BH Macro Limited released impressive numbers for the year-end December 2022. The price of the sterling class shares rose by 20.05% and the US dollar class shares by 12.72%, whilst the NAV per share rose by 21.91% for the sterling class shares and 21.17% for the US dollar class shares. While the company doesn’t list […]
Fidelity Japan Trust (FJV) closed out a tough year, announcing results for the period ending December 2022. The company NAV fell by 24.3%, well behind the TOPIX benchmark which was down just 4.1%. Shares fell in sympathy, down 28.1%. Despite the share price volatility, the discount has remained relatively stable at around 10% over the […]
CVC Income & Growth Limited (CVCG) announced annual results for the year ended December 2022. The company saw solid NAV growth of 6.75%, following on from last year’s 12.2% while also increasing its dividend from 4.6 to 5.7%. Despite this, shares fell around 7%. The company does not provide a benchmark in the annual report, […]
Phoenix Spree Deutschland has suspended its dividend and has not paid a final dividend for the year to 31 December 2022 as the residential sales market in Berlin dries up following the hike in interest rates. As per its business model, cash to pay dividends is substantially dependent on condominium and/or other asset sales. Just […]
Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust (ORIT) announced its results for the year ended 31 December 2022. The company saw solid growth for the second year running with NAV up 12.3% after returning 9.3% the year prior, with NAV up 25.9% since the IPO in December 2019. The performance of its shares has been less impressive, however, […]
European Assets Trust (EAT) announced its results for the year ended 31 December 2022. NAV return was 28.2% for the year ended 31 December 2022. This compares to -17.7% for the benchmark, EMIX Smaller European Companies (ex UK) Index. Shares fell 28.4% in sterling terms over the same period. The company also announced a reduced […]
The board of Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies (BASC) announced the appointment of Jane Routledge as an independent non-executive director with effect from 1 April 2023. Jane is currently a non-executive director at M&G Credit Income Investment Trust plc where she is also a member of the audit & risk, remuneration, management engagement and nomination […]
CT Private Equity Trust (formerly BMO Private Equity Trust) announced preliminary annual results for the year-end December 31 2022. NAV increased 14.8% for the period, while shares fell 8.9%. The trust contrasts that with a 0.4% return on the All-Share Index. The dividend yield was 6.1% based on the year-end share price. As we have […]
Schiehallion Fund Limited has announced annual results for the year ended Jan 31, 2023. Since its launch in March 2019, shares have ridden a rollercoaster, reaching a peak of more than 150% above list price, however as we have seen across the growth universe, many of these companies crashed back down to earth over the […]
VH Global Sustainable Energy Opportunities reported its annual results for the year ended 31 December 2022. Shares fell -5.61% while NAV increased by 7.6%. The company does not provide a benchmark in its annual report, however, performance was roughly in line with the S&P Global Clean Energy Index. The discount remained relatively steady throughout the […]
Impact Healthcare REIT has posted strong results as inflation-linked leases negate the impact of rising interest rates. The care home provider reported a 2.0% drop in NAV to 110.17p per share. Its property portfolio was valued at £568.8m as at 31 December 2022, up 14.3% in the year due to acquisitions. The change in fair […]
abrdn Smaller Companies Income Trust results for the year end 31 2022 December do not make for happy reading for investors. NAV fell 33.2% while the share price dropped 33.7%. This compares to the Numis Smaller Companies ex Inv Trust Index which fell 17.9%. The discount closed the year at around 16% however has since […]
Regional REIT saw its net asset value fall 24.4% in annual results to 31 December 2022, primarily as a consequence of rising interest rates affecting valuations in the property sector. The group’s EPRA net tangible assets (NTA) was 73.5p per share at the end of the year, compared to 97.2p a year prior. This was […]
Invesco Bond Income Plus (BIPS) released its annual results for the year ended 31 December 2022. In what was a tough year across the entire high-yield sector, shares fell from a premium of 2.3% at the beginning of the period to close at a discount of 3.4%, a fall of 5.2%. NAV fell 10.8%, trailing […]
Unbound group (UBG), formally Electra Private Equity, announced a statement regarding an offer from WoolOvers Group Limited for the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Unbound. Under the terms of the possible offer, Unbound shareholders would receive 10.5 pence in cash and 1 contingent value right per Unbound share. The terms of […]
Life Science REIT has reported a 8.9% fall in net asset value (NAV) in maiden annual results. Rising interest rates in the second half of the year and property acquisition costs (as it invested its IPO proceedings) resulted in a 7.5% drop in the value of its portfolio on book value to £387.6m. An outward […]
US Solar Fund (USF) has announced its annual results for the financial year ending 31 December 2022. Over the 12 month period USF’s portfolio grew to 543MWDC. USF’s NAV fell slightly from its half-year level, falling from the $321.2m it reported in June to $320.0m. USF’s portfolio actually increased in value over the year, however […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing for 27 March 2023: The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG) has entered into a corporate Power Purchase Agreement with BT Group for Blary Hill onshore wind farm. Pricing has been agreed for the duration of the 10-year PPA on pay-as-produced terms. Located in Scotland, the windfarm has a 35MW capacity, consists of […]
Thank you to everyone that listened in today, whether you watched the Zoom live, on Facebook or on YouTube. In this week’s show, James Carthew covered the week’s top stories: • Scottish Mortgage (0:29) • Banking problems – SVB/Credit Suisse fallout (8:34) This week’s interview was with Richard Staveley from Rockwood Strategic – watch it […]
The dividend hero and next generation hero lists published by the AIC are a great marketing tool for the investment companies industry and tend to generate a considerable amount of press attention, despite being a relatively simplistic yardstick (funds that have grown their dividend every year for at least 20 and 10 years, respectively). However, […]
Starwood European Real Estate Finance (SWEF) has released its annual results or the year ended 31 December 2022. This was the last year of account for which SWEF was not in realisation mode as, post period end, shareholders approved a new investment objective and policy that will see an orderly realisation of the fund’s portfolio, […]
Dunedin Enterprise (DNE) has announced its results for the year ended 31 December 2022, the key financial highlights of which are as follows: Share price total return of 18.5% in the year to 31 December 2022 Net asset value total return of 21.7% in the year to 31 December 2022 Realisations of £36.9m in the […]
Downing Renewables & Infrastructure (DORE) has announced that, in response to the discount to NAV the trust has been trading at recently, the board intends to commence buying back shares in the market where it believes this to be in shareholders’ interests. Both the board and manager think that the prevailing discount materially undervalues both […]
Temple Bar has published results for the year ended 31 December 2022. Unfortunately, the trust underperformed the All-Share over the year, returning -2.0% in NAV terms versus +0.3% for the index. The share price did a bit better with a return of +3.6%, however, helped by a narrower discount. The chairman notes that, since Redwheel […]
Foresight Solar Fund has secured a pipeline of development-stage solar farms with a total potential capacity of 467MWp. The entire project rights have been secured from Grupo Cuerva, a renewable energy company and distribution network operator, and another Spanish developer. This strategic investment – codenamed “Project Lynx” – is located across the south and east […]
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 23 March 2023: Gulf Investment Fund (GIF) has launched its latest 100% tender offer. Shares that are tendered will be put into a realisatin pool on 12 April, the pool liquidated and the proceeds (less about $100,000 of expected tender offer costs) returned to shareholders. There is a minimum size threshold […]
BioPharma Credit (BPCR), the specialist life sciences debt investor, today announced the publication of its annual report for the year ending 31 December 2022. Company NAV was relatively stable, growing slightly over 2% while shares fell by around the same margin from the year prior. Earnings were the strongest in its history thanks predominantly to […]
Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon (BGS) has published its full-year results for the 12 months to 31 January 2023. Over the year the company’s NAV declined by 1.2% while its share price fell 8.9%, trailing the MSCI Japan Small Cap Index benchmark which returned 5.7%. Despite the underperformance, the discount narrowed slightly from its average of […]
VietNam Holding (VNH) released its half-year results for the period from 1 July 2022 to 31 December 2022. Shares fell 16.8% in USD, however the company still outperformed the benchmark Vietnam All Share Index, which was down 20.5%. The fund’s NAV per share declined by 30.1% against a 39.8% decline in the VNAS. During that […]
JPMorgan Global Core Real Assets (JARA) announced a quarterly NAV and portfolio update for the quarter to 28 February 2023. The company paid a dividend of 1.05 pence per share on 24 February 2023, bringing the share price total return for the quarter to +0.3% and +7.0% for the year, while the total NAV return […]
