For fourteen consecutive years BlackRock Smaller Companies has outperformed its benchmark and increased its dividend. Over that period, the NAV has grown nearly ten-fold whereas the benchmark has almost quadrupled. The compound annual increase in dividends paid over the past five years has been 20% per annum. During the year to 28 February 2017, the NAV increased […]
Damille II says that it notes the announcement by Sistema this morning and the fall in the share price of Sistema as a result (see below). The company holds 1,599,452 shares in Sistema and this holding accounted for 40.19 per cent of the NAV as at 31 March, 2017. The company acquired its holding in Sistema […]
Sirius Real Estate has completed the sale of its Rupert Mayer Strasse business park in Munich for EUR85 million to Munich based Fiduciary Capital and the agreement to lease back and manage the asset for six years. Notarisation of this transaction was first announced on 6 January 2017. Rupert Mayer Strasse business park has approximately […]
Oakley Capital Investments says that Oakley Capital Private Equity III has completed a deal to acquire the assets and operations of Plesk, at an enterprise value of $105 million, as a carve out from the Parallels Group. Fund III has invested $27.4 million for a 51% controlling stake in the business. The company’s indirect contribution […]
Custodian REIT has acquired a 22,663 sq ft retail warehouse on Southbrook Retail Park, Gloucester, near the town centre and within three miles of the M5. The site comprises two units occupied by Magnet and Smyths Toys, with nearby retailers including Halfords, B&M Bargains, Lidl, The Range and McDonalds. The units’ leases expire on 9 […]
P2P Global’s board say that “2016 was a year of significant challenges, both for the company and its markets. The Board of the company has announced a review of its investment management arrangements, following a year of disappointing performance both on dividend yield and share price. The Board expects to update shareholders on the outcome […]
Honeycomb Investment Trust says that, following the initial share issue of GBP100.0 million, there have been two further successful share offerings with total gross proceeds of GBP100.0 million. The net share proceeds of all the share offerings have been deployed, with the latest gross proceeds of GBP50.0 million largely deployed on 13 January 2017 following […]
Wee-Li Hee, the lead portfolio manager for The Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Trust , is due to return from maternity leave in July. In discussion with the First State Stewart Asia management team and the Board of Scottish Oriental, Wee-Li has expressed a preference to step back from lead portfolio manager responsibility for the Company. […]
Aberforth Geared Income has reached agreement in principle with Aberforth Split Level Income Trust plc (ASLIT) on the outline terms of the reconstruction and winding-up of the company, expected to become effective on 30 June 2017, under which ASLIT will act as a rollover option for investors in the company. ASLIT will be a new split […]
Over the year ended 31 January 2017, ICG Longbow’s NAV increased from 100.18 pence per share to 103.80 pence. The main reason for this was a significant increase in revenue to GBP12.33 million (31 January 2016: GBP8.36 million) as exit and prepayment fees were earned on three loan repayments. Earnings per share of 9.62 pence were significantly […]
