Gold showed further strength overnight and this morning, advancing to US$1,168/oz in the spot market before settling back to fix in London at US$1,149/oz, the highest price in over a month. The price has risen over 6% since it fixed at US$1,080/oz on 31 July, the lowest level for five years. According to Bloomberg, the […]
3i Infrastructure is investing £23m to take a 50% stake in the West of Duddon Sands offshore transmission project. The vendors are Dong Energy and Scottish Power Renewables. The remaining equity in the project will be acquired by Macquarie Capital. The consortium was selected as preferred bidder following a competitive tender run by Ofgem in July 2014. The project […]
KAZ Minerals has reported EBITDA of US$88 million for H1 2015, 55% down from the corresponding period of 2014. However, the company recorded a net loss of US$0.03/share against a net loss of US$0.31/share in HI 2014 (from continuing operations). Earnings in 2014 were impacted by a US$181 million loss from devaluation of the Tenge […]
Vietnam Holding has published results for the year ended 30 June 2015. It had a very good year with the NAV rising by 9.0% to $2.093 and a share price increase of 23.3% to $1.803. The Vietnam All Share Index increased by just 1.4%. as you can see from the numbers, the discount narrowed considerably over the […]
Empiric Student Property has exchanged contracts to acquire on practical completion the freehold on a site to be developed into a high quality turnkey student accommodation scheme on James Street West, in Bath, for a total investment of £25m (excluding acquisition costs). The property is currently owned and is being developed by James House Limited […]
Glencore’s H1 adjusted EBITDA was down 29% from H1 2014, to US$4.6 billion, leading to net income of US$882 million, a fall of 56% from the previous year. On a per share basis, net income was US$0.07 against US$0.15 previously. The decrease in profitability was largely down to the performance of the company’s Industrial sectors, […]
For the first half of 2015 Juridica reports that its net asset value decreased from US$1.66 (107 pence per share) as at 31 December 2014 to US$1.35 (86 pence per share) at 30 June 2015. This decrease in NAV per ordinary share was primarily attributable to the total comprehensive loss of US$34.2m generated during the six-month period ending 30 June 2015. […]
Alpha Pyrenees has published its interim results for the six month ended 30 June 2015. Its net asset value is now zero (though adjusting for the impact of derivative contracts and deferred tax gives an NAV of 2.4p). The Chairman said: “Given the current economic environment and the maturation of the Group’s bank borrowings on 15 […]
Diverse Income has reported results for the year ended 31 May 2015. Over the period the total return on net assets was 8.9% which compares favourably to a 7.5% return on the FTSE All-Share Index an 8.6% return on the FTSE Small Cap (excluding Investment Companies) Index and -4.0% return on the AIM All-Share Index. The fund […]
Taliesin Property Fund has reported results for the six months to June 30 2015. Its portfolio is now valued at €228.2m, an increase of €16.1m. The adjusted NAV per share increased by 10.0% to €26.40 (from €24.00 on 31 December 2014). On an EPRA basis the NAV increased to €26.16 (€23.88). the valuation per […]
