Genesis Emerging Markets underperformed its benchmark over the year to the end of June 2015 – the return on net assets was -1.1% while the return on the MSCI Emerging Markets Index was +3.5%. Unfortunately for shareholders the discount widened as well, from 6.1% to 11.8% and this translated into a -7.2% return to shareholders, […]
HarbourVest Global Private Equity has announced the successful renewal of its multi-currency credit facility with Lloyds Bank plc. HVPE has refinanced the facility, which will increase from $300 million to $500 million with immediate effect. The increased commitment has been provided by a new lender, Credit Suisse AG, which has committed $200 million alongside the existing […]
Hammerson plc, together with its joint venture partner, Allianz Real Estate, has signed an agreement with Ireland’s National Asset Management Agency (“NAMA”) to acquire the Project Jewel portfolio of loans secured against market-leading retail assets in Dublin, Ireland, including Dundrum Town Centre, Ireland’s pre-eminent shopping and leisure destination. The loan acquisition is being made through […]
Late on Friday, JPMorgan Overseas published its final results for the year ended 30 June 2012. The total return on net assets for the year was 11.8%, ahead of the total return of 9.5% for the benchmark, the MSCI All Country World Index (in sterling terms). The total return to shareholders was 10.3%. The final dividend […]
Jupiter Primadona’s annual results, covering the year ended 30 June 2015, show the fund generating a total return of 7.6%, 3% more than its benchmark. The return to shareholders was 7.9%. The quarterly dividends were maintained at 1.6p to give 6.4p for the year as a whole. The fund has been called Jupiter Primadona Growth Trust plc […]
The Law Debenture Corporation has agreed to issue £75m fixed rate 30-year secured private placement notes at an annualised coupon of 3.77%. The Board believes that, in the current bond and interest rate environment, it is desirable to obtain fixed rate, long dated sterling denominated financing at a pricing level that is attractive and, over the longer […]
Toro Limited has invested approximately €31.25m in instruments backed by the performance of a granular non-performing loan portfolio of small and medium sized enterprise (SME) loans and secured residential loans. This co-investment will be junior to any senior financing of the portfolio, and backed proportionately by loan exposures to 1654 SMEs and to 2283 secured residential […]
Renewable Energy Generation published a trading statement this morning in which it said that the UK Government’s decision to change the subsidy regime for onshore wind had hit its business hard. The proposed changes to the Renewables Obligation scheme will not be binding until they receive Royal Assent (due sometime next year) and this is […]
ARC Capital Holdings has published results for the year ended 31 December 2014. These are obviously well out of date but they bring investors more up to speed with developments in the business. Normally we summarise large chunks of results statements to make your life easier but In ARC Capital’s case there is so much […]
Over the six months ended 31 July 2015, Mercantile managed to generate a return on net assets of 15.0%, 3.9% more than the 11.1% return posted by the FTSE All-Share ex FTSE100 and Investment Companies Index that the fund uses as a benchmark. the return to shareholders was 15.6%. They have paid 20p in dividends so far […]
