BlackRock Commodities Income to ease up on option writing – BlackRock Commodities Income reports that, for the year ended 30 November 2018, the company returned 3.6% in NAV terms, outperforming both the MSCI World Energy Index which returned 3.5% and the EMIX Global Mining Index which returned 0.4%. However, a widening of its discount meant that the […]
Civitas Social Housing (CSH) has promptly announced that the Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) has issued a grading under review notice in respect of Bespoke Supportive Tenancies (BeST), one of the 15 housing associations that it is working with. CSH says that, as at 31 December 2018, BeST represents 4.3% of its net asset value […]
LXi announces clutch of deals including supported living sale – LXi REIT has exchanged contracts to provide forward funding for the pre-let development of a Travelodge hotel at Gosport in Hampshire for GBP6.6 million, reflecting a 5.7% net initial yield. The 70 bedroom hotel has been fully pre-let to Travelodge Hotels Limited, the principal trading company of […]
Henderson Opportunities caught by growth sell off – Henderson Opportunities reports a -5.6% NAV return for the year to 31 October 2018. That was 4.1% behind its benchmark and 3.0% behind its chosen peer group. The discount was unchanged (16.1%) and the share price return was -5.3%. The dividend was upped from 20p to 21p. The […]
Athelney Trust – All change please! Little Athelney Trust announced the results of its EGM, earlier this week, and they make for exciting reading! The three incumbent directors – Dr Emmanuel Pohl (the chairman) Simon Moore, Jemma Jackson and Jason Pohl – have all been voted off, but by the slimmest of margins! This was […]
Tritax Big Box dives as it announces dilutive share issue – Tritax Big Box REIT has conditionally agreed to acquire an 87 per cent. economic interest in db Symmetry, which owns one of the UK’s largest strategic land portfolios for the development of Big Box real estate assets and related logistics facilities. Created in 1996, db […]
Primary Health and MedicX to merge – The boards of Primary Healthcare Properties (PHP) and MedicX Fund have reached agreement on the terms of a recommended all-share merger between MedicX and PHP, which is intended to be structured as PHP acquiring the entire issued and to be issued share capital of MedicX. Under the terms of […]
Augmentum Fintech takes iwoca stake – Augmentum Fintech has made an investment of GBP7.5 million in iwoca, which Augmentum describes as a challenger SME lender. The new equity will allow iwoca to fund balance sheet expansion and accelerate growth. iwoca (www.iwoca.co.uk) aims to provide fast, flexible source of business finance for all UK and continental European businesses (examples it […]
Chenavari Capital Solutions hit by discount widening – Chenavari Capital Solutions Limited has published its annual report covering the year to the end of September 2018. The highlights are: A net asset value total return of 1.94% (dividends reinvested) (2017: 5.71%). The NAV declined from 92.91 pence at 30 September 2017 to 89.37 pence at 30 […]
WWH opens new positions in Takeda and Novartis Orbimed-managed Worldwide Healthcare Trust (WWH) has disclosed new substantial shareholdings in Takeda – the Japanese pharmaceuticals group that has just completed a takeover of Shire Pharmaceuticals – and Novartis, according to an analysis by Marten & Co. The shareholding in Takeda appears in third place and accounts for […]
Fee cut at Troy Income and Growth – The board of Troy Income & Growth Trust has announced a reduction in the annual management fee payable to Troy Asset Management Limited, the fund’s investment manager. With effect from 1 January 2019, the company has moved to a flat annual management fee of 0.65% of net assets. […]
BPCR boosted by windfall profit on Tesaro loan BioPharma Credit (BPCR), the LSE-listed investment vehicle that specialises in providing loans to biotech companies, is to receive a windfall profit from the early repayment of a $500m loan (of which it provided 64%) to Tesaro last year. This follows the completion of the acquisition of Tesaro, […]
CC Japan Income & Growth (CCJI) has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 October 2018. During the year, CCJI has provided an NAV total return of 4.1%, while its share price rose by 2.8%. CCJI has therefore outperformed the Topix, which it says fell by 0.4% (all in sterling terms). Richard Aston, […]
Residential Secure Income partners with Morgan Sindall – Residential Secure Income’s manager has entered into a new Housing Investment Partnership (HIP) agreement with Morgan Sindall Investments Limited. The agreement aims to increase the supply of shared ownership homes, enabling more first time buyers in the UK to establish themselves on the housing ladder. The agreement creates […]
CATCo Reinsurance manager ousts CEO – with immediate effect, Anthony Belisle, chief executive officer, and Alissa Fredricks, chief executive officer – Bermuda, are no longer with Markel CATCo (CATCo Reinsurance’s manager) as a consequence of their violation of Markel policies relating to an undisclosed personal relationship. With effect from 18 January 2019, management and oversight […]
JPMorgan Russian beats its benchmark – over the year to 31 October 2018, JPMorgan Russian Securities outperformed its benchmark, the RTS Index, by 1.5%, with a total return on net assets of 12.1%. However, the discount widened and that meant that the return to shareholders was 6.9%. As at 31st October 2018 the discount was […]
Augmentum takes stake in Farewill – Augmentum Fintech has made an investment of £4.0m in Farewill Limited, which descrobes itself as “the all-in-one financial and legal services platform for dealing with death.” Augmentum is leading the £7.5 million Series A fundraising alongside existing and new investors including dmg ventures, SAATCHiNVEST, and Kindred Capital. Farewill (www.farewill.com) offers online […]
Last minute reversal leaves Independent in negative territory – over the year to 30 November 2018, the trust produced a net asset value total return of -10.8%, following a steep fall from a high point reached only a few weeks previously. Over the same period, the All-Share Index and the World Index would have produced […]
AEW UK Long Lease REIT buys Bristol care home – AEW UK Long Lease REIT has bought a long let care home in Nailsea, Bristol for £6.65m reflecting a net initial yield of 5.8%, funded through the company’s debt facility. The asset comprises a 62-room, purpose built care home located in an affluent suburb approx. 8 […]
QuotedData join the Master Investor Show 2019 main stage line-up – QuotedData is, once again, a key sponsor for the Master Investor Show. Edward Marten, QuotedData’s CEO, shall join the Main Stage line-up on Saturday, 6 April, at London’s Business Design Centre. We’d love to see as many of you as we can at the event. […]
Downbeat Bankers at least manages positive return – Over the year ending 31 October 2018, Bankers Investment Trust generated a 0.8% total return on net assets but its share price fell from 852p to 835p to finish the year on a 3.6% discount. By contrast, the MSCI World Index returned 5.1% over this period. The chairman […]
Summit Germany considers spinning out German real estate – Summit Germany has announced that it is considering a private placement and listing of shares in Summit Luxco S.à r.l. (“Luxco”) on the regulated market of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (Prime Standard) in 2019, subject to market conditions. Luxco currently is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Summit and […]
Jupiter Emerging and Frontier Income held back by small cap and frontier exposure – Jupiter Emerging and Frontier Income has published its first set of results covering the period from its launch to 30 September 2018. Over this period it lagged its benchmark; the NAV total return was 2.3%, while the MSCI Emerging Markets Index returned […]
TwentyFour Select Monthly Income NAV slips in volatile markets – Over the year ended 30 September 2018, TwentyFour Select Monthly Income’s NAV fell by 3.4%. Dividends totalled 6.55p, barely changed from the 6.56p paid for the year before.. The chairperson notes that, as US inflation moved higher in January 2018, interest rate markets became concerned that the […]
Aberdeen Diversified Income and Growth bailed out by narrowing discount – Aberdeen Diversified Income & Growth has published results for the year ended 30 September 2018. Over the period, the NAV rose 2.5% on a total return basis. Fortunately, however, the shares moved from a 3.1% discount to a 3.2% premium. The share price ended the year […]
JZ Capital sells Petrocorner – JZ Capital Partners Limited has announced the sale of Petrocorner, a network of petrol stations throughout Spain, to a Spanish subsidiary of British Petroleum (“BP”). JZCP owns Petrocorner through its 18.75% stake in JZI Fund III, L.P. Headquartered in Madrid, Petrocorner is a strategic build-up in the Spanish retail petrol station […]
Marwyn sets lowball price for partial offer – Marwyn Value Investors has released an update to its partial offer (announced on 3 January 2019). The price range for the partial offer has been set at 125p to 135p per ordinary share. Marwyn still intends to purchase £5m worth but says it does reserve the right to […]
Stenprop sells Euston House – Stenprop has reached agreement to sell of its London office building known as Euston House. The deal is being structured as a sale of all the shares of a special purpose vehicle owned by Stenprop to Erel 4 S.a.r.l. The deal values the property at £95m (£14.5m more than book value) […]
Riverstone Energy sells Meritage Midstream – Riverstone Holdings LLC, manager of Riverstone Energy Limited, has agreed the sale of 100% of its indirect membership interests in Meritage Midstream ULC to SemCAMS Midstream ULC, a newly formed joint venture between SemGroup Corporation (NYSE: SEMG) and KKR, for C$600 million (US$449 million). The transaction is expected to close […]
River and Mercantile Micro Cap reports on rollercoaster year – For River and Mercantile Micro Cap, the year to the end of September 2018 was another great one in performance terms. Its NAV return was 24.9%, considerably ahead of the 3.0% return posted by its benchmark. The growth of the company allowed it to give money […]
