, would generate an estimated net cash distribution of around 60p per share representing […]
Electra Private Equity has announced it is selling its 23% interest in Zensar Technologies Limited, the listed Indian IT services business, to a company backed by funds advised by Apax Partners, the private equity firm. On completion of the transaction, Electra will receive proceeds of approximately £84m (based on current exchange rates). Inclusive of dividends and proceeds […]
Henderson EuroTrust has announced results for the year ended 31 July 2015. The net asset value per share total return (including dividends reinvested and excluding transaction costs) was 13.9% compared to a total return from the benchmark index, the FTSE World Europe (ex UK) Index of 9.6%. The final dividend will be 13.0p, (2014: 12.5p) producing a […]
The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust outperformed its benchmark index, TOPIX, over the year to 31 August 2015 by 7 percentage points. Net asset value per share, after deducting borrowings at fair value, rose 20.4%, while the benchmark index gained 13.4%. In this period the Company’s share price increased by 26.3%. The statement say the positive absolute and […]
The Board of Kuala Innovations Limited has announced that it has subscribed for a 3.5 per cent. interest in Delaware incorporated private company Intensity Therapeutics, Inc. The Company has subscribed for 250,000 Preferred Series A Shares of Intensity Therapeutics (“Subscription Shares”) at a price of US$2.00 per Subscription Share, for total cash consideration of US$500,000. […]
Schroder UK Mid Cap Fund has announced that Rosemary Banyard has decided to leave Schroders, and will be stepping down as the Company’s lead portfolio manager with effect from 31 March 2016. Rosemary will continue to manage the portfolio until that time, following which Andy Brough, who has co-managed the portfolio with Rosemary since Schroders […]
Drum Income Plus REIT has announced three acquisitions, for a total consideration of £19.7m. These are the Company’s first acquisitions since it was listed on the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and admitted to trading on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange on 29 May 2015, raising gross proceeds of £31.9m. The Company […]
International Public Partnerships Limited has announced its first investment in the US. The Company has invested approximately US$48m (£32m) into a series of fully yielding mezzanine debt instruments with a remaining average life of 37 years. The mezzanine debt is being acquired by the Company from the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac”) and […]
