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18 Nov 2016

GCP Infrastructure Investments placing aims to raise £60m

GCP Infrastructure Investments has announced a placing of new Ordinary Shares under its placing programme. The Placing will seek to raise gross proceeds of approximately £60 million in accordance with the prospectus. The company says that the placing is being effected to allow it to take advantage of a number of attractive investment opportunities in […]

17 Nov 2016

Great Portland NAV slips 4%

Great Portland’s EPRA NAV has slipped by 4% over the six months ended 30 September 2016 to 813p. Total net assets at the end of the period were £2,827m. EPRA profit before tax of GBP28.3 million, was up 16.5% on H1 2015. this translated into a 20.3% increase in EPRA earnings per share to 8.3p. The interim dividend […]

17 Nov 2016

Better Capital raising cash

Better Capital is raising cash from its portfolio and restructuring one investment. Gardner Yesterday they said they had received a cash offer from Shaanxi Ligeance Mineral Resources Co. Limited for its interest in Gardner Aerospace Holdings Limited. The price equates to an enterprise value of £326m. The 2009 cell’s share of the proceeds net of costs and […]

17 Nov 2016

HgCapital Trust contributes £3.1m to an investment in fundinfo

HgCapital, the Manager of HgCapital Trust, has announced an investment in fundinfo AG, which it describes as, “a technology platform for fund data and documents publication and dissemination to the global fund industry, headquartered in Zurich”. The terms of this transaction have not been disclosed. HgCapital Trust plc will invest in fundinfo, alongside other institutional […]

17 Nov 2016

SVG Capital opens tender offer for £1.05bn

SVG Capital has announced that, further to its announcement on 18 October 2016 regarding the proposed sale of 100% of its investment portfolio and wind down, it has published a circular for shareholders with details of: a proposed change of investment objective and policy; a proposed sale of the Company’s investment portfolio (completion of which […]

17 Nov 2016

Utilico Emerging Markets lags index

Utilico Emerging Markets Limited’s net asset value total return per ordinary share was positive at 13.3% in the six months to 30 September 2016, below the MSCI Emerging Markets Total Return Index’s positive 19.8%. Earnings per share of 5.10p comfortably cover the dividends of 3.25p in respect of this period. The cumulative retained revenue reserves […]

17 Nov 2016

TwentyFour Income Fund benefits from performance of European ABS market

TwentyFour Income Fund has announced its interim results for the six months ended 30 September 2016. During the period, the company’s NAV increased by 6.3% to 110.23p per share and it also declared 3p of dividends. The share price increased by 5.9%. The company’s chairman, Trevor Ash, says that for the majority of the period […]

17 Nov 2016

Amedeo buying A380s for Etihad

Amedeo Air Four Plus says it wants to buy two Airbus A380-800 planes for leasing to Etihad. They want to buy the first of these in March 2017 and the second in May 2017. Shareholders will have the chance to approve the deal at a meeting planned for 14 December. 40,250,000 new shares were issued in Amedeo’s July […]

17 Nov 2016

New River REIT bumps up dividend by 11%

New River Reit has announced results for the six months ended 30 September 2016. David Lockhart, Chief Executive commented: “I am pleased to report that NewRiver has again produced growing cash profits from its high quality and defensively positioned portfolio. We have a proven track record of generating secure income returns and delivering a growing […]

17 Nov 2016

Trump bodes well for Japan

Japan’s economy could be given a significant boost by a US-Japan alliance, analysts have predicted. James Carthew, research director for QuotedData claimed the implications for Yen risk-asset markets are “poised to be positive”…. Read more here Trump bodes well for Japan

17 Nov 2016

Shires Income beats benchmark aided by rising oil and commodity prices

Shires Income has announced its interim results for the six months ended 30 September 2016. During the period, the trust provided an NAV total return of 15.9% and a share price total return of 16.4%, both of which outperformed its FTSE All-Share Index benchmark, which it says returned 12.9%. The trust’s chairman, Anthony B Davidson, […]

17 Nov 2016

Sierra Metals, discovery at Yauricocha mine in Peru

Sierra Metals (SMT-CN) The discovery of a new high grade sulfide zone 200 meters north of the central mine, along strike and adjacent to current mining activities, contributes to the future growth potential of the company. Underground drilling intersects several wide high-grade copper, lead, zinc and silver sulfide intercepts at the Cuye-Mascota area of the […]

16 Nov 2016

British Land NAV down 3%

British Land has published figures covering the six months ended 30 September 2016. Its EPRA NAV reduced by 3.0% to 891p over this period. Adjusted diluted earnings per share rose 20% to 19.3p helped  by a 16.4% increase in its underlying profit before tax to GBP199 million. They say this was driven by like-for-like income growth of […]

16 Nov 2016

Savannah Resources, assays reveal high grade zones of copper

Savannah Resources (SAV:AIM) Final results for the resource drilling program at the Mahab 4 prospect in Block 5, Oman reveal high grade zones of copper. Mahab Resource Drilling: 14.25m@3.86% copper, 0.62% zinc and 0.22 g/t gold from 109.1m. Mahab 4: 67.4m@4.64% copper, 1.13% zinc and 0.3 g/t gold from 18.6m incl. 35.4m@8.3% copper, 2.1% zinc and 0.4 […]

16 Nov 2016

Trinity Capital completes disposals

Trinity Capital says that its subsidiary, Trinity Capital Mauritius Limited, completed the realisation of its investments in Trinity Capital (One) Limited and Trinity Capital (Five) Limited on 15 November 2016. Disposal proceeds of GBP8.7 million were received by Trinity Capital Mauritius Limited. The only remaining investment is Trinity Capital (Ten) Limited, held together with Immobilien […]

16 Nov 2016

JPMorgan Japanese soars on sterling weakness

In the year to 30th September 2016, JPMorgan Japanese’s total return on net assets was 36.0% in sterling terms, compared with the Tokyo Stock Exchange First Section (TOPIX) Index (the benchmark), which rose by 31.7%. The returns are calculated on a total return basis in sterling terms and were improved by the movement in the […]

16 Nov 2016

VinaLand sells project Ceana

VinaLand Limited says it has divested its stake in Project Ceana. The project, acquired by VNL in 2007, is a 7.3 hectare parcel of land located in Dien Ban District, Quang Nam Province and has approval for a future villa resort development. VNL has disposed of its entire stake at a total valuation 12.9% above […]

16 Nov 2016

Schroder Real Estate results reflect Berxit

Schroder Real Estate says its NAV fell from 62.2p to 61.1p over the six months ended 30 September 2016. They are also reporting a 10% increase in underlying EPRA earnings per share to 1.3p. Based on the two 0.62p dividends they declared for the period, dividend cover is 106%. The NAV total return for the […]

16 Nov 2016

HICL reports 2.5% uplift in NAV

HICL Infrastructure reports that over the six months to 30 September 2016 it delivered a 2.5% rise in NAV per share to 145.7p, up from 142.2p at 31 March 2016. Earnings per share were 6.1p (2015: 5.6p). Net operating cash flow of GBP60.9m (2015: GBP58.9m) covered the interim dividends paid in the six month period 1.26 times (2015: […]

16 Nov 2016

An “annus horribilis” for Standard Life Equity Income

Standard Life Equity Income says that, taken in isolation, its headline numbers for the year to 30 September 2016 do not make pleasant reading. The Net Asset Value Total Return for the year was 0.9%. By contrast, the FTSE All-Share Index returned 16.8%. Unsurprisingly, the share price has suffered over the last twelve months. The discount widened […]

15 Nov 2016

VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity sells unnamed asset for $100m

VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity has made $40m by selling an unnamed asset valued at $60m in their books for $100m. They buyer is a newly formed consortium. VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity expects to sign and close a Share Purchase Agreement within 21 days. VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity will receive minimum net proceeds of USD100 million from the sale of the […]

15 Nov 2016

Alcentra say market regains confidence post Brexit

Alcentra European Floating Rate Income Fund has published some figures for the period ended 30 September 2016. NAV per share increased from 103.04p as at 31 March 2016 to 103.88p as at 30 September 2016. They declared dividends of 2.94p. The manager says that the NAV of the company has remained relatively stable over the […]

15 Nov 2016

Land Securities NAV slips post the referendum

Land Securities has published interim figures covering the six months ended 30 September 2016. Adjusted diluted net assets per share fell 1.8% to 1408p. The adjusted diluted earnings per share rose by 4.7% to 24.3p as revenue profits rose 4.5% to £192.5m. The main drivers of increased revenue profits were lower interest costs (which fell […]

15 Nov 2016

McKay Securities completes Prospero Redhill

McKay Securities has announced its half year results for the six months ended 30 September 2016. Its EPRA NAV at the end of the period was 295 pence per share, down 2.0% (31 March 2016: 301 pence per share). EPRA earnings per share were up 10.3% to 4.3 pence as gross rental income rose by 2.4% to […]

15 Nov 2016

Picton Property bucks trend with NAV increase

Picton Property Income has bucked a trend of falling capital values post the EU referendum by posting an NAV increase for the six months ended 30 September 2016. The EPRA NAV rose by 1.7% to 78.5p over the period as the portfolio valuation increased by 0.6% against a market backdrop of falling values. They say their outperformance was due […]

15 Nov 2016

Dolphin sells Playa Grande golf resort

Dolphin Capital Investors has entered into an agreement for the disposal of its Playa Grande Golf and Resort project, including the Amanera resort, in the Dominican Republic to Third Point LLC. The deal is being done an enterprise value of EUR140 million which represents a 10% discount to the project’s carrying gross asset value as at […]

15 Nov 2016

M&G offers investors in High Income trust rollover options ahead of wind-up

M&G is offering investors in its High Income investment trust options to move to different vehicles as it prepares to wind up in March 2017, including the JP Morgan Elect trust as a closed-ended option. The firm has offered investors in the trust, currently managed by Richard Hughes, two options – open and closed-ended – following […]

15 Nov 2016

Investment Trust Stars

This year has been a tumultuous year for markets and the investment trust sector has not escaped the action. After three years of strong demand supporting discount tightening, 2016 saw discounts to net asset value (NAV) go back out at the start of the year due to concerns over China, then over the forthcoming referendum […]

15 Nov 2016

How has Trump’s triumph affected investment trusts?

Donald Trump’s success in the 2016 US Presidential Elections has led to investment trust shares prices in the healthcare sector to soar today, while Latin American funds, which had recently seen strong performance, are among the biggest losers. Republican candidate Donald Trump was named the 45th President of the US earlier this morning and markets […]

15 Nov 2016

Woodford investment trust gets Trump boost

The Woodford Patient Capital trust has enjoyed a 4 per cent boost to its NAV following the election of Donald Trump to the White House. The Woodford fund was among the top-10 investment trusts on the day after the US election, with many of the best performing being focussed on biotech. read more here

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