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29 Nov 2016

BH Macro says exit now or after March 2019 unless you want to pay a big penalty

BH Macro is offering shareholders the chance to exit now via a tender. They are instituting some transition arrangements covering the period between the tender and March 2019. After March 2019 it will be easier to exit the fund without paying a big penalty. 100% Tender BH Macro is holding a tender for all its shares at […]

28 Nov 2016

Hansa – recent improved performance fails to offset lacklustre earlier returns

Hansa says its net asset value produced a total return of c. 17% over the six months ended 30 September 2016 in comparison to a total return of c. 2% from its benchmark. The ordinary shares rose 20.2% and the A ordinary shares by 13.0%, after the payment of an 8.0p dividend paid in May. They point […]

28 Nov 2016

Empiric Student Property is investing in Leicester

Empiric Student Property has entered into three forward funding arrangements with a Leicester-based property company to develop a total of 170 beds in Leicester across three properties for an aggregate investment of GBP15.975 million. 134 New Walk and 140-142 New Walk are located immediately to the west and east, respectively, of the Group’s recently acquired standing […]

25 Nov 2016

London & St Lawrence launches strategic review

The Board of Directors of London & St Lawrence Investment Company has decided to undertake a strategic review with regard to the company’s future.  Once that review has concluded, they will make a further announcement of the conclusions reached. London & St Lawrence has been managed by three generations of the Ashfield family. It sits […]

24 Nov 2016

UK Mortgages concerned about rate of deployment

The Board of UK Mortgages and TwentyFour Asset Management say that the TwentyFour portfolio management team remain fully engaged on a number of prospective opportunities with the aim of fully investing the Company’s capital in as timely a manner as possible. The Board is confident that current opportunities under discussion will lead to the remaining cash […]

24 Nov 2016

Atalaya Mining 97% production increase from Q2 2016

Atalaya Mining Plc (ATYM:AIM) (AYM:TSX) As a result of an increase in volume of copper concentrate sold, lower cash costs and higher realised copper prices, EBITDA improved significantly in Q3 2016 to €1.9 million compared to a loss of €3.6 million for H1 2016. Atalaya, had a 97% increase in the production of tonnes of […]

23 Nov 2016

Horizonte Minerals expands land position in Brazil.

Horizonte Minerals Plc (HZM:AIM, HZM:TSX) The company was awarded three new mineral exploration concession areas, adjacent to their 100% owned Araguaia  nickel project. The concessions total 5,996 hectares which increases their land position to a total of 132,278 hectares. Horizonte will be undertaking a regional exploration programme to evaluate and advance these new areas as appropriate. These […]

23 Nov 2016

BlackRock Frontiers’ Argentinian exposure does well

BlackRock Frontier Markets reports that, during the year to 30 September 2016, its NAV increased by 9.3%, significantly outperforming the benchmark, the MSCI Frontier Markets Index, which rose by 0.9%. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index rose by 16.8% over the same period. The Directors are recommending the payment of a final dividend of 4.00 cents […]

23 Nov 2016

Aberdeen Japan held back by yen hedge

Aberdeen Japan’s share price total return was almost 14% during the six months ended 30 September 2016, helped by both a slight tightening of the discount and the slide in sterling following the Brexit referendum result, including the effect of the hedge which, as expected, reduced the sterling related gain. The underlying portfolio outperformed the benchmark […]