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10 Dec 2013

City of London : CTY

CTY has borrowed £35m at a fixed rate of 4.53% repayable on 22 January 2029 (via an issue of private placement notes)

10 Dec 2013

CQS Rig Finance : RIG

Results for the year ended 30 September 2013. RIG’s NAV increased from 34.72p to 35.65p – shareholders total return in NAV terms was 7.2%. The various members of the CQS Group own 68.7% of RIG’s shares between them (CQS Cayman LP made a mandatory offer for RIG’s shares last year). There is a continuation vote […]

10 Dec 2013

Schroder Real Estate : SREI

Schroder Real Estate buys 244-248D Commercial Road, Portsmouth (a 27,359 sq ft retail parade let to Sportsdirect.com, Mothercare, Tui and the Gold Centre) and for £7.2m. The initial yield on the purchase price is 8.3%.

10 Dec 2013

Polar Capital Technology : PCT

Interim results for the half year ended 31 October 2013. NAV rose by 12.6%, well ahead of the Dow Jones World Technology Index which returned 8.9% in sterling terms. The fund moved from trading at a discount to trading at a premium to NAV and so the share price return was 17.1% over the period. […]

10 Dec 2013

Infrastructure India : IIP

Interim results for IIP for six months ended 30 September 2013. NAV falls to 63p from 78p. Fall in value of Indian rupee and increase in the Indian risk free rate (used to value investments) unhelpful, Vikram Logistics having difficulty in getting disbursement of approved debt which is holding up construction. Stakeholders in Shree Maheshwar Hydel Power […]

09 Dec 2013

ICG Longbow Senior Secured : LBOW

LBOW has made two further loans. One, to Halcyon Nominees for £8.6m, refinances 21 commercial freeholds. The other, to Carrara Nominees for £1.3m, refinances the ground rent on a freehold office property in the North of the UKBOW has now committed 72.2% of its capital.

09 Dec 2013

Great Portland Estates :GPOR

Great Portland Estates has sold its lease on 20 St. James’s Street (55,490sq ft office / retail building) for £54.5m. The property was acquired for £42.5m in 2010. It was producing a net rent of £1.2m per annum. GPOR will use the proceeds to invest in other projects.

07 Dec 2013

Real Estate Investors : RLE – sells properties for £4.3m

Real Estate Investors (RLE) sells three units in a retail park in Derby for £4.3m. Buyer was parent company of Lidl. RLE retains ownership of five units that are let or under offer and have an estimated rental value of £250,000 per annum. RLE bought the whole park for £4.8m in September 2011.

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